Vard Holdings Limited secured contracts with joint ventures of DOF Subsea and Technip for the design and construction of four Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs), a contract which is the largest order in VARD’s history, with an aggregate order value of approximately $ 1…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines report that they, other concerned parties, & Lloyd’s Register which MOL retained as technical consultant, have conducted a thorough investigation into the causes of the mid-June 2013 hull fracture, of the MOL-operated containership 'MOL Comfort'…
Danos sait it will exhibit at the two-day LSU Career Expo on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge. The first day of the expo is designed for students majoring in science…
Marine Technical Adviser Ian Giddings has a busy autumn ahead of him as he will taking part in four events in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Houston; as well as being at the IMCA Annual Seminar, being held in Singapore (6-7 November, 2013) where he will be facilitating a workshop on DP incident reporting…
Hosted by the Port of Pittsburgh Commission, Metric Systems Corp. carried out Beta-testing of its 'White Space' spectrum wireless networking systems with successful results.The trial was a tough, real-world application showcasing the superior…
Nordic marine energy technology leader Minesto, with a marine power plant that is able to cost efficiently produce electricity from low velocity tidal and ocean currents, has appointed Dr. Heije Westberg as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer…
Register is now open for the 2013 Nortek Technical Symposium in San Diego, California on September 20-21, Nortek announced.This year’s event features keynote speakers from Ocean Observatories Initiative, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, handling and control systems for the global oil and gas industry, has announced plans to recruit up to 50 people in the Highlands as part of its rapid expansion in the area…
Tyler Burger is the latest member of the PMI Industries mechanical engineering team. In this position, Mr. Burger will be responsible for developing, testing and design of the company’s subsea cable management hardware and services. Mr…
Al Schiazza, PE, a licensed professional engineer, is the latest member of the PMI Industries, Inc. engineering team. In this position as a senior project engineer for PMI, Mr. Schiazza will be responsible for managing, developing, testing and…
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) will introduce the results of a joint global study on 'Best Practice in Ship Management', conducted with the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML), to the Hong Kong Shipping community on August 7…
The company reports completion of a multi-year project to build and install the world's largest crane training simulator for the National Ports Agency of Morocco.The simulator uses a 10-meter dome and 12 projectors to create an immersive virtual…
SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, has strengthened its management team with a round of key appointments. Sylvia Halkerston joins the SPEX board of directors…
Petrotechnics, a provider of software solutions to improve frontline operational performance and risk management in hazardous industries, is continuing its global growth strategy by appointing David Bleackley as Vice President of Sales.David…
HMC supports objective of the ISM to ensure safe operations.When the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) of 2006 comes into force it will replace and update more than 68 International labor standards related to the maritime sector adopted over the last 80 years…
