Hornbeck Offshore said it has installed a dynamic positioning (DP) simulator that provides an interactive and immersive training experience for current and future mariners who serve in DP officer (DPO ...

Dynamic positioning (DP) enables an offshore vessel to stay on the same spot at sea for hours on end without anchoring, for example while divers work on the seabed below, and requires not only ...

Allstom will install an integrated DP system from its acclaimed 'A' Series in Cunard Line's Queen Mary ll, which will be the largest cruiseliner ever built when it goes into service in 2003. In ...

While offshore drilling in shallower waters allows a jackup to position itself on the sea floor above the location, drilling in deepwaters requires the rig, whether a semisub or a drillship, to float ...

Sonardyne Inc. has supplied acoustically aided inertial navigation technology to McDermott International for its Lay Vessel 108 (LV 108). McDermott is an offshore engineering, procurement, ...

The new Fanbeam laser radar sensor from Renishaw’s spatial measurement division provides repetitive, high-accuracy dynamic positioning (DP) to offshore support vessels (OSV) and other marine ...

Dubai: DP World, on Friday, announced the arrival of its newest marine services vessel, the DP World Jebel Ali, which made its inaugural call at its namesake Jebel Ali Port today. The DP World Jebel ...

Note: In tight markets, senior DPOs on high-spec drillships/harsh-environment semis may see short-term spot day-rate spikes above the 75th percentile. Conversely, utility/PSV assignments and ...

New Orleans-based Tidewater Marine operates more than 550 ships that support energy companies drilling offshore for oil and gas. Its vessels sustain the materials transport necessary to keep drilling ...