ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$60 million from Welspun Corp Limited, to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the Zawtika Development Project operated by PTTEP International Limited. The co
A deep-sea mystery has been solved with the discovery that the tiny 3 mm long marine animals, eaten by herring, cod and mackerel, use the same buoyancy control as whales. Reporting this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, researchers from British Antarctic Survey describe how Southern Oc
Jens Jacob Smedegaard has been appointed as Managing Director for ALIP in Singapore – a position he will enter from august 2011. ALIP is the new company established in Singapore to provide modularised aluminium Living Quarters for the Asia Pacific oil & gas market. Mr. Smedegaard has a long and dive
Subsea companies will find out about the future drivers for the industry in both oil and gas and renewables at a lunch this week… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk , June 13 , 2011;
Fugro Subsea Services mobilised the RRS Ernest Shackleton in Aberdeen for a season of inspection projects in the North Sea. The program will include both pipelines and fixed structures inspections for a number of Fugro Subsea Services North Sea clients. Project Manager Jim Taylor was quick to heap p
Taiwan launched a 2,700-ton ocean research vessel in the southern port city of Kaohsiung , opening a new chapter in the nation’s ocean res… (taiwantoday) [mappress] Source: taiwantoday, June 13 , 2011;
Technip has secured a contract worth around £4.4 million to decommission the Shelley field in the North Sea… (business7) [mappress] Source: business7 , June 13 , 2011;
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Egypt, in the North Sea and in Russia, worth in excess of $1 billion. In Egypt, Burullus Gas Company awarded Saipem the EPIC contract for new subsea developments in the area of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession, located about 90 kilometres of
Only a few months after forming a new engineering club at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a group of students is heading to Houst… (heraldnews) [mappress] Source: heraldnews, June 13 , 2011;
BIRNS, Inc., an ISO 9001:2008-certified global leader in the design and manufacture of unique lines of high performance lights, connectors, penetrators and custom cable assemblies, has appointed Steve Bell as its new Optical/Photonics Engineer. In his new position, Bell will be responsible for the d
DOF Subsea christens DSV Skandi Singapore: swelling the ranks of one the world’s most modern offshore fleets. DOF Subsea and vessel builder, ST Marine, joined together to host the official naming ceremony for the Skandi Singapore on 11th of June 2011. Named after her place of build, the high specifi
On 24th April, COSCO Lianyungang Shipyard accommodated its first offshore vessel – “Maersk Responder”, the Cable laying vessel which belongs to the largest shipping company Maersk Line. Maersk Supply Service have 65 different kinds of marine service vessels; they can provide various services such as
CARIS, the world’s leading marine GIS organization, announces that they have become the first sustaining partner of the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute’s Hydrography Commission (SSSI) in Australia. The SSSI is the governing professional body for the spatial industry in Australia. The body wa
Underwater camera specialist, Kongsberg Maritime, introduces the OE14-502-WA with Wide Angle Lens Option to its market-leading camera and imaging sonar portfolio. This new version of the OE14-502 HD Camera has been developed in direct response to increased customer demand for a wide angled high defi
