HEAVY LIFT

Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully delivered the 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel “Neptune”.

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NIGERIAN SIMULATION

As Nigeria’s only government-owned maritime academy, the Maritime Academy of Nigeria of Nigeria (MAN) looks to improve its provision of DP training it has released its 2012 admission list.

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BEIER BUYS

Beier Radio, a leading supplier of dynamic positioning systems, announced its acquisition of Sentinel Control.

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BUILD BOOM

The marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has been awarded contracts to build two additional offshore support vessels for a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Swire Pacific.

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NOW OPEN

The SimSea AS maritime training centre is the latest offshore vessel simulator centre to be opened in Norway.  

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COMING TOGETHER

Osiris Projects, Bibby Maritime & Bibby Marine Consultancy have come together to support the work of specialist semi-SWATH coastal survey vessel “Bibby Tethra”.

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INDONESIAN CENTRE

Capt. Bobby R Mamahit, Head of Transportation HRD Agency, Ministry of Transportation, Republic of Indonesia, recently opened a glorious ceremony of Integrated Navigation System Building launch. This building is owned by PIP Semarang (Semarang Merchant Marine Polytechnic), one of the state education institution administered by the Transportation HRD Agency.

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SHOOTING STAR

American Maritime Officers’ (AMO) union training facility, STAR Center, has announced plans expand its simulation training programs to include Dynamic Positioning training, furthering the maritime union’s sphere of influence within the Gulf of Mexico drilling industry.

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LOOKING EAST

With the DP sector struggling in the west, it seems that mant are looking east for growth and innovation.  Read the rest of this entry »

STRONG RECOVERY

Marine market research firm Douglas-Westwood forecasts a strong recovery in DP vessel demand in its recent report, “The World Subsea Vessel Operations Market 2011-2015.”

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