Building on its leading reputation for increased lifejacket safety and pushing the boundaries in search of excellence for its customers, Survitec brand, Crewsaver, announces the launch of EXOLOK.

Graham Hollis, Office Senior Partner for Deloitte in Aberdeen, comments on Business Outlook 2021, published on March 16, 2021.  

Marine-i has agreed to support marine engineering specialist, Feritech Global, in its plan to create the world’s first autonomous subsea vehicle specially designed for geotechnical survey work. Such a design would result in safer, more efficient and cost-effective seabed survey operations.

In the last year, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the risks of working in what was already one of the most hostile environments on Earth.

Edda Wind has ordered two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) in addition to the four vessels the company has under construction.

U.S.-based Crowley and Danish shipping company ESVAGT have announced plans to directly bolster purpose-built, Jones Act vessel availability in support of the emerging offshore wind energy market through a joint venture. 

Ecochlor has announced the appointment of Zen Hong Oh as Regional Service Manager for Southeast Asia.

Concordia Damen has launched a Capital Fund, the BesteVaer Capital Fund. This fund will facilitate the purchase of new and/or used inland vessels, thereby stimulating movement within the inland marine transportation sector.

An international jury has selected four winners from the ten finalists in the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The four winning teams were announced during a virtual event introduced by the Mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori, and will each take a share of the €1 million prize fund. 

Nicola Offshore GmbH, a new company specializing in turnkey services for the most challenging marine survey campaigns and on-demand missions in and around Europe started operations from its HQ in Hamburg today (15^th March 2021).

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centre for Local Business Development (the Centre), Guyana’s premier organization for oil and natural gas information, training and policy advocacy.

Guyana has started the year with an exploration disappointment as a partner in the ExxonMobil-operated Canje block last week revealed that the first wildcat in the license failed to deliver. However, Rystad Energy expects exploration activity in the country to rebound with an annual record of 16 wells, including on the Stabroek block, also operated by ExxonMobil.

Sercel and Kappa Offshore Solutions have launched PIKSEL, a compact marine seismic solution specially designed for acquiring the best seismic data for high-resolution 3D imaging of targeted offshore areas.

GATE Energy, a leading global engineering, commissioning, and field services firm, is excited to announce the opening of its new headquarters in Houston, Texas. GATE Energy has moved to a 35-acre office campus located in the Houston Energy Corridor.

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), the global platform of the leading gas producing nations, will be hosting the 50th lecture of its signature GECF Gas Lecture Series on Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Doha time.

Leading marine energy developer Minesto and Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, have entered a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to develop and build ocean energy farms based on Minesto’s Deep Green technology.