Archive for the ‘Underwater Shipping’ Category
Wärtsilä to design heavy construction vessel for Subsea 7
Wärtsilä Corporation, 6 June 2013 at 12.30 pm EET – Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to provide the design for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV). The ship is to be built for Subsea 7 S.A., the seabed-to-surface engineering,...
June 6th, 2013 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Underwater Shipping | Read More
ABB wins order worth $12 million to power deepwater pipe laying vessel
Efficient propulsion and electrical systems for a dynamically-positioned combination S-Lay vessel
Zurich, Switzerland, May 27, 2013 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $12million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for a deepwater pipe laying...
May 28th, 2013 | Underwater Shipping | Read More
GAC pushes further into the Arctic with Polar Logistics Group
23 May 2013 - Bergen, Norway - GAC Norway AS and Polar Logistics Group ApS (POLOG) have formed a strategic partnership to further strengthen GAC’s network within the Arctic Circle.
The move is the latest stage in the company’s Arctic strategy to better serve the region by bringing together...
May 23rd, 2013 | Logistics, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Underwater Shipping | Read More
IMCA Publishes Guidlines on ROV Installation on Vessels
Jane Bugler
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘Guidelines for installing ROV systems on vessels or platforms’ (IMCA R018). The new publication is aimed at vessel and platform owner/operators and designers; ROV contractor representatives; client and contractor staff...
May 20th, 2013 | Associations, Underwater Shipping | Read More
SIGMA SYLADVANCEä 700 offers unrivalled antifouling protection
Sijmen Visser
SIGMA SYLADVANCEä 700 offers unrivalled antifouling protection for vessels with flexible service speeds and trade patterns
Newest silyl acrylate product from leading marine coatings manufacturer is designed as an ‘entry-level’ addition to the SIGMA SYLADVANCE range
Amsterdam, The Netherlands,...
May 7th, 2013 | Marine Equipment Products and Services, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Smit Lamnalco welcomes new vessels in Gabon
Welcoming ceremony SL Gabon SL Libreville (c) Smit Lamnalco
A welcoming ceremony was held for two newbuild vessels SL Gabon and SL Libreville at Port‐Gentil, Gabon on 17 April.
Among those attending the ceremony were the Minister Delegate of Transport Mr Emmanuel Jean Didier Biye, the Governor of the...
April 23rd, 2013 | Energy, Oil Industry, Trade and Commerce, Underwater Shipping | Read More
IMCA publishes updated DESIGN for Saturation (Bell) Diving Systems
Offshore equipment and operating practices are routinely improved in the constant quest for ever-greater levels of safety and efficiency. The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) newly published ‘Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for Saturation (Bell) Diving...
April 5th, 2013 | Associations, Underwater Shipping | Read More
International Association of Drilling Contractors recognises GL NobleDenton expert for contribution to ISO standards
Mike Hoyle and on his right Stephen A. Colville President of IADC.
London/UK, 22 February 2013: The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) has recognised Mike Hoyle, one of GL Noble Denton’s leading technical authorities for offshore oil and gas structures, for his contribution...
February 22nd, 2013 | Associations, Awards, Classification Societies, Events, Oil Platforms and Rigs, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Deep-Sea Mining Is Closer Than You Think
Yeti crabs crowd the newly discovered hydrothermal vent ecosystem near Antarctica. (Image: NERC ChEsSo Consortium)
Deep-Sea Mining Is Closer Than You Think
By Jeffrey Marlow
Late last year, hydrothermal vents were discovered around Antarctica, carpeted with thousands of ghost-white yeti crabs. In...
December 21st, 2012 | Oceanology, Underwater Shipping | Read More
GL Garrad Hassan to provide Celtic Array Met Mast
Fino 2 reserch platform
Hamburg/Germany, 22 November 2012 – Centrica has awarded a contract to GL Garrad Hassan, the renewable energy consulting business of the GL Group, for the design, supply, installation and operation of an offshore meteorological mast system for their Celtic Array project...
November 22nd, 2012 | Classification Societies, Energy, Underwater Shipping | Read More
How the Earth’s oceans plunged the planet into a catastrophic big freeze
A new model of flood waters from the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet shows how water first flowed north-west into the Arctic, weakening deep ocean circulation and leading to the Earth’s last major cold period
The incredible image that reveals how the Earth’s oceans plunged the planet into a...
November 9th, 2012 | Oceanology, Underwater Shipping, What Others Say | Read More
At United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Countries Agree to Double Resources for Biodiversity Protection by 2015
Photo Credit: Willyam Bradberry/ ShutterStock
Biodiversity-Rich Marine Areas in Focus as Countries Renew Efforts to Curb Species Loss
Hyderabad (India), 20 October 2012 – The world’s governments have agreed to increase funding in support of actions to halt the rate of loss of biodiversity...
October 21st, 2012 | Conferences, Seminars, Forums, Environment, Oceanology, Organisations, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Shipcare Marine Consultants latest…
SHIPCARE MARINE CONSULTANTS were involved in another interesting project on 28-29 September. The offloading of the Jack Up Oil Rig B-319 which arrived at the port of Kavala Greece all the way from Singapore, onboard the heavy Lift vessel XIANG YUN KOU of COSCO.
The Oil rig had to be offloaded from the...
October 6th, 2012 | Oil Platforms and Rigs, Salvage, Towage, Wreck Removals, Underwater Shipping | Read More
FSO AFRICA – New Agreement
FSO Africa
FSO Asia
Antwerp, Belgium, 2 October 2012 – The Executive Committee of Euronav NV (NYSE EURONEXT BRUSSELS: EURN) is pleased to announce that TI Africa Limited, the owner of FSO Africa, has signed a new agreement with Maersk Oil Qatar AS (MOQ) for the provision of FSO services on...
October 2nd, 2012 | Energy, Oil Industry, Underwater Shipping | Read More
World’s first buoyant tower successfully set in Peru
Hull upend’ Hull is taken through controlled upending to the desired vertical position
The CX-15 buoyant tower designed by Horton Shallow Water Development (SWD) has been successfully set as planned for BPZ Energy off the coast of Peru. The Buoyant Tower is located approximately one mile from the...
September 29th, 2012 | Energy, Oil Platforms and Rigs, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Rescued from the deep: a shipwreck treasure is centre stage at Bronze, the new Royal Academy exhibition
Chimaera of Arezzo, Florence, Etruscan, 400 BC, Bronze, Soprintendenza per I Beni archeologici della Toscana Photo Antonio, Quattrone, Florence
- Rescued from the deep: a shipwreck treasure is centre stage at Bronze, the new Royal Academy exhibition – By James Brewer
Modern man has recovered many...
September 14th, 2012 | Maritime Art, Maritime History and Museums, News, Underwater Shipping | Read More
New Ocean Scorecard Gives World a 60%
New Ocean Scorecard Gives World a 60% By Tara Thean
End August 2012 – We live in a world obsessed with numbers – college rankings, baseball scores, exam results – and now we have one to tell us what’s happening to our oceans. According to a study outlining the first results of the...
September 1st, 2012 | Underwater Shipping | Read More
GL Noble Denton Establishes Global Design Centre in Norway
The Aker H-6e semi-submersible rigs “Aker Barents” and “Aker Spitsbergen”, where GL Noble Denton’s design experts were responsible for all the detailed design, engineering and strength analysis for the sub-structure
Brevik, Norway – 28 August 2012: GL Noble Denton...
August 28th, 2012 | Energy, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Intelligently connected pipe (ICP) – enabling technology for ultra deep water developments
…the GMC IPC ‘scene’
GMC Limited, the technology focussed offshore engineering contractor, will formally launch its Intelligently Connected Pipe (ICP) concept to the industry at ONS 2012 (Stavanger 28 – 31 August) on stand #M1176.“ICP is a major step forward in riser technology as...
August 24th, 2012 | Energy, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Underwater Metal Detectors assist in recovery of shipwreck artifatcs
In October 1619 the naval warship Warwick sailed into the King’s Castle Harbour in Bermuda with an important cargo from England; the colony’s new governor, Captain Nathaniel Butler. After taking on provisions the Warwick was to travel onto the struggling colony at Jamestown, Virginia, but it never...
July 31st, 2012 | Maritime History and Museums, Underwater Shipping | Read More
GAC’s Mersey beat delivers new rig
Conwy Platform offshore Liverpool
GAC Shipping UK has completed the successful installation of the Conwy platform 40 miles off the port of Liverpool, only two months after a tug carrying the rig’s jacket and topside – each weighing in at over 700 MT – set off from Rotterdam.
GAC’s Liverpool...
July 21st, 2012 | Energy, Underwater Shipping | Read More
We can still save our reefs -
“[Corals] have stood up to several episodes of global warming and high CO2 in the past – and bounced back, even from mass extinction events.” – Image: ultramarinfoto/iStockphotoJuly 2012 – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
John Pandolfi keeps his optimism alive...
July 20th, 2012 | Oceanology, Underwater Shipping | Read More
Oceanology International 2014 is already breaking records
Oceanology International 2012 was a true record breaker with 7,669 attendees (ABC audited) from more than 70 countries (a 10.9% increase on 2010) and over 525 exhibitors from 33 countries – now the 2014 edition of the biennial show, being held at ExCeL, London from Tuesday 11 until Thursday 13 March...
July 9th, 2012 | Oceanology, Underwater Shipping | Read More
John Mills Valves in Triton contract for GE Oil & Gas
John Mills Valves – Valve bdy castings being made at the John Mills site in Newcastle
John Mills Valves, a subsidiary of Wärtsilä Valves Limited, has completed a contract for a bronze globe valve for GE Oil & Gas for the firefighting system handling seawater on the Triton FPSO facility, approximately...
July 6th, 2012 | Energy, Marine Equipment Products and Services, Oil Platforms and Rigs, Underwater Shipping | Read More
World records set at the inaugural European Human-powered sub races
Omer 8
A new human powered submarine world speed record was achieved at the inaugural European International Submarine Races (eISR) which were held at QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin test tank at Haslar, Gosport, UK, when École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Québec’s submarine Omer 8 travelled at...
July 2nd, 2012 | Underwater Shipping | Read More
