KONGSBERG has been awarded a significant offshore automation contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract covers deliveries to four Transocean owned new-build drill ships, with an option for KONGSBERG to deliver products and services for six more drill ships. “We call this a ‘Full Picture’ solution, as it includes dynamic positioning, position [...]
The RINA Group has entered into a framework agreement to supply certification and engineering services to UAE-based Drydocks World – Dubai (LLC). Under an MOU signed in Rome, Italy, on 9 May, Drydocks World will draw on RINA Group’s expertise to deliver assistance with project management and ship classification and certification for a number of [...]
This year, during the celebration of the 12th Spanish Coast and Port Engineering Congress, Siport21 presented four projects which sum up part of their daily technical activity. Two of them were carried out for mexican ports: the Manoeuvrability Study of Port of Altamira and Ship Manoeuvring Study of LNG Carriers at Port of Manzanillo. The [...]
Ghenova Netherlands Engineering B.V. announced its cooperation with Vicus Desarrollos Tecnológicos, S.L. On Friday 19th of April 2013 a MoU was signed between both parties. GNE is able to assist its clients with a more sophisticated scope during concept and the basic design phase with this cooperation. VICUSdt is a dynamic and innovating technological company. [...]
OSX, a shipbuilding and offshore services company belonging to the EBX Group, has obtained ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification for its Engineering, Leasing and Development Unit, proof of the company´s commitment to comply with global standards for health and safety in the workplace, environmental protection, and quality of services. This Business Unit [...]
Austal, the Australian-headquartered global leader specialising in the design, construction and maintenance of high-performance vessels for defence and commercial purposes, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Unithai Shipyard and Engineering, Thailand’s premier shipyard. The MOU strengthens the companies’ cooperation and collaboration in sharing expertise and providing high-quality ship repair services to support defence [...]
Damen Shipyards Group and ShipConstructor representative CADMatch will speak about challenges and solutions involving Concurrent Engineering at the CADMatch Maritime Days Conference, March 20, 2013. Concurrent Engineering is critical due to tight deadlines and rising customer expectations; engineering departments need to get more work done faster. This means that diverse engineering teams need effective methods [...]
Technip was awarded by BP Angola an important five-year contract for engineering and modification services for the existing Greater Plutonio and Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, located in Blocks 18 and 31 offshore Angola. This contract follows the successful completion of a previous five-year contract for engineering [...]
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today, Feb. 15th, announced that Mr Peter Seah Lim Huat will step down as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board on 25 April 2013, following the Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2013. Mr Kwa Chong Seng, an Independent Non-Executive Director of ST Engineering since 1 [...]
Navis Engineering is supplying six DP2 systems for the new series of Fast Support Intervention Vessels (FSIVs) being built at the Piriou SEAS shipyard in Vietnam for Paris-based Bourbon, the offshore marine services provider. The first vessel in the six-ship series, the Bourbon Sirocco was delivered towards the end of 2012 and is deployed in [...]
