Our Maritime Business Magazines

Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP vessels’ (IMCA M 190) has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) to describe the development, conduct and management of annual dynamically positioned (DP) trials programmes for all types of vessels equipped with DP systems meeting the requirements of International Maritime...

ACE Winches, specialised in the design, manufacture and hire of hydraulic winches, marine deck machinery and associated personnel for the offshore oil and gas, marine and renewable energy markets, is set to build on its enviable track of export and home grown talent as it announces its results for the past twelve months. The Aberdeenshire-based...

Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by French offshore major Bourbon  to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards. The 53m vessels will have a fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system delivering a flexible economic solution for the varied conditions required to support seismic survey...

Hamworthy has made a breakthrough in the North Sea, following an order covering its deepwell cargo offloading pumps and fire water pump system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel ordered by Teekay Corporation. The company has secured the contract from Samsung Heavy Industries, where the newbuild FPSO will be constructed. Its...

The topside, jacket and piles for GDF SUEZ’ gas production wellhead protection platform G16a-B has left the Rotterdam harbour. The platform moved to block G16, 80 km north of Dutch island Terschelling where it  will be installed. On 26 May, load out of the 1250t topside took place at Mercon‘s yard in Gorinchem. It then went...

International oilfield services company, Reservoir Group, has announced the acquisition of the assets and business of Canada Tech from IROC Energy Services Partnership (IROC). The deal demonstrates that Reservoir Group remains on track to achieve its ambition of becoming the recognised specialist in the fields of drilling, completion and production and physical and digital data...

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a contract valued at approximately USD 80 million from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the Chevron operated Gorgon Project, offshore Western Australia. The work involves the transportation and installation of subsea umbilicals and structures from Barrow Island – 56 km off the northwest coast of Western Australia, to...

Aker Solutions is strengthening its capacity in the solids control and drilling waste management services market by establishing a new entity, which aims to offer a full range of services to the global onshore and offshore drilling market. The company, named STEP Oiltools, is a joint-venture between Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary, STEP Offshore, and...

Bakker Sliedrecht has recently been granted the delivery of electrical equipment and systems for new ships to be built in Chinese shipyards. One order was granted by Jiangsu Haixin Ship Heavy Industry Co  to supply a series of four submersible motors for driving a submerged dredge pump and cutter on a cutter suction dredger, which is under...

Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredger vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands. Since dredging applications are typically very demanding, the high reliability of the Wärtsilä solutions was a key element in the award of all three project orders. Wärtsilä will provide the...

On behalf of its co-venturers BP has announced an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil (boe) since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 million boe  of resource is still...

Oil and gas recruitment specialist Infinity Resources International has appointed three new directors as part of its strategy to grow the business globally, which are Martin Finnie, Debbie McFarlane and Alan Golightly. Martin Finnie joins Infinity Resources as chief executive officer after leading a GBP 20 million turnover energy recruitment business for the past four...

Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the topside FEED (front-end engineering and design) study for Statoil on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK125 million. The study will be delivered in the summer of 2012, after which the customer may proceed...

The OPEX Group Ltd, a specialist company focused on helping operators produce more oil and gas, has won new business worth more than GBP 500,000 in the last month and is targeting turnover exceeding GBP 1 million in its first year of trading. The company was set up in August 2010 after receiving a...

Trelleborg Offshore has revealed a new diver-friendly piggyback clamp designed to improve safety during installation. Trelleborg developed the clamp at the request of leading offshore construction company, McDermott in collaboration with Trelleborg Offshore UAE distributor, Unique Maritime Group. The Trelleborg system includes the use of edge treated banding and a new fastening system, which...

Aker Wirth GmbH from Erkelenz in Germany has been awarded the prestigious ‘Top 100’ label. Mentor Lothar Späth, former prime minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg, congratulated all concerned. Only creative businesses with vision and an appreciation of pioneering ideas make it into the elite group of the 100 most innovative midsize companies. In 2011, Aker Wirth...

Statoil has signed a new contract with Songa Offshore for hire of the rig Songa Trym, which will be used for exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The semi-submersible rig has been chartered for work on the Troll field until Q2 2012. It will be deployed to drill new exploration wells from...

Alewijnse Marine Systems is playing a  role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rig Atlantic Labrador to offshore hotel accommodation.  The rig arrived at Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion yard in Vlissingen on June 26 and the refit will take a few months. This major project will involve the complete removal of the drilling...

Kværner ASA , a new company with a historic brand, at Oslo Børs is established . With an international organisation and in-house fabrication yards in place from the start, Kvaerner will be a supplier of some of the world’s most demanding projects for new offshore platforms and onshore processing plants. Kvaerner is a specialised provider of...

FMC Technologies has announced that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea workover adapters. The award has a value of approximately USD 43 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. FMC’s scope of supply includes eight workover adapters for horizontal subsea production trees, five adapters for drill pipe landing...

X Drilling Tools (XDT), a member of international oilfield services organisation Reservoir Group, has bolstered its growth with the announcement of a new senior level appointment. Cliff Brannan joins XDT as regional business development manager for the UK, Europe and Africa, bringing a strong technical background in line hanger completions, casing and cementing to...

Aker Solutions in Aberdeen has developed a new compact version of its software product for comprehensive integrity, inspection and corrosion management for the oil and gas industry. Used by 90% of North Sea operators, Coabis provides a turnkey software solution for subsea and topside operations which streamlines the planning, reporting and tracking of structural...

Selecting the right satellite positioning system for offshore applications is of vital importance, which is why the IMCA has published new guidance on the topic, warning that in recent years lower priority has been given to system selection than is wise, particularly in respect of dynamic positioning (DP), and explaining that the use of...

BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd has completed a contract with Sonardyne International Ltd, UK to provide a detailed reliability assurance assessment as part of the ongoing development of Sonardyne’s secure, acoustically-commanded Wideband BOP (Blow-Out Preventor) control system. In the event of loss of normal communications with a BOP stack, Sonardyne’s acoustic control system is used...

International engineering consultancy Magma Products has developed and introduced a new technology-led system to enhance safety and efficiency during key phases of offshore oil and gas production projects. The Completion Hand Over Management System (CHOMS) is a web-based tool designed to capture all completion and certification data for all parts of any individual project....