Our Maritime Business Magazines

BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) has patented a strain measurement system and unique attachment scheme that can be integrated into the insulation and anti-corrosion layers on ultra deep water Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs). This technology was developed because production SCRs typically have thick anti-corrosion and insulation layers that make the measurement of the strain...

Statoil has awarded Subsea 7 a contract for marine installations and pipe-laying in connection with development of the Fossekall/Dompap discoveries off the coast of Helgeland in northern Norway. The contract value is around NOK 970 million without options and extra charges due to the weather. Discovered one year ago, Fossekall will also make it...

IHC Merwede has announced that is has acquired Hytech. This acquisition enables IHC Merwede to further secure its position in the offshore market. IHC Merwede designs and constructs dive support vessels suitable for activities to a depth of 300 m. Hytech designs the on-board equipment required by these vessels. By combining knowledge and equipment,...

GL Noble Denton has published a new guideline for the certification of blow-out preventers (BOPs). The guideline clearly defines the process to be undertaken by independent third party certification bodies in certifying the integrity of the asset, which monitors and controls the flow of oil and gas wells. The publication of the guideline follows...

Mooring Systems  has launched a new 400 t capacity spooler. This new product is believed to be the most adaptable offshore, mobile spooler of its kind in the UK, that will offer significant advantages for clients operating in the oil and gas and the renewables markets. The spooler, which was designed and built by Caley...

EPC Offshore has announced that John Forrest has been appointed to the company’s board as a non-executive director. With more than 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, Mr Forrest is a well known and widely respected figure in the global oil and gas community. He recently retired from Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd,...

CorDex Instruments has launched a new ultrasonic tool for detecting corrosion in pipelines which for the first time provides the ability to build a predictive maintenance program to improve safety. CorDex unveiled the dynamic handheld UT5000 at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The intrinsically safe tool for non-destructive testing has the ability to...

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed at 27 April 2011, which outlines the main principles of how Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands based Idea Heavy Equipment are joining forces. The companies have entered into an MOU which will lead to an operational business in the Netherlands by the first of July 2011. A...

Dockwise Ltd. has announced six awards for Heavy Marine Transport (HMT) that have recently been secured by its subsidiary Dockwise Shipping with a total contract value of more than USD 34 million. Following the recently closed Master Service Agreement with Seadrill, Dockwise will be transporting the West Linus jack-up rig for North Atlantic Norway...

BMT Scientific Marine Services has launched a fully-qualified ROV-Serviceable Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly (SSSA) for monitoring the structural integrity of subsea structures (tendons, production risers, steel catenary risers, platform legs and braces, etc).  Until now, sensors were limited to diver serviceability due to the finesse needed to handle them and the inability of an...

SBM Offshore has announced that it has signed a contract for the oil loading system on board of a FPSO and for design licenses for drilling ships and jack-ups. The first contract is related to the deep water oil loading system required as part of an oil field development offshore West Africa. The scope of work  consists of...

Since the start of this year, Dutch De Ruiter & Co is the stock keeping importer for the Benelux of GIMA products, introducing the brand’s marking, etching, printing and stamping products to the Dutch market. GIMA’s EBS inkjet handprinter and other products have left quite a mark on this year’s On- Offshore Exhibition 2011...

GL Noble Denton, the global independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, will standardise on Intergraph SmartMarine Enterprise, including SmartMarine 3D, to replace its existing design solution for offshore and marine assets. This move will enable the company to increase the functionality and usability of its engineering designs, as well as to...

In accordance with announcement made on March 25, 2011, and in relation to the listing of Sevan Drilling ASA, Mr. Jan Erik Tveteraas will retire from the position as CEO of Sevan Marine ASA to take on the position as CEO of Sevan Drilling ASA. Mr. Tveteraas was a founding shareholder of Sevan Marine...

Aberdeen-based Mooring Systems Ltd has announced a tricatenary mooring and riser system for floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessels in marginal, deepwater and ultra-deepwater, oil and gas fields. The deepwater tricatenary mooring system (TCMS) provides a simpler, more cost-effective mooring, and requires less FPSO modification, than traditional deepwater mooring systems. Deepwater TCMS comprises...

IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede group, has successfully delivered its largest project to date, a 2,000 t capacity J-Lay tower for client Saipem. After intensive design, manufacture and installation, assisted by Saipem teams, the system is en route to West Africa. The rigid pipe lay system, one of the worlds...

Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply eight bridge Polaris Ship’s Bridge Simulators to Vlaamse Dienst Voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (VDAB) in Zeebrugge, Belgium. As the public employment service of Flanders in Belgium, VDAB has chosen Kongsberg Maritime’s Polaris simulator as the basis for the training and evaluation of crew for several customers, including...

RBG has achieved eleven years, and more than 500,000 man hours, without a lost time incident (LTI) on the Triton FPSO in the North Sea. Contracted by Wood Group, RBG has delivered its expert fabric maintenance support including access solutions and specialist cleaning mechanical services since 2000. The achievement marks the latest milestone in the...

Darcy has announced that it has successfully crossed another milestone in its development of the Critical Matrix Management technology. This technology provides a low risk, high-value sand management completions method for optimising oil and gas reservoir inflow. In preparation for the full-scale deployment of its revolutionary sand management system, the company has completed an operator sponsored project...

Survey contractors, ROV contractors, pipeline installation contractors and their clients have a variety of in-house checklists for mobilisation of offshore survey operations. Now IMCA has provided a standard framework for an industry-wide list in its new publication ‘Mobilisation Checklist for Offshore Survey Operations’ (IMCA S 016). Hugh Williams: “This checklist is based on material contributed...

Read Well Services, specialist in oilfield technology, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of ‘Innovation’ for the development of its Hydraulically Expandable Tubular System (HETS). Her Majesty the Queen has announced the award today (Her Majesty’s birthday), on the advice of the Prime Minister and the associated advisory committee, which...

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design  multi-purpose platform supply vessel. This 800 MPSV is the first in a new series of Wärtsilä designs being marketed as a total solution, including all relevant systems as well as the ship design. The vessel,...

Aker Solutions has signed two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of complete drilling equipment packages for two new deepwater drillships. The contracts have a total value of about USD 230 million. The drilling equipment and systems will be installed on the two vessels, which are being constructed at...

Juha Heikinheimo has today resigned from the position as President of STX Finland Oy. He will be replaced by Su-Jou Kim, who currently holds the position as Chairman of STX Finland. Su-Jou Kim will be temporary acting President of STX Finland. Despite significant improvements during the last few months, STX Finland is going through...

Statoil has awarded Bristow Norway a new contract for offshore helicopter services running from Stavanger Airport, Norway. The estimated value of the contract is over NOK 1 billion. All installations with helicopter flights from Stavanger will be served under this contract. Statoil’s helicopter flights from Stavanger go to the Sleipner, Draupner, Volve and Glitne...