Equipment
Fastwave’s Voyager Oil Spill Tracking Buoy for Woodside
Australia’s Fastwave has received order from Woodside Energy Ltd for 22 Voyager oil spill tracking buoys. The Voyager drifter buoy provides near real-time ocean current, sea surface temperature and oil spill tracking data via Iridium satellite telemetry. Unlike spherical drift buoys, the Voyager’s f
First Buoyancy Test of Deep Vision
The commercial prototype of Deep Vision project has been tested in the sea for the first time earlier this month. The success of the first test bodes well for the final steps of the underwater vision project before the system will be launched at a CRISP cruise in March. Deep Vision is an underwater
EdgeTech: New Side Scan Sonars for USACE
EdgeTech, a leader in high resolution sonar imaging systems, recently announced the shipment of additional 4125 Side Scan Sonars to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The most recent shipment to the Wilmington District brings the total units shipped to USACE districts this year in the double digits.
MENCK World’s Largest Hammer for Sandbank Subsea Ops
Subsea pile driving specialist MENCK, an Acteon company, is providing the largest and most powerful hydraulic hammer in the world to assist Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems with the installation of sub-sea foundations for Project Sandbank, a new 72 turbine strong wind farm in the North Sea. Known
VIDEO: IHC Splashes Subsea 7’s SEVEN SUN
Royal IHC launched Subsea 7’s latest pipelay vessel SEVEN SUN, on friday 19th december 2014 at its shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Seven Sun is the third of four vessels Subsea 7 has ordered to operate for Petrobras offshore Brazil. In August last year, IHC announced the orders from Subsea
Initial Phase of Lae Port Development Completed
The first phase of an upgrade of Lae Port is complete, paving the way for a boost in cargo throughput at the country’s most important port. Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, other senior government officials, representatives from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Independent
Sub-Atlantic to Deliver 3 ROVs
Sub-Atlantic has secured three international contracts with a combined value of over £3.5 million for the manufacture of three specialist remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The firm will provide IKM Subsea in Norway, Italy’s Globe Exploration and Total Marine Technology of Australia with observation
Sub-Atlantic lands three ROV orders
Sub-Atlantic has secured three international contracts with a combined value of over £3.5 million for the manufacture of three specialist remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The firm will provide IKM Subsea in Norway, Italy’s Globe Exploration and Total Marine Technology of Australia with observation
VIDEO: Dredger ‘Augustus Gloop’ in Action
The Cotswold Canals Trust’s dredger ‘Augustus Gloop’ is now in action on the Thames & Severn Canal between Ham Mill Lock and Hope Mill. The vintage German built machine has been part of the CCT maintenance fleet since it was purchased back in the 1970s. It has undergone a number of refits and upgrad
First Subsea Secures GROW Funding
First Subsea has been awarded £130,000 of Process Technology Innovation Funding under the Government’s GROW: Offshore Wind programme. The award is for development of a monopile interface connector and hang off cable connector for offshore wind farms and top tension mooring connector for floating win
Wartsila’s engines ordered for Gotland LNG ferry
Wärtsilä’s dual-fuel engines have been ordered for the Gotland’s LNG-powered RoPax ferry.
News in Photos: Construction of ‘Isaac Newton’
Jan De Nul Group’s new multipurpose vessel Isaac Newton, currently under construction in Pula, will be delivered mid-2015, the company announced on its official facebook page. A group of Belgian students recently paid a visit to the shipyard and witnessed the construction process. Hereby we are brin
FPSO Petrojarl I upgrade in Damen’s hands
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC), has been awarded an EPC contract by Petrojarl I LLC for the upgrade of its FPSO Petrojarl I. The Petrojarl I is a Teekay Petrojarl managed FPSO, built in 1986, which has been active in the North Sea. Its redeployment will
Atlantis Gets Feed-in Tariff to Deploy Tidal Turbines at FORCE
Atlantis Resources Limited’s Canadian subsidiary has been awarded a Feed-in Tariff for up to 4.5 megawatts of tidal generation to be deployed at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Developmental Feed-In-Tariff award of C$530 (£292) per megawatt hour (MWh) p