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Offshore Expansion: With Growth Comes Wage Pressure

Jul 17, 2012

Higher salaries paid in the expanding offshore sector are putting wage pressure on other industry segments like classification societies and port state administrations, employment consultant Spinnaker Consulting says.“With demand for personnel continuing to grow in the offshore sector…

Trinity Offshore Re-Brands as TY Offshore

Jun 25, 2012

John Dane III presented TY Offshore to the maritime industries. The re-branding of the company from Trinity Offshore to TY Offshore is intended to provide clear market positioning for the leading Mississippi-based designer and builder of commercial tugs…

ABS Elects New Council

Apr 27, 2012

At the 150th Annual Meeting of the Members of ABS, three industry leaders were elected to the ABS Council. Following the Annual Meeting, the ABS Council met and elected industry leaders to both its Marine and Offshore Technical Committees. Individuals…

EMAS Starts 2012 Strong with $120 million Contract

Jan 14, 2012

EMAS sees strong start to 2012 with further global contract wins worth US$120 million - 12 January 2012.EMAS, a global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry and operating brand for Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra or the Group…

Keppel Expands Offering for Offshore Wind Farm Installations

Jan 03, 2012

Keppel said it will acquire a substantial stake in OWEC Tower, an industry leading designer of jacket foundation. KV Ventus B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd. (Keppel) has today entered into a share purchase and subscription…

OMM Completes Cable Work at Greater Gabbard

Oct 13, 2011

Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed a contract with Fluor for the installation of 36 inter-array cables at the Greater Gabbard wind farm. Originally contracted to install 29 cables, the remit of OMM’s work was expanded during the…

Maersk Partners With Apex for North American Wind Energy

Oct 09, 2011

Maersk Line, Limited and Apex Offshore Wind Energy Partner to Bring Offshore Wind Energy to North America. Apex Offshore Wind, LLC and Maersk Line, Limited today announced that they have established a working relationship to support the development…

Bureau Veritas Extends Russian partnerships

Sep 20, 2011

Bureau Veritas is extending its partnerships in the Russian shipping and offshore sector, focussing on High Arctic offshore projects. Bureau Veritas and the Russian Register are working together to provide basic design review for the Shtokman FPU for the two tenderers: SAIPEM…

Keppel Shipyard Wins Two Contracts

Aug 04, 2011

Keppel Shipyard Ltd has secured two contracts worth a total of S$146 million (over $120 million) to convert a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit as well as to fabricate and integrate an external turret mooring system for an existing FPSO unit…

Offshore Wind Power: Good Growth in EU in 1H '11

Jul 28, 2011

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published offshore wind energy statistics for the first half year of 2011, showing a comfortable 4.5% increase in installations of offshore capacity compared to the first half of 2010.101 new offshore wind turbines…

BW Offshore: The Most Advanced FPSOs in Brazil

Apr 20, 2011

The abundance of deepwater O&G prospects, combined with the lack of oil transportation infrastructure in Brazil, has increasingly favored FPSOs as a production solution. Petrobras presently has more than 25 FPSOs in operation and this number is expected to double during the next decade…

ABS New Council and Committee Members

May 03, 2010

At the Annual Meeting of Members of ABS in New York in April, the following Member was elected to a three-year term on the ABS Council: Graham Westgarth, Teekay Marine Services Following the Annual Meeting, the ABS Council met and elected…

OMSA Says Offshore Jobs Should Go to Americans

Mar 31, 2010

The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA),  the association representing the owners and operators of the U.S. Flag supply vessels that support offshore energy, has issued the following statement on the announcement by the Obama Administration to increase offshore energy production from oil…

SSP Offshore Appoints Illingworth CEO

Mar 02, 2010

Gary Quenan, Chairman of SSP Offshore Inc., announced that Paul Illingworth has agreed to join SSP Offshore as Chief Executive Officer. Illingworth has over 30 years experience in the offshore oil and gas business, prior to which he served seven years in the British Navy…

DNV Greater China Offshore Committee

Jan 18, 2010

Zhou Shouwei, Vice General Manager of CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering accepted DNV’s invitation to be the chairman of the DNV Greater China Offshore Committee.The DNV…

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