Our Maritime Business Magazines

Some of the concrete facilities resting on the seabed on the Norwegian shelf are nearing the end of their lifetimes. In the coming years, the authorities need to address how to dispose of these. A report has been prepared on disposal of concrete facilities on initiative from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which invited...

Sea trials testing the sophisticated Integrated Control System (ICS) developed by Kongsberg Maritime for Olympic Commander, a new Multi Purpose Supply Vessel (MPVS) built at Kleven Yard in Norway have been successfully completed. The ICS aboard Olympic Commander features an innovative new one touch control system for Ballast & Cargo tank...

Due to its success for the past three years, event organizer SZ&W Group announced the 4th Deepwater Asia Congress (DAC) will be held this year from 14 -16 of May, on Bali Island, in Indonesia. At present, offshore oil accounts for about 33 percent of the world’s total output and the number will reach...

DNV and KEMA have obtained the necessary regulatory clearances to create a world-leading consulting and testing & certification company for the global energy sector: DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability (DNV KEMA). The new company has begun its operations as of 29 February 2012, and is led by CEO Thijs...

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under construction in Norway, to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to...

Voith has been awarded with the first Voith Linear Jet order by Turbine Transfers UK for a 19m BMT Nigel Gee designed Wind Support Vessel. The Voith Linear Jet will provide for this application a substantial higher bollard pull without a requirement for increased installed...

ABB has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply their first direct current (DC) power grid solution on a new offshore platform support vessel, enabling the vessel to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to minimise emissions. ABB will provide its full onboard DC system, including all power, propulsion and...

Offshore Ship Designers has sealed ten new design contracts for large diesel-electric platform supply vessels (PSVs) for two major offshore operators building in Brazil, Japan and Spain. Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited has ordered four IMT-997 PSVs to be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan and four sister vessels to be built...

Cargotec‘s MacGregor Chain Wheel Manipulator has won Offshore Support Journal‘s Innovation of the Year award. The award was announced at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London on 15 February, and presented to Cargotec’s sales team for Advanced Load Handling in front of an audience of over 400 at the conference gala dinner....

Huisman announces the successful delivery of the 600t Wind Turbine Installation Crane on board GeoSea‘s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune. The crane was handed over to vessel builder IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted the crane to Huisman in 2010. The 600t pedestal crane is custom-designed for the installation of...

Norwegian Det norske oljeselskap ASA has received the go-ahead to develop Jette. Today, the Norwegian authorities approved the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the field. Jette is their first field development as an operator. CEO Erik Haugane says that to Det norske this represents a new milestone: “Jette is a small development relative to other...

Petroleum Technology Company‘s (PTC) solutions for improving the safety and efficiency of well interventions will be the focus of the latest lunch and learn session, hosted by the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter, to be held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels Hotel in Aberdeen Tuesday, 21 February, from 11.45 am to 1.45 pm. It...

The platform supply vessel CBO Atlântico is delivered. She is the first of six Ulstein designed X-Bow vessels to be built in Brazil, and the very first of the PX106 design. The vessel was constructed at Estaleiro Alianca shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for shipowner CBO (Companhia Brasileira de Offshore). CBO has already...

Subsea 7 announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately USD 80 million from Statoil on Svalin C Field, situated in the central part of the North Sea, 6 km southwest of the Grane Field. The contract scope includes the transport and installation of a 4 slot Integrated Template Structure (ITS)...

Helix ESG has announced its plans for a newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel. With  the detailed engineering completed, construction is expectted to start in the near future. Owen Kratz, Helix’s chairman and CEO: “We are leveraging our market and technological leadership in subsea well intervention along with the proven success of the Q4000 platform...

Pulse Structural Monitoring is to announce the latest news regarding its DrillASSURE monitoring software at this year’s IADC/SPE Drilling Conference in San Diego. Pulse is updating its flagship drilling riser monitoring software package with a new online ‘back-to-base’ link function, which will enable live monitoring data to be sent via the internet to selected...

Specialist Subsea Services (S3) celebrated success at Subsea UK awards after being named winners of the much coveted New Enterprise award. S3 was recognised for its vision in business development and its contribution to the subsea sector, both in the UK and internationally. Graeme Kidd, managing director at S3, said: “Winning the award for...

Tubetransformation has launched a new platform for deformation and machining operations on pipes and tubes. Tubetransformation controls the entire process and monitoring all procedures from quotation to delivery. Standard available carbon, alloy and stainless steel, aluminum and copper tubes are transformed through advanced operations. Many different surface coatings and treatments can be applied to and...

Total E&P Norge has awarded Kvaerner an EPSC Contract (Engineering, Procurement, Supply and Construction) of close to NOK 1.2 billion for a steel jacket for the Hild Field in the Norwegian North Sea. “We are very pleased to have won our second jacket this year in tough international competition. This is in line with our strategy,...

Yellow & Finch Publishers’ sales department has been strengthened by the appointment of Mr Rob van Akkeren (1967). He holds a position with Yellow & Finch Publishers as Senior Account Manager. Although he has no professional experience in Sales & Marketing for trade journals or any other media, he very quickly taught himself to...

Aubin is launching a new product range at this year’s Subsea UK exhibition. The first is DiveGel, a new application of the company’s game-changing Gel Lift System (GLS), which will revolutionise the way divers operate offshore. DiveGel offers an easier to control and much safer alternative for manoeuvring equipment subsea than the traditional airbag. The...

Dutch Zwette Machinebouw BV– part of the Parosha Group – has recently invested in another L & W Machine Tools CiNCh-Mill 30 teach-in milling machine with tool changer for 24 tools. The milling machine represents a significant capacity increase. Zwette Machinebouw is a full-line supplier for machine builders, for part (re)manufacturing, for (preventive) maintenance, service...

Flexlife has announced the successful first application of its innovative product FlexGel in a North Sea operation following consultation with the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) by Flexlife for an oil major. FlexGel was devised to halt corrosion of damaged areas of flexible risers or umbilicals within caissons and help safely extend the operating life...

Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the chemical, oil and gas and power sectors, today announces its rebrand of the RBG group, following the company’s acquisition in May 2011. The rebranding takes place on the same day that the group unveils a GBP 25 million pound...

The first offshore pile installation operation with the StabFrame, a newly developed subsea pile-stabilising template, has been successfully completed in the OGX Waimea field in Brazil’s Campos Basin. The StabFrame stabilises piles at all depths required for underwater pile driving  and is a joint development of Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. (LDD) and Menck GmbH. The operation was...