
Ceona Joins Forces with Interoil Angola
Interoil Angola, a player in offshore support vessel management in West Africa, support Ceona’s plans to expand into Angola. Ceona notes it is already active in West Africa through its Ceona-Seaweld joint venture in Ghana as well as the company’s strategic partnership with Marine Platforms Limited in Nigeria. Bill Hickie, Ceona’s VP Business Development, said, “Interoil Angola is a well-established company and an approved supplier by the major operators in the region. It is also one of the few Angolan organizations that has a license for vessel management. Partnering

MTR 100: Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.
Dynacon; Forum Subsea Rentals; GEMS; Moffat Engineering; Perry; Seafloor Geoservices; Specialist ROV; Sub-Atlantic; Syntech Technology, Inc.; Tooling & Robotics; UKPS Offshore; VMAX Technologies; Visual Soft Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. recently announced that it received an order from Marine Platforms Limited (MPL) to supply four work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems each complete with a Dynacon Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS). The order includes three Perry heavy work class XLX Evo 200HP ROVs, the latest generation of the Perry XLX series. Two of the systems will be mobilized
Forum Energy Technologies to Supply MPL with Four ROV's
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) says it has received an order from Marine Platforms Limited (MPL) to supply four work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems each complete with a Dynacon Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS). The order includes three Perry heavy work class XLX Evo 200HP ROVs, the latest generation of the Perry XLX series. FET explains that two of the systems will be mobilised aboard MPL’s new “African Inspiration” multi-purpose service vessel for service offshore West Africa and the other two will be added to their global fleet. “Forum is very

Havyard Orders MacGregor Cranes
April, MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, for two MacGregor offshore cranes. Both will be installed on a new Havyard 857 subsea inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel being built for Nigerian offshore oil and gas company, Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). MPL is headquartered in Lagos and specializes in a wide range of deepwater operations. The contract calls for one 250-ton MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane and one 20-ton MacGregor AHC subsea crane. These will be delivered in July 2014 and the vessel