The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is co-organizing a workshop with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to support the operationalization of e-navigation solutions, the first since Singapore’s election to the IALA Council in 2018.

The offshore market is set for a bumper year with 83 greenfield FIDs expected, totaling $115 billion in infrastructure, equipment & associated drilling services. This includes $19.2bn on FPSO/FLNG awards – of which $5.5bn are lucrative newbuild FPSO opportunities.

The EIVA a/s annual report 2018 shows that it was a successful year for the company with significant growth of all product areas and strong EBITDA and net results.

“Our new name reflects what has been on ongoing shift in focus from technology research and development, to market driven application of our patented WAM-V® vessel class.

How can dredging be sustainable? This is the overarching question which will be explored at the IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference on Friday 18 October 2019 at the Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India.

The biggest challenge with maritime cyber security could simply be explained as deciding what to do about it.

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in Offshore Drilling in Norway and Middle East totaling over 200 million USD.

GLOBAL OIL

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has been awarded a contract by Lundin Norway to deliver early well construction, via its Well Start solution, on three additional wells in the Edvard Grieg field.

SubCableWorld (SCW) has announced the forecast of a sixth consecutive year of growth for the industry, despite a recent slowdown in Q1 of 2019.

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leader in innovative ocean energy solutions, and Acteon Field Life Service Ltd, a subsidiary of Acteon Group Ltd (“Acteon”) and a leading subsea services and solutions company, have announced a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding to develop, explore and exploit mutual opportunities in the global oil and gas and renewable markets.

Mark Ford, Technical Manager of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), has been promoted to Technical Director of the global organization.

UK-based crew transfer specialist High Speed Transfers (HST) has announced that its second vessel of Damen’s new FCS 2710 class will be contracted by Shell to support its exploration program in the Black Sea commencing March 2019.

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leader in innovative and cost-effective ocean energy solutions, has signed a contract with a leading oil and gas exploration and production company to complete a 12-week paid feasibility study that will examine the use of OPT’s products and services in monitoring subsea wells during decommissioning activities.

The technology group Wärtsilä has successfully completed sea trials of its SceneScan system, the world’s first ‘targetless’ dynamic positioning (DP) laser sensor. This state-of-the-art technology requires no reflector target to be deployed, thereby increasing both safety and operational uptime. The technology has been developed by Guidance Marine, a Wärtsilä company.

Alongside the cutting-edge new HUGIN Superior AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) and its extensive portfolio of established and market-leading solutions for commercial and scientific subsea applications, Kongsberg Maritime is gearing up to unveil several new products at Ocean Business 2019, which takes place at Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre next week (9-11 April).