BIG BUY OUT

GE Energy is to acquire approximately 90% of French electrification and automation equipment firm Converteam for approximately $3.2 billion.

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COMING TOGETHER

Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, and Aker Solutions, the international oil and gas services company, have agreed to combine their fields of expertise to develop a new and environmentally sound concept for offshore wind farm installation vessels.

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MOVING NORTH

A new drilling campaign offshore Greenland has been agreed.

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DP SUITE

Maritime Professional Training (MPT), a DNV Approved Maritime Training Center has announced the addition of DP to its bridge facilities.

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BOOMING OFFSHORE

ā€œAsia’s Largest OSV Conference talks about the booming Offshore sector and new growth areasā€

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DEVELOPING TECH

Kongsberg Maritime will launch its most advanced underwater digital stills camera at the Ocean Business 2011 technology exhibition in Southampton (Stand N1) on April 5, 2011.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS

A BOEMRE/US Coast Guard (USCG) Joint Investigation Team has announced that it would hold a seventh session of public hearings the week of April 4, 2011.

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BAY BUILDING

Bay ShipbuildingĀ has announced plans to build two 92.4-metre platform supply vessels (PSVs) of the MMC 887 LH PSV Design from MMC Ship Design of Poland for New Orleans-based Tidewater Marine.

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SEVEN HEAVEN

Subsea 7, Havila Shipping and Havyard Design and Engineering have held an official naming ceremony for the newbuild diving support vessel, ā€˜Seven Havila’, in Stavanger, Norway.

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DREDGING RESULTS

Royal Boskalis Westminster achieved a record result in 2010, with net profit rising 36 percent to a record €310.5 million, from €227.9 million in 2009.

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