MacGregor launched a fiber-rope retrofit option for its subsea cranes. The modular upgrade replaces the crane's original steel wire rope with high-performance synthetic fiber rope, using the same technology as MacGregor's fiber-rope crane…
Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg's offshore operation have announced a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. According to Diamond, its patented…
GE Oil & Gas is introducing a series of offshore solutions at this week's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, aimed at increasing efficiencies and reducing costs. These include the SeaPrime I Subsea BOP Control System, which has…
Audrey Leon chats with Gerald (Jerry) Stone, senior vice president, Fluor Offshore Solutions, about his unlikely career in engineering, his take on the current market situation, and his work in harsh environments. Jerry Stone…
MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…
McDermott International received regulatory approval for its McDermott Marine Construction Ghana Ltd. (MMCGL) joint venture to pursue key offshore opportunities in Ghana. McDermott and MMCGL officials made the announcement during the 2015 Africa Oil Week in Cape Town…
Image: Oceanwide S.a.S. selfpropelled hyperbaric lifeboat/Unique Group Unique Group, an integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, has acquired Oceanwide Safety at Sea in a deal that joins two global providers in the diving industry…
Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5million to global services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel…
EPCI contractor McDermott International and Accra, Ghana-based Hydra Offshore Group have joined forces to create a new joint venture called, McDermott Marine Construction Ghana Limited (MMCGL), focused on opportunities offshore Ghana. McDermott's partner…
United Arab Emirates-based subsea and offshore solution firm Unique Maritime Group (UMG) has secured investment from London-based private equity investor Blue Water Energy. The new partnership will allow UMG to accelerate its growth plans through additions to its rental fleet…
Ezra Holdings has revealed plans to consolidate its offshore support services division, EMAS Marine, into its associated company, Olso Børs-listed EOC Limited. Once complete, the enlarged EOC Group would be one of the largest offshore support operators in Asia Pacific by asset value…
Subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Maritime Group has made a move into offshore containers by agreeing to form a joint venture with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer the rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East. The new joint venture company…
Finnish government-owned investment company, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, has acquired a 66.4% stake in Aker Arctic Technology Oy (Aker Arctic) from STX Finland Oy. Aker Arctic is a leading company in Arctic marine logistics and offshore solutions…
Dutch walk-to-work technology company Ampelmann has acquired fellow Netherland’s based firm Offshore Solutions. Delft-based Ampelmann provides systems to safely transfer people and cargo from ships to offshore oil rigs or wind turbines…
Offshore Solutions BV (OS), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, has signed a North Sea contract with Maersk Oil UK to provide marine access support to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Global Producer III…