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Clair Ridge construction complete

Aug 02, 2016

UK supermajor BP has completed construction work of Clair Ridge, west of Shetlands Islands, bringing its US$6 billion investment closer to production. Clair Ridge. Image from BP United Kingdom Twitter…

Dive vessel loses DP close to hydrocarbon facility during operations

Jun 28, 2016

Australia's safety regulator has published details of an incident which saw a dive vessel lose position while diving was active near a platform.  The vessel drifted off location by about 40m and was initially noticed by the diver when…

DP incidents still under-reported

Jun 28, 2016

Seventy one accounts of incidents that took place in 2014 on 54 vessels were submitted for the annual Dynamic positioning station keeping incidents: Incidents for 2014 (M 231) report, produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)…

MG3 acquires Highland Spirit

May 23, 2016

UK-based geotechnical and marine firm MG3 has purchased the DP2 vessel Ocean Spirit complete with a geotechnical site investigation equipment spread.   MG3 took delivery of the multirole DP2 vessel Ocean Spirit (formerly Highland Spirit)…

DNV GL to aid BorWin installation

May 18, 2016

Norway's DNV GL has been awarded a contract by China's COSCO Shipping Company for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform. The Dutch-German transmission system operator…

GE to equip Hornbeck MPSVs

May 04, 2016

After equipping over 20 purpose supply vessels (PSV)/multipurpose supply vessels (MPSV), GE has been chosen by Hornbeck Offshore Services’ (HOS) to equip two next generation of US flagged, Jones Act-qualified MPSVs, to be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding…

Sonardyne acoustics for Brandon Bordelon

Jan 26, 2016

Louisiana-based Bordelon Marine is using acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne for its new ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV), Brandon Bordelon. The dual Ranger 2 Pro DP-INS systems, the highest specification available…

Amplus, Technip tag team North Sea marginal fields

Dec 09, 2015

Amplus Energy Services, a floating production solutions firm headquartered in Aberdeen’s Grandholm area, has struck a deal with Technip in the UK to work together to develop untapped oil reserves in marginal fields in the North Sea. With…

GE Marine upgrades Egypt training facility

Oct 27, 2015

Image: crane simulator in Egypt/GE Marine In 2012, the AAST-GE DP Center was established through a joint effort between GE and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport…

C-Nav upgrades C-Scape software

Jul 08, 2015

C-Nav, a division of C & C Technologies an Oceaneering International company providing dynamic DGNSS Precise Point Positioning systems, has introduced a recently upgraded version of its C-Scape software. C-Scape provides independent, real-time monitoring of dynamic positioning (DP) systems…

Kongsberg offers new DP course

Jun 19, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime’s training center in Houston, Texas has become the first maritime training facility in North America to offer the Nautical Institute-accredited Sea Time Reduction Course for dynamic positioning operators (DPO). Kongsberg…

DNV GL issues closed-bus DP guideline

Apr 29, 2015

Advanced dynamic positioning (DP) vessels can now meet critical safety regulations while gaining operational flexibility, efficiency and cost savings through new design and monitoring methods. More operators are asking their drilling…

BP gets Valhall extentions

Jan 08, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) is extending BP Norge’s use of the Valhall drilling platform (DP) and production and compression platform (PCP) facilities until 31 December 2023. Valhall field…

ABS to class ultra deepwater offloading unit

Aug 25, 2014

Houston-based ABS has been selected to class the Remora HiLoad dynamic positioning (DP) BR loading unit, a second generation of the HiLoad DP system that connects to and keeps conventional tankers in position during crude oil offloading from floating production installations…

Simulation solutions

Jun 12, 2014

A bridge simulator in action. Photo from Kongsberg Maritime AS.  Audrey Leon spoke with Kongsberg Maritime about their range of simulator training services in Rio de Janeiro.Kongsberg Maritime is no stranger to simulator training services…

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