Mark Prendergast
Mark Prendergast to retire from Harris PYE engineering group in May 2020
Mark Prendergast, Chief Executive Officer of Harris Pye Engineering Group, a Joulon company has announced that he is to retire on 30 May 2020.
The Harris Pye Engineering Group, global specialists in the provision of repairs, upgrades and conversions to the marine, offshore oil and gas, and associated onshore industrial sectors as well as having a renewables, biomass and green technology portfolio, was...
Paul Dean
HFW Helps BIMCO Draft Industry’s First Offshore Decommissioning Contract
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has helped shipping association BIMCO draft an industry standard offshore decommissioning contact.
The contract – DISMANTLECON – has been approved by BIMCO’s Documentary Committee and will be released at the end of June, along with guidance notes.
It can be used for removal of any offshore field architecture, including pipelines, mattresses, manifolds, jackets, topsides, platforms...
Mick Cash
Offshore union RMT repeats call for public inquiry into helicopter safety on the 10th anniversary of super Puma disaster
Offshore union RMT today repeated the call for a full public inquiry into helicopter safety in the North Sea as workers from across the industry mark the anniversary of the Super Puma tragedy that alerted the nation to the dangerous working environment of the offshore workforce.
Today – 1st April 2019 – is the 10th anniversary of the fatal helicopter accident off...
GAC wins PETRONAS Caspian Sea contracts
Marine support for drilling and development of new
Towing operation jack up rig Saturn by AHTS Soltan
Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, 13 March 2019– GAC Marine S.A. branch in Turkmenistan (GAC Marine) has been awarded two contracts by PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd. (PC(T)SB), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, to provide marine services for its development of the Garagol Deniz West (GDW) field.
GAC Marine will supply three anchor-handling vessels manned by...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/13/gac-wins-petronas-caspian-sea-contracts/
John Faraclas
BDI hiccups as Capes fall below 300…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost six points earlier on today given the Capes’ fall below the 300 point threshold and now stands at 663 points; mixed feelings for the Wets and perplexed Geopolitics makes it a bleak picture. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:
The Capes’ BCI after losing the 300 point-threshold now stand at 299 – minus 56 points, exactly double since yesterday when many though the reverse was about to come… Ultra-caution should be...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/05/bdi-hiccups-as-capes-fall-below-300/
Allen Leatt, IMCA’s CEO at the IMCA Annual Seminar in The Hague
The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Annual Seminar was enthusiastically greeted by delegates in a packed theatre at The World Forum in The Hague last week. Nearly 300 managers and executives from across the globe attended the two-day sell-out Seminar with its theme ‘Working together – getting back to business: Oil companies...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/10/imca-holds-highly-successful-annual-seminar/
The oil & gas industry was plunged into turmoil when the oil price crashed in 2014. To get back on track, the industry has been forced to transform. It has been forced to figure out new ways of working and apply new solutions to remain profitable while oil price fluctuates. The question that oil companies and drilling contractors are asking is this: can the environmental footprint be reduced while at same time lowering OPEX? Fortunately, the answer is yes.
Carrying out sustainable OPEX...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/30/wartsila-reduce-opex-and-become-greener/
from the contract signing on a l to r: Josien Damen (wife of Kommer Damen), Julio Montelongo Flores (Operational Director, Naviera Integral), Juan Pablo Vega Torre (Vicepresident, Naviera Integral), René Berkvens (CEO, Damen Shipyards Group), Juan Pablo Vega Arriaga (President, Naviera Integral), Kommer Damen (Chairman, Damen Shipyards Group), Arnout Damen (CCO, Damen Shipyards Group) and Peter Damen (Sales Manager Americas, Damen Shipyards Group).
Leading Mexican offshore contractor Naviera...
John Faraclas
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost eight points earlier on today with all other dry indices in red… Geopolitics more than crucial given the MIGRANTS, BREXIT, Italy et al… John Faraclas’ daily brief:
The Capes’ BCI lost seven and now stand at 1,050 points…
A double digit loss for the Panamaxes’ BPI now at 1,437 minus 16 !!!
Supras and Handies falling too; the BSI lost five and the BHSI just one…now at 964 and 645 respectively…
The Wets still with mixed feelings; the last published BDTI...
Grangemouth, 28 September 2018 – GAC UK has opened its 19th branch, in the heart of Dundee harbour. Together with its long-established branches in Scotland at Aberdeen, Leith, Shetland, Invergordon, Orkney and Grangemouth, the new office enables GAC UK to better respond to the growing needs of its offshore and renewables client base in Scotland and beyond.
Adrian Henry, GAC UK’s General Manager – Oil, Gas & Renewables, says: “The addition of a quayside facility in the Port of Dundee to our...