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 [...]
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Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has become the first oil company in the Middle East to join the Pipeline Defect Assessment Manual (PDAM), a joint industry initiative that shares best practices on the assessment of defects in pipelines. PDAM presents the best currently available methods for the assessment of pipeline defects (such as corrosion, [...]
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As the ports sector strives to make further improvements to safety standards, operational efficiency and environmental performance, the benefits offered by Cavotec’s automated mooring technology, MoorMaster, are becoming increasingly apparent to port operators and shipping lines across the Middle East region. With the upcoming World Ports & Trade Summit in Abu Dhabi (March 19-20), where [...]
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Tugs FAIRMOUNT SUMMIT and FAIRMOUNT ALPINE have delivered the new build Noble Tamar jacket at location in the Tamar gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean. Both tugs towed the barge on which the jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus. The 18,500 ton jacket was build in the US. In [...]
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Leading independent offshore survey company UTEC has consolidated its presence in the Middle East and has completed another significant contract for a major international pipelay contractor. This is the second year in succession that UTEC has provided support to the contractor in the region. The UAE (Dubai) project involved UTEC supporting the state-of-the-art DP pipelay [...]
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Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, celebrates its 20th anniversary of its fully owned subsidiary Unique System at the Le Meridian Airport, Dubai with their full UAE based team. Founded in 1993 with 3 employees, UMG through its expanding network of companies has now become a [...]
This year at the second annual NAVDEX maritime security exhibition, Sonardyne International Ltd. will be giving live demonstrations of its fully automated surface and underwater security system NiDAR, and world leading diver detection sonar, Sentinel IDS. Taking place at the ADNEC exhibition centre in Abu Dhabi, the event runs from 17th-21st February, where Sonardyne will [...]
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Fugro GEOS is to showcase its specialist capabilities in the offshore oil and gas industry of the Middle East. Exhibiting at the Offshore Middle East event in Qatar this month, the company’s event highlights include offshore and environmental systems and services which meet the specific challenges of the Gulf region. Technical, engineering and commercial representatives [...]
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Abu Dhabi-based, CCC (Underwater Engineering), reports significant savings in operational costs since deploying their new Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV in the shallow waters of the upper Persian Gulf. “Its ten-thruster power easily overcomes the four-knot currents,” says CCC’s ROV Manager, Tavis Letherby, “and having two powerful Schilling manipulators to hand is a combination [...]
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Shipowner Polarcus has received the world’s first-ever DNV Level 1 Triple-E™ rating, a voluntary environmental rating scheme for ships, where 1 is the highest. All eight vessels in the Polarcus fleet are designed by ULSTEIN. The rating is based on a verification of a ship’s actual energy efficiency and environmental performance, carried out by an [...]
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