Category archives for: Middle East

Divers Cooperate to Keep Bahrain’s Port Free of Mines

Divers Cooperate to Keep Bahrain’s Port Free of Mines

British and Dutch divers are working side-by-side in the warm, salty waters of Bahrain port as part of a major Gulf exercise dealing with the threat of mines. Although much of the emphasis of the 40-nation IMCMEX – International Mine Counter-Measures Exercise – is focused on clearing routes for the safe passage of shipping, it’s [...]

Agreement Signed for Commissioning of Didon Submarine Cable Linking Tunisia to Europe

Agreement Signed for Commissioning of Didon Submarine Cable Linking Tunisia to Europe

Tunisiana and Orange Tunisia announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Interoute, the owner operator of Europe’s largest next generation network, for the commissioning of a submarine cable, called Didon, connecting the city of Kélibia, Tunisia to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic network, via its landing station in Mazara del Vallo, Siciliy, Italy. Didon, [...]

Royal Navy Takes Part in Largest Multinational Minehunting Exercise in Gulf Region

Royal Navy Takes Part in Largest Multinational Minehunting Exercise in Gulf Region

Representatives from more than 40 nations have arrived in Bahrain to take part in the largest exercise ever staged to deal with the threat of mines in the Gulf region. Six ships and more than 600 sailors from the Royal Navy are taking part in the fortnight-long test of the response of the world’s nations [...]

Unique Wellube Widens Its Portfolio of Services

Unique Wellube Widens Its Portfolio of Services

Unique Wellube FZC, a Unique Maritime Group Company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers is proud to announce the widening of its portfolio of services by signing exclusive agency and distribution agreements with 3 new associations. Unique Wellube’s current offering includes a wide range of specialist engineering [...]

UTEC Survey Gets New General Manager (UAE)

UTEC Survey Gets New General Manager (UAE)

UTEC has announced the appointment of Ian Pownall as the General Manager of UTEC Survey JLT, based in Dubai, UAE. The responsibilities of this role include development and delivery of the UTEC brand and business model in the Middle East region. Ian, who was formerly with Corrintec in the UK and Unique Maritime Group in [...]

Eco Wave Power Employee Shortlisted for Business Green Leaders Awards of 2013

Eco Wave Power Employee Shortlisted for Business Green Leaders Awards of 2013

Inna Braverman, 27, Co-founder and Marketing Director of Eco Wave Power, an advanced and promising wave Energy Company from Israel, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Business Green Leaders Awards of 2013 in the category of ‘Young Sustainability Executive of the Year’. Inna Braverman has been shortlisted, along with only three other nominees from a [...]

SeaBird Reports Increased Revenues (Cyprus)

SeaBird Reports Increased Revenues (Cyprus)

  SeaBird Exploration PLC “SeaBird”, a global provider of marine 2D/3D/4D seismic data, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry, has today announced the first quarter 2013 financial results. Revenues for the quarter were $48.6 million, an increase of 42% compared to the comparable period in 2012 and up 39% relative [...]

Alcatel-Lucent, BBG Consortium to Build Undersea Cable System

Alcatel-Lucent, BBG Consortium to Build Undersea Cable System

Alcatel-Lucent and a consortium composed of Vodafone Group, Dialog Axiata, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), Reliance Jio Infocomm, Omantel and Telekom Malaysia, have signed a turn-key contract to deploy a new 100 Gigabit-per-second (100G) submarine cable system to connect Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) cable [...]

Unique System FZE to Conduct Dive Medic Technician Course (UAE)

Unique System FZE to Conduct Dive Medic Technician Course (UAE)

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company, is set to conduct National Hyperbaric Centre’s Diver Medic Technician Course starting 19th May 2013. The course is scheduled to run for a period of 2 weeks. The IMCA Diver Medic course is required for divers, as a pre-requisite for diving team selection that involves saturation and [...]

Polarcus Reports 45 Pct Revenues Growth (UAE)

Polarcus Reports 45 Pct Revenues Growth (UAE)

Polarcus Limited, a marine geophysical company which specializes in high-end towed streamer data acquisition, announces the release of its first quarter 2013 financial statements. Highlights in the first quarter 2013: – Revenues of USD 144.8 million, up 45% from Q1 2012 – EBITDA of USD 52.9 million, up 103% from Q1 2012 – EBIT of [...]







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