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DNV GL develops machine learning solution for faster, more accurate mooring line failure detection in offshore operations
DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has developed a solution that reduces the risk of offshore floating vessel mooring line failure going undetected by replacing physical sensors with a machine learning algorithm that …
May 8, 2019 / Curious
Maersk Supply Service Awarded Major FPSO Mooring Project
Maersk Supply Service has been selected to deliver an integrated FPSO mooring installation and replacement solution for an American oil major in the Gulf of Guinea. Maersk Supply Service will provide the full work scope from project management to …
Apr 25, 2019 / Curious
CNOOC orders MacGregor on-vessel mooring systems for their new deepwater floating production unit
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply the on-vessel mooring system for a deepwater Floating Production Unit (FPU). The order is booked into Cargotec's first quarter 2019 …
Mar 27, 2019 / Curious
MOL Group to Launch Demonstration Test of Mooring Rope with built-in Sensor, Rope Status Monitoring System
Aiming for Safe, Stress-free Cargo HandlingTOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) yesterday (Mar 11) announced that, in partnership with MOL Coastal Shipping, Ltd., and MOL Information Systems, Ltd., it will start a demonstration test of a mooring …
Mar 12, 2019 / Curious
Deep Sea Mooring announces multi-year agreement with Diamond Offshore
Vryhof, a trusted partner to many of the offshore industry’s leading companies and its mooring business - Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement with Diamond Offshore, a leader in offshore drilling.Under the …
Jan 29, 2019 / Curious
WATCH: Seven vessels broke free from their moorings on the Hudson River near Albany, New York
On January 25, seven vessels broke free from their moorings on the Hudson River near Albany, New York.Five barges, one tugboat and the 140 foot long passenger ship Captain JP III broke free after rains and warming weather caused the water level on …
Jan 28, 2019 / Accidents