Tata Steel’s New OPC Reduces Renewable Energy Costs
Tata Steel today inaugurated its new £2 million offshore processing centre (OPC) at an event in Hartlepool attended by more than 40 leading business figures from the European renewable energy sector. Following a presentation at Hartlepool College of Further Education, guests were shown round the company’s new centre, a high-productivity processing facility that will produce welded tubular assemblies to be used in the fabrication of jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines.
Marcon to Market High-Speed SWATH Catamaran
Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Washington is pleased to announce that they have been selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska to market the SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) Expeditionary Craft ferry “Susitna” for sale. The “Susitna” was developed by Guido Perla & Associates of Seattle, Washington from a concept created by Lockheed Martin. The vessel is designed to operate as a ferry in the difficult Alaskan waters of Cook Inlet while being assessed by the U.S.
World’s Largest Testing Vessel Unveiled
A global manufacturer of polymer and syntactic foam-based solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, Trelleborg officially opened its newly constructed facility in Macaé, Brazil, on 13th September 2012. To support offshore customers in their quest to reach greater subsea depths, the new facility boasts the largest hydrostatic pressure testing vessel in the world. Trelleborg’s President for Offshore and Construction…
GL Garrad Hassan at Husum WindEnergy 2012
GL Garrad Hassan report examines offshore wind potential in Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea has great offshore wind potential. The development of offshore wind…
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $94 Million
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $94 Million to Plan USS Miami Fire Restoration. The U.S Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $94 million contract…
HII to Modernize Navy (CG 47) Cruisers
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an $83.3 million cost-plus-award-fee contract from the U.S.
Greene's Energy Group Names New Manager
Greene's Energy Group Names Boutwell Manager, Technology and Business Development -Rental & Products. Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has named Doyle Boutwell as Manager, Technology and Business Development – Rental & Products, announced Frank Mathews, President – Rental & Products. Based in Houston, Boutwell will be responsible for the management of strategic and ongoing product development…
Phoenix International Selects Sonardyne for Amelia Earhart Search
Following the discovery of a potential debris field at Amelia Earhart’s proposed crash site offshore Nikumaroro Island in the Western Pacific, Sonardyne International Ltd is now able to reveal that it’s Ranger 2 USBL tracking system together with a Lodestar GyroUSBL was the acoustic positioning technology of choice for the mission. Provided to Phoenix International, the expedition contractor, Ranger…
Shipping Confidence Falls to Four-Year Low
Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell in the three months ended August 2012 to their lowest level for a year, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The fall, to the lowest figure recorded since the survey was launched in May 2008, comes after three successive quarters of improved confidence. Chief among…
US-flag OSV Sold, to Refit for Alaskan Waters
Twenty Grand Marine Service, L.L.C. of New Orleans, Louisiana sells U.S. flag supply vessel “Toby Tide” to Ocean Marine Services, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington. The…
Iron-Ore Ship Rates Rise as China Spends
Iron-Ore carrier daily rates rebound as China spends US$158-billion. Iron-ore ships are poised to earn more than operating costs for the first time this year as…
Technic Wins Another Ichthys LNG Contract
Technip wins INPEX CORPORATION commissioning contract worth approximately €210 million, for the Ichthys LNG Project in the Browse Basin, Western Australia. An integrated…
Tidal Energy System Contract For OceanWorks
OceanWorks International contracted by the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) to establish project cable termination in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The project contract includes the design, manufacture and integration of the subsea instrumentation, shore station, and commissioning. FORCE is deploying four power cables to connect prototype in-stream tidal turbines to a dedicated electrical sub-station.
Maritime TV Gets Development Funding
TV worldwide internet TV Channel – Maritime TV – receives strategic investment for new program development and expansion. TV Worldwide, (www.TVWorldwide.com )…
New FSU for Statoil in Norwegian Sea
Statoil, on behalf of the licence owners, issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Samsung Heavy Industries for a permanent floating oil storage unit (FSU). The contract is worth an estimated US$ 230-million and includes options to buy two additional units. The new storage unit will replace the existing buoy loading system on the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. The Heidrun field has been developed with a floating tension leg platform with a concrete hull and has been on stream since 1995.
Chinese Shipyards Get Boost From Patrol Boat Orders
China's State Oceanic Administration has placed 8 orders with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., & altogether 36 are to be built within two years. As the global…
Offshore Newfoundland Geophysical Survey Contract Awarded
PGS in cooperation with TGS begins data acquistion on a new 20,000 km MultiClient 2D survey over the Northeast Newfoundland Shelf. The M/V Sanco Spirit has returned to Newfoundland and Labrador once again utilizing PGS GeoStreamer® broadband technology. Data acquisition will continue into early Q4 2012 and the vessel will complete the survey in 2013. “Northeast Canada and the far North represent some…
UK Shipyard Delivers Windfarm Support Vessel
Alicat Workboats, of Great Yarmouth, delivers its latest catamaran workboat 'Dalby Trent' to Dalby Offshore. Continuing the long history of shipbuilding in Great Yarmouth, Alicat Workboats based on Southtown Road and part of the Gardline group, formally hands over its latest aluminium built wind farm support vessel to Dalby Offshore. The Dalby Trent is the third Alicat to be delivered to Dalby Offshore…
Sembcorp Plants UK Footprint
Sembcorp Marine (SMOE) acquires, from Smulders Group, SLP Engineering Limited (SLP) based in Lowestoft, UK. SLP will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine…
Vietnam Shipyard Delivers Farstad OSV
Offshore Service Vessel 'Far Skimmer' delivered from STX OSV Vung Tau in Vietnam to Farstad Shipping Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Upon arrival in Australia, the vessel will commence its long term commitment to Shell Australia related to their Prelude drilling campaign. A long-term facility has been drawn with Nordea Bank to finance the vessel. Farstad Shipping Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA.
