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  • Governor Tours Mud-to-Parks Site (USA)

    11 October 2012

    Governor Pat Quinn yesterday visited the East Peoria riverfront to announce the innovative Mud-to-Parks program, which makes use of soil dredged from the silt-choked Illinois River to build a new park on Lake Michigan. Sixty barge loads of sediment dredged from the Illinois River at East Peoria are traveling 163 miles to the old U.S. […]

  • Reach Subsea takes delivery of first Reach Remote USV

    16 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s Reach Subsea has taken delivery of its first uncrewed surface vessel (USV), Reach Remote 1, marking the completion of technical installations, testing, and documentation. According to Reach Subsea, the company completed the final handover today, on January 16, 2025, together with Kongsberg Maritime and Trosvik AS. The Reach Remote 1, a 24-meter USV, is […]

  • China: Members of DNV Visit Rongsheng Group

    15 June 2011

    In the afternoon of 13th of June, Chief Operations Officer & Executive Committee member Mr. Bjorn Kj.HAUGLAND, and Director of Operations Mr. Trond Hodne of DNV with their entourage visited our company. President Mr. Chen Guorong, Vice President Mr. Zhao Zhongwu and President Assistant Mr. Zhou Yang provided a warm welcome for them. Both sides […]

  • Norway: Fred Olsen Orders OCTOPUS-Onboard and Office for Two New Build Jack up Vessels

    7 June 2011

    The Norwegian company Fred Olsen Windcarrier has ordered OCTOPUS-Onboard and OCTOPUS-Office for two new build Jack up vessels; the Brave Tern and Bold Tern. Fred Olsen Windcarrier meets the increasing demand for offshore wind turbine installation vessels and provides her clients with efficient installation of wind farms offshore. Martin Eilander, Amarcon’s Manager Installation & Support, […]

  • RINA to Present SAFEGUARD Project at Passenger Ship Evacuation Seminar (UK)

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      A passenger ship evacuation seminar will be held on 30 November 2012, organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, it will present the work of the SAFEGUARD project, which has undertaken a series of full-scale ship passenger evacuation trials to gather data for calibration and validation of ship based evacuation simulation models. The […]

  • Super Waves Tests at Deltares

    17 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Delta Flume at Dutch-based research institute Deltares was the location last week for the first storm test on 47-year old asphalt taken from an original Dutch sea levee. Trials started on 10 July and are being conducted in the enormous flume – which is 300m long, 9.5m deep and 5m wide – to find […]

  • UK Installs 1.9 GW of Wind Energy in 2012

    8 February 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed new figures showing that the UK is moving up the European league table in terms of wind energy capacity, as well as holding its own near the top spot in terms of new capacity installed in 2012. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has released new statistics showing that the UK now […]

  • UK: Chief Executive Officer Appointed at Cosalt Offshore

    14 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, has announced the appointment of highly-experienced industry figure Rod Buchan as the new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Buchan most recently has been Managing Director of Aker Offshore Partner and has held a variety of roles with the company since […]

  • Framework Contract Awarded to Shepherd Construction (UK)

    11 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Narec has awarded a framework contract to Shepherd Construction for the building of three new facilities to house new test rigs for full scale wind and marine prototype devices: * Project Nautilus, a 3MW drive train test rig, will de-risk in-field activities by allowing Narec to perform certification activities, reliability and performance appraisal of new […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    7 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (Febuary 01 – Febuary 07). A 22-year-old diver from Karmoy, Norway died on Friday after being critically injured during maintenance work underwater on a platform at Westcon’s shipyard in Ølensvåg. According to reports the diver ran out of […]

  • SPEX Secures EST Development Contract from Shell (UK)

    3 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, has secured a further multi-million dollar contract with Shell for the development of a subsea tool. The revolutionary Emergency Severance Tool (EST) is due to undergo final field tests in the Gulf of Mexico later this year. […]

  • Draft EIA Report for Turkish Sector of South Stream Offshore Pipeline Submitted

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    South Stream Transport submitted the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the Turkish Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline to the countries’ Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation. As a result of the design and management of the Project, construction and operation of the pipeline in the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone is not expected […]

  • Wintershall Assumes Control of Vega

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wintershall has taken over the operatorship of the subsea oil and gas field Vega from Statoil. Vega is the BASF subsidiary’s first operated subsea tie-in field in Norway. With this transfer Wintershall now operates two production fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Brage and Vega. The takeover of the Vega operatorship is part of the […]

  • OPEC Project Finds Place for Marine Energy Application

    15 February 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    The 15 month OPEC (Offshore Platform for Energy Competitiveness) feasibility project has produced a number of conclusions and recommendations which may be taken forward if further funding can be sourced. Namely, OPEC project explored the technical and economic feasibility of using large offshore floating platforms to support various combinations of revenue generating applications such as […]

  • Vattenfall Mitigates Effect of Offshore Wind Project on Kent Airport, UK

    19 July 2013
    Technology

    Vattenfall, the European energy company, is to invest in leading radar technology to enable construction of an offshore wind farm in what is believed to be a world first deal. The contract, with American firm C Speed, heralds the world’s first ever permanent installation of a fully wind farm-capable radar system. Vattenfall and C Speed […]

  • RenewableUK: PM’s focus on new industries bold step

    23 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to “support industries of the future”, including clean energy, as part of the Industrial Strategy.

  • The Crown Estate Proposes 6GW Seabed Leasing Round

    27 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    A new seabed leasing round in the UK could see a release of circa 6GW of offshore wind rights, the UK’s seabed manager, The Crown Estate, said during recent industry and stakeholder engagement sessions in London.

  • RWE Dea Norge Names Managing Director

    19 June 2013

    As of June 1st, Hugo Sandal (62) has been appointed Managing Director of RWE Dea Norge. Sandal, who also ran the company from 1995 to 2011, has for the past two years been acting as Chairman of the Board of RWE Dea Norge, as well as Senior Vice President Production Europe at RWE Dea’s head […]

  • MacGregor to equip four new Bumi Armada vessels

    11 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply equipment for three 80m ice-class vessels and a 96m shallow water pipe laying barge, all will be constructed for Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider. The vessels are destined to operate in the Caspian Sea. Equipment delivery is scheduled for mid-November […]

  • Stolt-Nielsen Foresees Impact from Houston Ship Channel Fire

    5 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The fire at a petrochemical storage facility erupted on March 17.

  • SFL’s 3rd LNG-powered car carrier delivered

    22 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Bermuda-based ship-owning and chartering company Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) has taken delivery of 7,000 CEU Odin Highway, its latest LNG dual-fuel car carrier. The vessel, part of a two-ship order, has been contracted by Japanese shipping major K-Line under a 10-year time charter agreement. Odin Highway, boasting a capacity of 7,000 Car Equivalent Units […]

  • Norway: Statoil Receives Investigation Report on Gullfaks Drilling

    19 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Today, 19 November, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway presented its report of the investigation into the drilling and well operations on the Gullfaks field. “The non-conformances revealed and measures proposed in the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) report are mainly consistent with the findings of our own investigation into the well C06 incident on the Gullfaks […]

  • JES Grinds to a Halt

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    JES International Holdings Limited informed that it has ceased operations and production of its existing business. The group added that it was currently maintaining a skeletal staff (comprising of key executive officers, as well as key administrative and finance personnel and security) to run the group as part of its cost controlling process. The move […]

  • CSP Insight Delivered by Aquaterra Energy’s GM at SPE Malaysia Workshop

    24 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Co-chair of the Applied Technology Workshop on Marginal Field Development, held in Langkawi, Malaysia this week, Ken Crawford, General Manager for Aquaterra Energy Asia-Pacific, delivered a valuable insight into rig installable Conductor Supported Platforms (CSPs). Talking to 119 international delegates, Crawford presented an overview of rig installable shallow water CSPs and their applications. The designs […]

  • Germany: Yachts and Passenger Vessels to Use Voith Thrusters

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Voith currently is the only manufacturer world-wide to produce thrusters with a power of 1 500 kW based on permanent magnet synchronous machine technology (RIM drives). Recent orders for offshore applications, passenger vessels and yachts underline Voith’s position as global market leader for these systems. With an inner propeller diameter of 2 300 mm, the […]