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Transas Upgrades Batumi State Maritime Academy Simulators

Oct 24, 2012

Batumi, in the Autonomous Repuplic of Georgia, upgrades simulators at its nautical training facility.The project included installation of a full mission engine room simulator ERS 5000 that simulates MAN B&W 6S50MC-C Diesel Engine Product Tanker Ship Model…

Tideline Signal to Supply Offshore Platform Light Stations

Oct 24, 2012

Aibel AS of Norway chooses Tideland Signal to supply Syncrolan LED light stations for the new Gudrun North Sea development.The Tideland LED warning systems to be installed on the Gudrun platform comprise a main Syncrolan light station with a range of 15 NM…

OW Bunker Acquire Bergen Bunkers

Oct 24, 2012

OW Bunker to acquire the entire share capital of marine fuels & lubricants supplier Bergen Bunkers AS.Bergen Bunkers has offices in Bergen and St Petersburg, and provides fuel and lubricants to some of Norway's leading ship owners and operators…

BP Shares Deepwater Well-capping Expertise

Oct 24, 2012

Under the Technology License Agreement, BP will make available technical information that PEMEX E&P can use.Petroleos Mexicanos Exploration and Production (PEMEX E&P) and BP's agreement is for the latter to share the technical information…

RigNet Gets Brazil Offshore Communications Contract

Oct 23, 2012

RigNet wins 6-year contract from major contractor for managed remote communications services on an ultra-deepwater drill rig.'It is a pleasure to bring the Brazilian oil and gas market high-quality, leading managed communications services…

OceanWorks Contracted to Supply Spare OCB Components

Oct 23, 2012

OceanWorks International contracted to deliver additional seafloor nodes for CSnet International’s Offshore Communications Backbone (OCB).The OCB (Offshore Communications Backbone) subsea infrastructure, including five seafloor nodes which…

US Corp Buys PCTC

Oct 23, 2012

International Shipholding Corporation purchases a 1999-built Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC) to fly the US flag.International Shipholding Corporation announce the purchase of a 1999-built Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC). The vessel acquisition was funded by a $3…

AECOM to Design New South African Port

Oct 23, 2012

Transnet awards AECOM a US$3.4-million contract to initiate the design of the Durban Dig Out Port in South Africa.The project is a brownfield redevelopment for a new seaport complex to be built by excavating nearshore vacated land that will…

Subsea Services New J/V: FMC Partners Edison Chouest

Oct 22, 2012

FMC Technologies and Edison Chouest Offshore team up in subsea services joint venture with new base in Houston, Texas.Utilizing the subsea technologies, tooling and expertise of FMC Technologies, and the vessel, port logistics and ROV operations of Edison Chouest Offshore…

Diver Threat Detection Sonar Order for DSIT

Oct 22, 2012

DSIT Solutions Ltd gets order for its PointShield™ Portable Diver Detection Sonar (PDDS) system. The PointShield™ PDDS is specifically designed to provide underwater protection for navy ships, private yachts and commercial vessels. (The…

BSM to Manage Thenamaris LNG Newbuilds

Oct 22, 2012

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the ship management contracts for three TFDE 160,000 cu m capacity LNGCs belonging to Thenamaris LNG Inc.The vessels are due for delivery from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd…

Rolls-Royce to Power USN Hovercrafts

Oct 22, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of hovercrafts, known as the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC).The Group will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company…

Dutch Shipyard Beats the Clock to Fix Dredger

Oct 22, 2012

Shipdock Harlingen repairs the 'Amazone', a De Boer Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) to meet owner's next contract deadlne.'Occasionally a project comes along that sticks in your memory as being truly exceptional”, says Michel Heerschop…

US Navy AwardsOcean Wave Power Contract to Bodkin

Oct 22, 2012

Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) contracted to develop a coastal water prototype wave power harvesting system.A prototype unit was constructed and tested at the company's Newton facility and was found to have a power conversion efficiency between 34% and 50%…

Forum Sells Two Sub-Atlantic™ ROV's

Oct 22, 2012

Forum Energy Technologies sell two Sub-Atlantic™ ROVs to IKM Subsea for deployment in North Sea and Singapore waters.'We recently won a five year frame agreement with Statoil, and we intend to continue our strong growth both in the Norwegian and International market…

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