For the fourth consecutive year, Harris CapRock Communications has been ranked number one on The Independent Top Twenty listing by the World Teleport Association (WTA). The company also ranked fifth on The Global Top Twenty in 2014 based on total revenue and year-over-year growth…
Specialised shipbuilder Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured two contracts worth a total of about S$65 million.The first contract was awarded by Seaways International Pte…
The Nigerian Ship owners’ Association (NISA) and Turkish Shipowners’ Association (TUSA) has flagged off a working relationship to develop water transportation and ship yards, in the Nigeria maritime sector. The Nigerian Shipowners’ Association (NISA)…
Tank level monitoring is a common wireless application used in upstream pumping, oil and gas, wastewater, agriculture and other industrial applications to eliminate run-outs and overflows while optimizing and ensuring the integrity of operations…
Woods Hole Group on November 14, 2014 was awarded a contract to design and install a current profiling system for a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.The current profiling system will consist of dual (upward and downward…
E-navigation specialist NAVTOR has set course for Asia, with the news that the Egersund, Norway-based business has opened an office in Singapore. The move comes in response to growing regional demand for simple, efficient and cost effective ENC distribution solutions…
LaNaval Shipyard in Spain has laid the keel of the ferry Texelstroom on the 30th of December, that is building for the dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO), located in the island of Texel, at the north of The Netherlands…
BAE Systems in the U.K said it will take on 710 apprentices in 2015, the highest intake in the company’s history. Next year's intake surpasses the record set in the previous year by 142 places and includes 45 places for apprentices who will…
An important initiative by Wärtsilä to support and stimulate the maritime economy in South Africa has come to fruition with the delivery of a state-of-the-art Wärtsilä 20 engine. The engine has been donated by Wärtsilä to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)…
“The WESMAR thruster works really well. It turns the boat on a dime,” says Wylie Sacks of Pembroke Pines, Florida, who with his son, ‘Vinnie,’ a 100-ton licensed captain, operates a charter boat out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They installed…
In the culmination of it 75th Anniversary year in 2014, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News is announced the 17 “Great Ships of 2014” in its December 2014 edition, available now at:http://digitalmagazines.marinelink.com/nwm/MaritimeReporter/201412/The…
New technologies allow industry to comply with emission standards, reduce costs The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) authorized formal exemptions by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines that allow for the enlargement…
BP and SOCAR (the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) today signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) to jointly explore for and develop potential prospects in the shallow water area around the Absheron Peninsula in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea…
Aker Solutions employees bought shares for about NOK 95 million as part of annual programs for staff and managers.The company for the sixth consecutive year held share purchase programs to encourage employee ownership. A total of 2,332 employees…
ARENA’s Research and Development (R&D) program supports R&D projects that will advance the commercial deployment of renewable energy technology in Australia.ARENA is providing $21.5 million funding for 12 cutting edge projects through the first round of the R&D program…
