Seismic Survey Offshore NW Australia by TGS
Geoscience providers TGS announce a fourth 3D multi-client seismic survey, 'Honeycombs'. Honeycombs, covers 2,500 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia.
Logistics Experts GAC Help Sharpen up 'The Blades'
'The Blades' is the nickname of UK soccer team Sheffield United, & logistics provider GAC has renewed sponsorship of the club. Since forming links with the Blades in 2009 GAC went on to become the Official Logistics Partner of Sheffield United Football Club and followed that by sponsoring the South Stand of its stadium in Bramall Lane. The Blades’ Commercial Director, Steve Coakley, talked about the importance of the ongoing relationship between GAC and the Blades.
ABB Controls Production Systems Aboard Giant FPSO
Floating Production Storage & Offloading ship uses ABB systems to control entire production from reservoir to wellhead to vessel. FPSO Peregrino, one of the biggest, most technologically advanced oil production ships in the world, was converted at a cost of more than US$1-billion from a VLCC tankship to function as a FPSO having been acquired by Statoil and permanently moored off the coast of Brazil.
Korea's Daewoo Wins Offshore Drill Platform Order
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) wins US$1.94-billion order. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering says it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.94 billion)…
Landlocked Switzerland Employs Private Maritime Security
Swiss shipping operators confirm they employ armed security guards to protect their ships off Somalia & Gulf of Aden. Landlocked Switzerland plays a surprisingly…
Fatigue Afflicts US Navy LCS Crews
Head of Naval Surface Forces says officials looking closely at Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) manning in order to alleviate crew exhaustion. Recent disclosure of a closely held Navy study of LCS operations, indicated among the many issues identified, that the ship’s 40-member crew was over-taxed in port and exhausted underway, reports 'Navy Times'. “Certainly, there’s some crew fatigue involved, and I think with any new class of ship…
China Shipyard Repairs Panama Canal Damaged Container Ship
German-owned 998-ft container ship 'Ilse Wulff' repaired in CIC Changxing Shipyard after touching bottom in the Panama Canal earlier in the year. Owners of the Ilse…
Rosneft Launches Environmentally Sensitive Pechora Sea Oil Search
A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square km is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya. Pechora Sea (Russian: Печо́рское мо́ре…
Mississippi-like Low Water Levels Threaten Danube
Low water levels in Bulgarian sections of Europe's River Danube threaten navigation safety, ship commerce. Water levels continue to go down and threaten a full stop of any navigation…
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