PRESS RELEASE: Second IMarEST Metocean Awareness Course Open For Bookings
posted on: 01 Jul, 2009
Meteorology and oceanography (metocean) have a major impact on design and operations in all elements of the offshore industry. From a business perspective, it is imperative that users of metocean information in the offshore oil and gas and marine renewables industries are fully aware of the implications that the weather, waves, currents and water levels can have on their operations or design work.
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PRESS RELEASE: Harris Pye And Sobrena Shipyard Sign Collaboration MOU For Offshore And Cruise Industries
posted on: 22 Jun, 2009
Two major players in the marine industry, the Harris Pye Group and Sobrena Shiprepair Yard, of Brest, have signed a non-exclusive collaboration to work together providing services for refurbishment, repair, upgrade, conversion and life extension of ships and offshore assets across the marine, cruise and oil and gas fields.
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PRESS RELEASE: Harris Pye Trainee Welder Scheme Goes From Strength To Strength
posted on: 17 Jun, 2009
The fifth intake of their innovative Trainee Welder Scheme, which has seen welding graduates join the Group’s workforce at home and overseas, will be welcomed by the Harris Pye Group in July. This scheme operates in addition to the Apprenticeship schemes currently undertaken throughout the Group.
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PRESS RELEASE: Refurbishment – A Growing Business Area For Harris Pye (BEK)
posted on: 17 Jun, 2009
Harris Pye’s BEK Division often finds in refurbishment work that one job leads to another. Recently, they completed the design, manufacture and installation of a new galley, dishwashing area and Officers Mess Pantry on a vessel undergoing a major refit at the Birkenhead yard of Cammell Laird. Work on the Officers Mess Pantry led to work on other areas of the vessel undertaken by the Harris Pye Group in the turnkey project.
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PRESS RELEASE: The IMarEST Launches Piracy And Offshore Security Conference To Look At Practical Solutions And Responses
posted on: 05 Jun, 2009
Piracy and robbery at sea have been with us for thousands of years with the first document instances in the 13th century BC. They are, therefore, unlikely to be eradicated in the foreseeable future.
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PRESS RELEASE: Highly Topical IMarEST Lecture Looks At Maintaining Safety And Environment Impact In An Economic Downturn
posted on: 21 May, 2009
A significant change in the shipping industry from the viewpoint of the safety and impact on the marine environment has taken place over the last forty years.
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