Given rising customer demand, Ensco plc has exercised one of two options for an additional advanced-capability DP3 ultra-deepwater drillship based on the Samsung GF12000 hull design. The vessel, ENSCO DS-9, will be the seventh Samsung DP3 drillship in the Ensco fleet, extending the benefits of Ensco’s fleet standardization strategy. It will be built at the [...]
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has delivered 13 large azimuth thrusters to the world’s largest construction vessel, currently being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea for Swiss ship owner and operator Allseas Group. The contract is worth around £18 million and is the largest ever Rolls-Royce thruster order for a single [...]
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $18 million from Daewoo to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical power systems for two new deep sea pipeline installation vessels that will build oil transport infrastructure off the coast of Brazil. The order was booked in the first quarter. South Korean [...]
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On November 26, 2007, Korea won its bid to host the 2012 World Expo in its southern coastal city of Yeosu. This year, under the theme “Living Ocean and Coast,” 106 countries and nine international organizations will showcase their diverse marine development and advancement of oceanic technology on the southern shore of the Korean Peninsula [...]
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Tocardo International, the leading producer of hydro-power turbines, has signed an exclusive dealership agreement to sell its renewable energy technology into South Korea. Tocardo signed the deal with the German-Korean corporation Korwind. The company has extensive experience with the South Korean renewable energy market, and a strong track record of building trade links between Korea [...]
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In January 2012, S. B. Submarine Systems was contracted by LS Cable & Systems (LSCS) to install 15km of bundled cables and 22km of fibre optic cables from Jindo, South of Korea. The system owner is KEPCO (Korean Electric Corporation) and the 2 segments are to be laid as part of the Jeju to Jindo [...]
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Korea Electronic Power Corporation (KEPCO) announces that it expects to complete its second high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project in April, after five years of construction. The HVDC project will comprise 122 kilometers of submarine cable which will link Jeju and Jindo in South Jeolla Province. After being set in motion, this second HVDC will have [...]
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Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to the DSME shipyard in South Korea. The riser package will be installed on Atwood Oceanics, Inc.’s ultra-deepwater drillship, the Atwood Advantage. The contract value is approximately $48 million. The 10 000 [...]
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On 12th December, the keel laying ceremony for Hull No. 3402 was held in the Neutae Heavy Zone. Several members involved in this project attended the ceremony including Mr. Pieter Heerema who is the client’s owner and President of Heerema. As a safety incentive, Heerema donated 250 Oxygen detectors to DSME. Mr. Pieter Heerema said [...]
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Leading classification society ABS is further strengthening its ties to the Korean maritime industry by establishing the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan in early 2012. This is ABS’ first energy center and will focus on applied research to a broad range of current and future technology challenges. In a related move, the [...]
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