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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…

Singapore Office Opened by GL Garrad Hassan

Oct 24, 2012

The consulting company's Ragna Schmidt-Haupt leads a drive focused on the area's renewable energy services' sector.Ragna’s extensive experience in the solar industry leaves her well positioned to head-up GL Garrad Hassan’s activities in…

BMT's XSS Wind Farm Support Vessel Makes Splash

Oct 23, 2012

BMT Nigel Gee's first 26m XSS Windfarm Support for Turbine Transfers launched at the Sepers B.V shipyard in Holland. The XSS (Extreme Semi-SWATH) offers significant improvements in motion levels over conventional platforms and is on target…

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…

Metabo Welcomes Seasoned Marketing Manager

Oct 23, 2012

Responsible for marketing, advertising and sales promotions. Metabo Corporation, an  international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, announced it has hired Jere L…

Crowley Announces Leadership Changes

Oct 23, 2012

Steve Demeroutis and Rudy Leming Take on New Roles Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced  that Steve Demeroutis will now assume the role of vice president, marine operations, for the company’s petroleum and chemical transportation group…

Seagull Covers the Distance on MLC Compliance

Oct 23, 2012

Norwegian maritime training specialist Seagull AS is extending its suite of Distance training packages in anticipation of the entry into force of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) in August 2013…

Alexander to Announce Plan Wednesday at Chickamauga Lock

Oct 23, 2012

Will Attend Public Events This Week in Davidson, Knox and Hamilton Counties, Media Invited to Events Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander will be at a number of event across the state this week. Media are invited to all events…

New Tool at SCI

Oct 23, 2012

Additional simulator in SCI’s Houston Center for Maritime Education enlarges capacity for specialized assessment and training. This month, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) completes construction of an environment tailored for one-on-one mariner skill appraisal…

Long Island Coast Guard Receive New Boat

Oct 23, 2012

Coast Guard Station Eaton’s Neck, N.Y., receive a new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) rescue boat.The new boat, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M), was issued to replace one of two aging 41-foot utility boats at the station.The RB-M is an aluminum…

Lockheed Martin Offer LCS Warships World-wide

Oct 23, 2012

Leveraging on its USN Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) experience, Lockheed Martin offers a Multi-Mission Combatant for navies worldwide.  With two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) currently in the U.S. Navy fleet, two more in production and two others under contract…

Rolls-Royce to Design, Power, Brazilian OSV's

Oct 23, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins a £24 million order to design & equip four platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Brazilian ship owner Bravante Group.The UT 775 SE PSVs are designed to carry deck cargo, pipes and diesel oil to and from offshore oil and gas platforms…

Offshore Rig Helicopter Ditches, All Saved by Merchant Ship

Oct 23, 2012

Major Search & Rescue operation followed the North Sea helicopter crash with 19 on board.The helicopter on its way from Aberdeen to West Phoenix drilling rig ditched off the coast 15 miles west of Fair Isle.Three RNLI lifeboats (Kirkwall…

Manning Agency Blacklisting Blights Seafarers

Oct 23, 2012

The Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) writes to condemn crewing agency practice of blacklisting certain seafarers.The text of the letter by John Green, AoS Director of Development was published in the UK Financial Times:'Sir, The report “Construction…

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