Jumbo Offshore Completes Wind Farm Project
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Jumbo Offshore has completed its TP-installation project for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK’s south-east coast. For client Fluor, Jumbo’s DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel Jumbo Javelin installed 131 TP’s (out of 140 in the field) with a record-breaking installation speed of more than one TP per day. The job included leveling and grouting operations and was done without any serious accidents or incidents.
Topaz Delivers $75M Oil & Gas Project
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Topaz Energy and Marine announced the project delivery of the deck structure of a Mobile Offshore Production Unit and storage (MOPUstor). The MOPUstor deck was constructed by Topaz Fabrication and Construction; part of the Topaz Engineering division under a subcontract from Single Buoy Moorings Inc for its client, Talisman Energy Norge AS. The value of Topaz Engineering’s portion of the work was $75m.
Photo: CG & DHS Visit the Port of Valdez
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Coast Guard Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Coast Guard vice commandant and Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, tour the port of Valdez aboard a Coast Guard Station Valdez response boat small Sept. 3, 2010. Brice-O'Hara and Hill visited Valdez as part of a Department of Homeland Security familiarization visit to Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley
Blowout Preventer Arrives at NASA for Analysis
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According to a September 12 report from the Associated Press, Coast Guard official said the 300-ton device that failed to stop the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill after a rig exploded has arrived at a NASA facility in Louisiana for analysis. Lt. Suzanne Kerver told The Associated Press that the barge carrying the blowout preventer reached the New Orleans facility on the afternoon of September 12. (Source: The Associated Press)
U.S. Backs $1B Loan to Mexico for Oil Drilling
According to a September 11 report from FoxNews.com, despite President Obama's moratorium on U.S. deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Export-Import…
OCS Safety Board Report Next Steps on Reforms
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that a team led by senior officials in the Department of the Interior, including Interior’s Inspector General, have…
DRD Towing, Owner Plead Guilty, 2008 Spill in Mississippi River
DRD Towing Company, LLC., a marine company located in Harvey, La., pled guilty in federal court on Sept. 8 before U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to a felony…
Samsung Heavy $630M Orders for Tankers, Offshore Platform
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said it has won orders worth a combined $630m for five oil tankers and an offshore. Under the deal with a Norwegian customer…
BP Sued by Watchdog Group Over Atlantis Platform
According to a September 10 report from Bloomberg, an environmental watchdog group said in a lawsuit that BP Plc’s Atlantis oil and gas production platform in the…
Pirates Attack Japanese Ship, No Crew Injured
According to a September 12 report from Reuters, pirates boarded a Japanese auto transport ship and robbed its crew off Indonesia late on September 10, but no one…
World's Largest Offshore Facility to Open, Spending Cut Fears
According to a September 12 report from www.guardian.co.uk, the world's largest offshore windfarm, which cost over $1,155m to build, is poised to open off the coast of Kent…
This Day in Coast Guard History – September 13
1941-After the Danish government in exile asked the U.S. to protect Greenland, the cutter Northland seized the Norwegian sealer Buskoe, with Nazi agents on board…
This Day in Naval History – September 13
1814 - British bombardment of Fort McHenry inspires the Star Spangled Banner. 1847 - Marine Brigade leads U.S. 1906 - Sailors and Marines from USS Denver land in…
Chief Engineer Sentenced for Falsifying Records
Dimitrios Dimitrakis, Chief Engineer of the cargo ship M/V New Fortune, was sentenced in federal court in Oakland today to three years probation, a $5,000 fine,…
EPA Objects to Dredging Proposals for Missouri River
EPA has determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Draft Environmental Impact Statement presents insufficient scientific information to support dredging…
Somali Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Piracy
Jama Idle Ibrahim, a/k/a Jaamac Ciidle, pled guilty on September 8 to conspiracy to commit piracy under the law of nations and conspiracy to use a firearm during…
Seaway Sets Stage for Busy Fall Season
Grain shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway increased by 51 percent to 830,000 metric tons in August compared to the same period last year as international demand…
RBG Completes Rigid-Hulled Inflation Boat for Chevron
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RBG, provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has completed a contract worth approximately $616,100 for Acergy, for the provision of Rigid-Hulled Inflation Boat (RHIB) dive services and project support. RBG was commissioned to support the removal and replacement of one of the fairleads from the Chevron Upstream Europe (Chevron) owned Captain FPSO. Deployed from the Acergy-chartered vessel…
Globus Maritime Q2 & Six Month Results
Globus Maritime Limited (AIM: GLBS) (LSE: GLBS), a company with subsidiaries that own and operate Supramax, Panamax, and Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels, reported its…
Northrop Grumman New Nav Training Center
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced that its Sperry Marine business unit has opened a new ship navigation training center in Charlottesville, Va.