http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:41:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ClassNK has announced the release of new guidelines specifically for Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) and other workboats. Japan-based classification ClassNK has announced the release of new guidelines specifically for Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) and other workboats. The new guidelines, which are being released in both English and Chinese, compile all of the ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1958 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. The ship is usually based in Calais, but has recently been in Greenwich loading components from Alcatel-Lucent's factory. The ship has become something of an attraction ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1932 The growth in DP jack up vessels being used to install offshore wind farms has been an interesting development. The phase of development for such vessels has been to explore the best suite of propulsion units, and so we are now seeing vessels set to be fitted with three Voith Schneider Propellers ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1948 Mumbai port witnessed yet another accident this week when an offshore supply vessel was in collision with a coastal vessel at the Indian docks. Thankfully there was no oil spill or loss of life. At 7.30 a.m. offshore supply vessel Beas Dolphin was being docked  at berth no.5 when it “brushed” the “mini-bulk Carrier” Nand Hajara, ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1956 Kongsberg Maritime is set to supply a sophisticated suite of acoustic systems to aid scientific endevours. The suite, including multibeam and scientific echosounders for the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV), R/V Sikuliaq, which has been commisioned by owner, the National Science Foundation and will be operated by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Kongsberg Maritime's specialist ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1946 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. The main goal of the research project ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1944 The legal swings and roundabouts surrounding the US Administrations efforts to maintain its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium took another twist and turn. A federal judge has rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium. Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. and other ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1952 Kongsberg Gruppen ASA has acquired Odfjell Consulting AS, formerly part of Odfjell Drilling AS. Odfjell Consulting provides services in integrated rig and operations management technologies and consulting. Its products provide upstream operators and service companies with management support and tools for optimized and integrated operations, including development and implementation. Odfjell Consulting AS ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1924 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. This profile means that we also see ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1940 Kongsberg Maritime has launched a sophisticated new web service to provide users of its Helideck Monitoring Systems (HMS) with live data over the internet. The new Web HMS 100 service meets the demands of helicopter operators and pilots for advance data on helideck conditions before the flight embarks for the platform ... http://www.dpoperators.org/news_manager/?p=1928