Interview: Harry Stewart, President & CEO, The Dutra Group
manner for our customers.”When Stewart started with the company, it was focused mainly on a fairly small geographic area and type of work: the Sacramento, San Joaquin River Delta region and to a smaller extent the San Francisco Bay Area. But today the company is truly national, with work on the East, Gulf and West coasts. “Today, we probably do more business in the Gulf of Mexico and on the East coast than we do on the West coast.”Dredging is an engineering, CapEx, and OpEx intensive business, and the assets to get the job done correctly, efficiently, and cost effectively take years
Phoenix International Holdings Celebrates 20 Years
offshore oil and gas IRM, ship repair, engineering, submarine rescue and deep ocean search, survey and recovery operations. An employee owned ISO 9001-2008 Management System certified company with headquarters in Largo, Md., Phoenix operates out of seven regional office facilities on the East, Gulf and West Coasts of the U.S. catering to both military and commercial clients. The company also has prepositioned diving equipment packages in Freeport Bahamas, Bahrain and Japan for international support, as well as a joint venture for its atmospheric diving system in Australia. Mike
GustoMSC Debuts Self-propelled Cantilever Jack-up
clean main deck (approx. 1,200 m2) allows for flexible use while the cantilever featuring the X-Y Skidding System provides a large drilling envelope of 18.3 m x 7.9 m (60 ft x 26 ft). This envelop ensures access to a vast majority of brown field platform layouts seen in the Southern North Sea, Middle East Gulf and South East Asia. Another advantage comes from the fact that the entire cantilever and drill floor structure is raised above main deck by approximately 3.6 m (12 ft). This allows for improved material handling as a forklift can drive underneath, and thus reduces crane lifts from the PS to the
New CEO Takes the Helm at Cefas
many of the 127 sites originally selected as candidate Marine Conservation Zones. Defra appointed Rear Admiral Tom Karsten as the Chief Executive of Cefas in May this year. Taking up his new role September 7, Karsten brings a broad maritime background with command roles in the South Atlantic, Far East, Gulf and Mediterranean. In 2007 he was promoted to Commodore serving as Navy Command’s Deputy Commander Operations, followed by a year at Oxford University as the Royal Navy’s Senior Hudson Fellow researching Arctic geopolitics. In 2010 he was appointed as Commander British Forces
'Environmental' Hull Cleaning Ops OK'd in Oman
out while the vessel is alongside for loading or unloading and, as it does not use divers, the risk to human life is eliminated. GAC EnvironHull Managing Director Simon Doran says: “Sohar was a natural choice for the next base for HullWiper due to its strategic location just outside the Middle East Gulf and close to international trade routes. As such, it is a port of call for many ships carrying general cargo, liquid shipments and containers – all of which can benefit from the increased efficiency and cost-savings that come with a foul-free hull. “Sohar is also home to a branch
GAC EnvironHull now at 2nd UAE port -Fujairah
using traditional methods. In response to enthusiastic market interest and consistent demand since its launch, GAC EnvironHull has now established a HullWiper ROV unit at the Port of Fujairah, on board the support vessel "Maggie 1". Fujairah is the only UAE port outside of the Middle East Gulf, sitting on the Indian Ocean coast just before the Straits of Hormuz. It is a bustling hub for a wide range of ship support and port activities, including GAC's ship supply service, spares deliveries, crew changes, and – now – GAC EnvironHull's clean and green hull cleaning operation
HullWiper Expands to Fujairah
using traditional methods. In response to enthusiastic market interest and consistent demand since its launch, GAC EnvironHull has now established a HullWiper ROV unit at the Port of Fujairah, on board the support vessel "Maggie 1." Fujairah is the only UAE port outside of the Middle East Gulf, sitting on the Indian Ocean coast just before the Straits of Hormuz. It is a bustling hub for a wide range of ship support and port activities, including GAC's ship supply service, spares deliveries, crew changes, and – now – GAC EnvironHull's clean and green hull cleaning operation
February 2025
