Equipment
Reach, MMT in ‘Surveyor Interceptor’ Trials
Reach Subsea and MMT have announced, after one week with offshore testing from the vessel Edda Fonn, that the Surveyor Interceptor is performing according to expectations, both on speed and the survey data quality. Reach Subsea ASA (Reach) has, as previously announced, together with survey partner M
Technip’s Extension for ‘Viking Neptun’
Technip in Norway has today exercised their first option to extend the contract related to the newbuild Viking Neptun, owned by Eidesvik Offshore According to Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, the extension is from 110 to 180 days operations in 2015. As previously announced in November, the Eidesv
Ofgem Ups Scottish Subsea Link Funds by £56 Mln
Ofgem has today approved £1.1 billion funding for a new subsea link in the north of Scotland. The regulator’s decision is £105 million less than the funding request from Scottish Hydro Electricity Transmission (SHE Transmission) to ensure consumers pay no more than necessary. The final funding decis
World’s 1st Container Terminal with Zero Emissions
APM Terminals has signed a two-year $6.23 million contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally-sustainable wind-generated electricity to power the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II cranes and container handling equipment. The new deep-water terminal, scheduled to rece
ABB, Hitachi Team Up on HVDC in Japan
ABB and Hitachi have agreed to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects bringing ABB’s latest
Oceaneering Appoints New SVP, Operations Support
Oceaneering International has promoted Alan R. Curtis to Senior Vice President, Operations Support. In this new role, Curtis will be responsible for Human Resources, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Internal Audit, and Facilities. Curtis joined Oceaneering in 1995 as a Financial Cont
Carnegie to Deploy Second CETO 5 Unit
Carnegie Wave Energy’s first CETO 5 Unit has now been operating for approximately 700 hours and the second of its CETO 5 wave energy units is ready for installation. The first CETO 5 Unit was installed four weeks ago and has now clocked up 700 in ocean operating hours. It has experienced a range of
NEMOS Prototype on Trials in Nantes
Within the EU-Project MARINET a test series have been conducted on a 1:5 scaled NEMOS-device at the ECN in Nantes, with one of the biggest wave tanks in the world. Due to the precise adjustments and reproducibility of the wave conditions, extensive hydromechanical parameter studies could have been m
SeaBird: Charter extension for ‘Munin Explorer’
SeaBird Exploration has received an amendment to the time charter for the vessel Munin Explorer. It is estimated that the company will charter the vessel for an additional 2 – 2.5 months starting March 1, 2015. The contract extension will have an estimated value of $3.5 – 4.0 million. M/V Munin Expl
Mooring-Free Buoy for all Monitoring Applications
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have teamed up with UK-based company ASV Ltd to offer a low-cost, mobile alternative to a permanent moored buoy system for all monitoring applications, but particularly targeted at oil, gas, dredging activities and environmental monitoring. The system utilit
AMC AUV in Seafloor Shoot
Pinpointing the best location for tidal energy turbines and providing a picture of seafloor conditions underneath fish pens are two research projects benefiting from the autonomous underwater technologies expertise at the Australian Maritime College. The projects were funded by the University of Tas
Offshore testing underway for Surveyor Interceptor ROV
Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden AB have announced today that after one week of offshore testing from the vessel Edda Fonn, a survey ROV called the Surveyor Interceptor is performing according to expectations, and “both on speed and the survey data quality”. To remind, Reach has together with its survey
VIDEO: VBMS Burial Sledge System 2
VBMS has developed a burial tool BSS-II. The BSS-II consists of a towed sledge vehicle with a telescopic adjustable jetting lance. The BSS-II is designed for simultaneous laying and burial operations and is capable of installing flexible products, like cables, umbilicals, flexible pipe lines, rangin
Dredging Brings Benefits to Grantham Canal
A dredging project aimed at improving water quality and encouraging rare aquatic plants to thrive on the Grantham Canal is underway. The Canal & River Trust is dredging silt from a 6km stretch of the canal to protect important habitats. The stretch of canal is designated as a Site of Special Scienti