UK electrical installation company Correll Services has won contract award for the Subsea and Land Cable Termination & Testing works on the Formosa 1 (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm, in Taiwan.The contract has been awarded by Formosa 1 project turnkey contractor Jan De Nul Group…
Once upon a time, visual inspection of subsea infrastructure meant divers taking still cameras down to the seafloor, hoping that the camera casing wouldn’t flood, or that the film wouldn’t be over exposed or destroyed during development. Even…
UAE-based subsea and offshore solution provider Unique Group announced Thursday it it has entered into a contract with Singapore-based offshore and marine oil field services company POSH Subsea to offer integrated diving solutions.As part of the agreement…
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) announced Tuesday it has completed its existing guidance on dynamic positioning (DP) with the newly published ‘Guidance to Identify DP System Components and their Failure Modes’ (IMCA M 247)…
Oil workers accepted an improved pay offer by the Offshore Contractors Association to 2,500 union members, the Unite union said, a move which removes the threat of strike in the British North Sea which is home to the Brent crude benchmark.'Unite Scotland's 2…
The global enterprise applications company IFS announced that international offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has deployed IFS Applications to improve operations and optimize its IT landscape.The enterprise software company said in…
BMT said it has signed a service agreement with UAE oil and gas supplier and contractor Al Masaood Oil & Gas.The agreement with the Abu Dhabi headquartered company will see BMT being assisted by Al Masaood Oil & Gas to deliver risk & safety…
Gazprom and the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex (SSС Zvezda) signed in St. Petersburg the construction contracts for four vessels.The signing took place at the Offshore Marintec Russia 2018 International Specialized Exhibition and Conference showcasing…
Heerema Marine Contractor’s iconic semisubmersible crane vessel Hermod is set to retire after a 40-year operational service history. Hermod's first job in 1979, installing the Piper A platform topsides in the UK North Sea…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) says it is disappointed in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on seismic surveying in the Gulf of Mexico. The programmatic EIS…
Harke Jan Meek. Image from IMCA. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Harke Jan Meek, chief commercial officer at Heerema Marine Contractors as its new president and chairman of the board…
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) issued its report on 4 April into the potential impact of the Jones Act proposals published by the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) on 18 January. IMCA has conducted…
Melissa Sustaita provides an overview of activities slated for this year’s Offshore Technology Conference. An overview of OTC 2016’s exhibition hall. Photo from Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)…
Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke…
International compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine to supply compressed air systems to the new build Heerema Sleipnir crane vessel. The scope of work includes manufacturing…
