Aker Solutions to supply Statoil with subsea trees & control modules for the Visund Field on the Norwegian continental shelf.The contract is for the supply of five subsea trees and eleven control modules, and is valued at aproximately NOK 300-million…
Electronics Leader Enables WiFi Viewing & Control Functionality for Simrad NSS DisplaysSimrad Yachting announced the availability of its wireless networking solution, GoFree Wireless. Combining user-friendly mobile software and rugged marine-grade hardware…
Marine operators and entities have long struggled with the most efficient, effective means to monitor and manage traffic in increasingly busy ports around the world. The marine industry, unlike the airline industry, is unique in that mixed with…
Thirty plus Year Offshore Industry Veteran Joins Horton Wison Deepwater, Inc.Horton Wison Deepwater, Inc. announced the appointment of Gregory Navarre as President of the company and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Navarre…
Topoil AB has appointed Hanna Andersson, 25 years old, as Bunker Trader as of 1st of October 2012.Hanna have been working at Topoil since the beginning of 2011. Her main task have been logistics and operation of the Topoil fleet. Before…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has appointed Francisco Villagran to a new role as Regional Operations Manager, Americas with effect from 1st October 2012.The new appointment is a promotion…
Technip awarded Murphy Exploration & Production Co. contract for development of Dalmatian Field in Gulf of Mexico.The lump-sum contract is for work at a water depth ranging from 530 to 1,800 meters on a field jointly owned by Murphy and Ecopetrol America Inc…
ABB shore-to-ship power connection installed in Port of Ystad enables vesels to shut down their diesel generators to reduce pollution and noise.Shore to ship power connection is sometimes known as AMP, Alternative Maritime Power.Located on the southern tip of Sweden on the Baltic coast…
Cargill, Huntsman Corp. & UNIPEC UK who combined charter over 350 million tonnes of commodities annually decide to charter only eco-friendly ships.Cargill, one of the world's leading international transporters, producers and marketers of food…
China mainland shipping agency provider Sino-Global announce increased revenue in fiscal year 2012 results.Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. a leading, non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, report…
Head of international ocean conservation organization, Oceana, responds to alarming new report on the status of the world's fisheries.Andrew F. Sharpless, CEO of Oceana, issues the following statement about a new report: Status and Solutions for the World's Unassessed Fisheries…
A backhoe dredger built by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA at its associate's NMC shipyard, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands.The backhoe dredger will initially be used for the expansion of the Panama Canal and subsequently for its maintenance…
EMAS AMC contracted by Petroleum Technical Services Corporation Mechanical and Construction to provide facilities for the Dua sub-sea field.Singapore-based EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider…
Aker Solutions contracted by Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company's assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Well intervention services are carried out in an oil or gas well, with the objective of maximising production and increasing the recovery rate of oil and gas…
National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) approves US$1.8-million for 12 new cost-reducing projects.The NSRP Executive Control Board selected 12 new research and development projects for award as part of the National Shipbuilding Research…