RASH NAVIGATION

Mumbai port witnessed yet another accident this week when an offshore supply vessel was in collision with a coastal vessel at the Indian docks.

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SUITE BUSINESS

Kongsberg Maritime is set to supply a sophisticated suite of acoustic systems to aid scientific endevours.

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HUMAN FACTORS

Kongsberg Maritime AS, Simulation & Training has made an agreement with the Research Council of Norway to form a user-directed research program called SIMAR - Simulation of Demanding Maritime Operations - which is aimed at improving simulation training by enhancing focus on human factors.

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CASE CLOSED

The legal swings and roundabouts surrounding the US Administrations efforts to maintain its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium took another twist and turn.

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BUY OUT

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA has acquired Odfjell Consulting AS, formerly part of Odfjell Drilling AS.

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ARE YOU WORTHY OF PORTFIRE40?

We see the DP Industry as being something set apart from the mainstream. A place and sector where the best come to test their skills using state of the art equipment, working on projects which would have seemed unthinkable and impossible a few years ago.

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HELIDECK MONITORING

Kongsberg Maritime has launched a sophisticated new web service to provide users of its Helideck Monitoring Systems (HMS) with live data over the internet.

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SIGN OF INTENT

Kongsberg Maritime is delighted to announce that it has received a letter of intent for a five year Framework Agreement that positions the leading offshore systems developer as one of three strategic partners able to bid for the supply of Safety and Automation Systems (SAS) for all future Statoil Green Field Projects.

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CLERICAL ERROR

 

In an odd moment during last weeks ongoing Deepwater Horizon hearing, a representative of the Marshall Islands, the flag state for the drilling vessel, took to the lawyers’ podium at a federal investigative hearing and admitted that a “clerical error” had caused the administration used by the small Pacific island country to mischaracterize the rig in documents.

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WASTING TIME AND MONEY

According to a press release from the Chamber of Shipping, “The absurd process for allocating wind farm sites around the UK coast is wasting time and money”.

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