Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group for delivery of Design & Engineering of two Diving & Construction vessels for Ultra Deep Offshore Ltd. in Singapore. The vessels are a newly developed MT6023 DSCV design…
BMT Group (BMT), an international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced an internal reorganization which will see the existing BMT operating companies grouped into five market focused partnerships in a move that…
NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement regarding a report released today by SELC which attempts to discredit an earlier study by Quest Offshore: “The Quest Study estimates the potential for jobs, economic activity…
Semco Maritime entered into an agreement with Maersk Drilling for the expansion of accommodation rig Maersk Guardian, which will be inserted at various fields in the Danish part of the North Sea from September 2016. The order for Semco Maritime…
Thirty year old napkin sketch became a reality in 2015. The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) has presented its President’s Award to Dr Kjell Olav Stinessen in recognition of his long term services to industry at the Society’s AGM and annual dinner in London…
On November 30, NYK welcomed about 60 environmental supervisors from 46 NYK Group companies to the group’s annual Environmental Management Conference in Tokyo. NYK holds this conference once a year with NYK Group companies to share information…
More than half of the public companies in the offshore supply-vessel industry face a high probability of restructuring or bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported quoting a research released from the consulting firm AlixPartners. Even before crude…
The bodies of six oil workers missing from an Azeri oil platform in the Caspian Sea that caught fire on Friday have been found, the state energy company SOCAR said on Monday. It said a helicopter search for the other missing would continue at daybreak…
Carey Lowe has been named chief operating officer of offshore drilling services provider Ensco plc. He is based in London and succeeds Mark Burns, who is retiring from the company.Lowe has held various executive management positions at Ensco since joining Ensco in 2008…
Tidal energy developer OpenHydro, a DCNS company, has secured honors at this year’s Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards and SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards. At the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards, OpenHydro won the Tech Innovation Award for its Turbine Control Center…
U.S. oilfield equipment maker National Oilwell Varco Inc will cut its Norwegian workforce by another 900 people after low oil prices resulted in fewer orders, the company said on Monday.The layoffs come on top of cuts announced in June when…
Forty two workers have been rescued from an offshore oil platform that caught fire in Azerbaijan's sector of the Caspian Sea, Azeri independent TV ANS said on Friday. Azeri state energy company SOCAR was not immediately available to comment…
Three workers are missing after an accident at an offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Friday. SOCAR said a small cabin, where workers were living, was washed into the sea from the platform during a heavy storm…
Rig-builder Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) is currently embroiled in a dispute with Marco Polo Marine over a US$214.3 million rig construction contract that Marco Polo wants terminated. In a statement on Monday, Macro Polo reiterated its…
Wood Group has appointed three senior engineering specialists who will lead a new team of up to 20 people in the UK to further build Wood Group’s capability in vibration, dynamics and noise. This follows the acquisition of BETA Machinery Analysis…
