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BSEE, USCG Respond Oil Spill in GoM

May 13, 2016

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard are responding to a two mile by thirteen mile sheen in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 97 miles south of Port Fourchon, LA.The offshore oil and gas operator…

H.O. Bostrom Wins Governor’s Export Achievement Award

May 11, 2016

Wisconsin’s H.O. Bostrom Company, Inc. is one of three statewide recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Export Achievement Award, which recognizes their success in global business development. The awards honor businesses that have achieved significant…

McDermott Wins Contract in Arabian Gulf

May 06, 2016

McDermott International Inc. received three separate engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) projects in multiple Arabian Gulf fields. The EPCI contracts were given by a major national oil company;  In addition to this…

ICS Pushing For Balanced Update of York Antwerp Rules

May 05, 2016

At the Comité Maritime International (CMI) Conference, in New York this week, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will be pressing to ensure that the proposed revision of the York Antwerp Rules of General Average delivers a clear improvement…

Viega Announces 2015 Top Gun Award Winners

May 04, 2016

Eight winners from across the country honored for their industry leadership Viega LLC announced its 2015 Top Gun award winners at the company’s 2016 annual national sales meeting held in April in Wichita, Kan. The top eight Viega sales people were honored with 2015 Top Gun awards…

Schwarze-Robitec Restructures its Sales Department

May 04, 2016

Schwarze-Robitec, a manufacturer of tube bending machines bids farewell its Sales Manager Jürgen Korte, who will retire at the end of April 2016. Along with this comes a new alignment from the bottom up that takes place throughout the entire management level of the company…

Schlumberger Unveils Microfluidic Analysis Technology at OTC

May 03, 2016

Maze microfluidic SARA analysis delivers precise fluid measurements for reservoir characterization HOUSTON, May 2, 2016—Schlumberger announced today at the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference the release of the Maze* microfluidic SARA analysis for reservoir fluids characterization…

PPG Unveils Subsea Coating System

May 03, 2016

The PPG protective and marine coatings business is introducing and highlight the new PHENGUARD Subsea coating system. The new product combination of PHENGUARD Subsea 610 coating and PHENGUARD Subsea 780 coating is an ideal two-coat subsea…

Lerwick Harbor sees Seasonal Boost

May 01, 2016

The opening of the offshore season in northern waters has seen specialist oil industry vessels return to Lerwick Harbor during April to support subsea development projects. This month has also brought the first cruise ship of the year to the…

Ocean Economy Set to Double in Size by 2030

Apr 30, 2016

The world’s oceans must be managed well to ensure the potential of an “ocean economy” that was worth US $ 1.5 trillion in 2010. 'Calculations based on the OECD’s Ocean Economy Database value the ocean economy’s output (measured in terms…

Hempel’s Fouling Defence Product Hempaguard Applied to 500 Vessels

Apr 28, 2016

Leading marine coatings manufacturer, Hempel, announces - after only two and a half years on the market -  its award winning innovative fouling defence product Hempaguard has now been applied as a full vessel coating to 500 ships.  This milestone was reached yesterday with the coating of a 61…

Technip Gains Petrobras BAVIT Contract Extension

Apr 27, 2016

Technip has signed a four years extension of its five-year initial contract signed in January 2011 with Petrobras S.A. for its Flexible Pipes Logistic Base (BAVIT), located in Vitória, Brazil.The scope covers storage, handling, inspection…

EV Acquires Epidote

Apr 27, 2016

Leading specialist in well diagnosis, EV, has announced the acquisition of Aberdeenshire-based well integrity software supplier, Epidote Limited, to enable a world-class well diagnosis service. The acquisition results in EV taking full ownership of the company and its five employees…

Viega Relocates Its US Headquarters

Apr 26, 2016

Viega LLC announced that it will move its North American headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado, where it will build a new headquarters and educational training facility, with construction set to begin this summer. Relocation activities will begin immediately…

Transocean Delays Drillship Delivery

Apr 20, 2016

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced today an agreement with Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard Ptd Ltd, to defer the delivery and related final payments of two dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships.The proprietary…

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DP World Acquires Savan Logistics

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Matt Kaplan to Lead New Great Lakes Authority

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Montrose Becomes First Port in Scotland to Provide Shore Power for Vessels

Montrose Becomes First Port in Scotland to Provide Shore Power for Vessels

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