NEW RULES

ClassNK has announced the release of new guidelines specifically for Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) and other workboats.

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CABLE GUYS

The Ile de Batz is one of three dedicated ships Alcatel-Lucent uses to lay the submarine fibre-optic cables that carry broadband connectivity across the oceans. Read the rest of this entry »

NEXT GENERATION

The growth in DP jack up vessels being used to install offshore wind farms has been an interesting development.

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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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