Exhibitors and visitors couldn't wait to get into the exhibition for Ocean Business. The show could not start, however, without the official opening, this year courtesy of town cri...

Positioneering, a provider of global GNSS-based precise-positioning services to enter the offshore market, has appointed Ewan Brown to the role of Global Resources Manager. Formerl...

Veripos has been awarded a three-year extension to its general services contract by leading Norwegian contractor Siem Offshore of Kristiansand, which has a fleet of specialist supp...

Expert in marine personnel transfer Reflex Marine has joined forces with Seacor Marine and Sparrows Offshore to create a set of ten 'Golden Rules' for the safe transit of employees...

The board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute has formally endorsed industry steps to create a Centre for Offshore Safety. During its spring meeting. API president and...

Held alongside the industry acclaimed Ocean Business event in Southampton UK, the two-day Offshore Survey Conference will be taking place on 6th -7th April 2011. With recent offsho...

Bentley Systems has acquired the SACS business from Engineering Dynamics. SACS is an integrated finite element structural analysis suite of programs that uniquely provides for the...

The UK’s marine industries contribute GBP3.7 billion to the UK economy each year, according to figures released today by the Marine Industries Leadership Council. Comprising well o...

This three-volume Handbook of Offshore Surveying has been written by hydrographic surveyors, geophysicists, survey engineers, rov pilots, geodesists, captains, project managers, ge...

IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB, UK), a part of IHC Merwede, will be showcasing a range of their bespoke engineering solutions at the forthcoming Subsea 2011, on 9th to 10th Febru...

Offshore Marine Services GmbH (OMS) has appointed Rhenus Midgard as its exclusive vessel agency in Germany. Bremen-based OMS has signed an agreement with Rhenus to act as vessel ag...

Veripos has been awarded an exclusive five-year contract by POSH Semco of Singapore, one of Asia's specialist offshore companies catering for different phases of oil and gas field...

Biennial board changes at the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) see Andy Woolgar of Subsea 7 take on the role of President of the Council of IMCA, the association...

Subsea 7 is launching its offshore renewables division, transferring its proven seabed-to-surface expertise, capabilities and strong safety and risk management processes and system...

A competent workforce is obviously more productive, operating with reduced risks, shorter downtimes and fewer injuries. All personnel involved in good industry competence schemes k...

Offshore sites are seen as the best option for wind farms. Until now offshore wind turbines have had to be firmly rooted on the seabed with large and costly subsea structures. Thin...

Visitors to RenewableUK 2010 could see at first hand from OSBIT Power Ltd (OP) the plans for a turbine access system that can operate in safety in higher sea states than any system...

As the number of offshore wind turbines increases, so too does the need for cost-effective and efficient installation solutions. IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), part of the IHC...

Vattenfall has completed the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, off the south east coast of England, currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The official launch takes place...

Six trainees from coastal communities in the South West started their new careers this week as Offshore Marine Academy kicked off its first training programme. Over the coming twel...

"Green" technologies, offshore engineering and ship financing were the keynote areas at this year's SMM that closed on 10th September, a trio of subjects which will be vi...

The first SMM Offshore Dialogue, held on the occasion of SMM 2010 at the Hamburg Fair site, concluded on Thursday 9th September. It showed very clearly that the offshore industry n...

DONG Energy, leading partner in the construction and operational phases of the Walney project, uses Holmatro's aluminium hydraulic cylinders for levelling the foundations of the tu...

The keynote speakers for the conference Subsea Survey Inspection, Repair and Maintenance, to be held from 9th to 11th November 2010 in Galveston (USA), have been announced. Randall...

At this year's SMM Hamburg Messe, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, is organising a two-day SMM Offshore Dialogue. This will take place on 8th a...

A new Technical Adviser, Paul Bayliss (35), has joined the expanding London secretariat of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). He will help to manage the signi...

MariSoft, Egypt, has made integrated software sales to subsea cable specialists, Offshore Marine Management's (OMM) survey services section. OMM has utilised Inspector and HydroCha...

In the first half of 2010 118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid according to new statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Those...

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) are looking forward to a continuing cooperation as Corporate Marine Partn...

CEO Tony Trapp is pleased to announce the creation of a new business, called O-Power Limited (OP) that will develop new technology in offshore engineering aiming to make a signific...