Equipment
Subsea 7 Lands GoM Installation Job for Shell
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) for installation work in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract value is in the range of $50 million to $100 million. The contract scope of work involves the installation of 27 miles of 8″ Flowlines and Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs), with as
Pieter Schelte En Route to Rotterdam for Final Assembly
Allseas’ flagship vessel, the Pieter Schelte, the world’s biggest vessel, has departed South Korean shipyard Daewoo in Okpo on 17th November 2014, sailing towards the Port of Rotterdam. The vessel, that took to the seas for the first time for sea trials in September, is now sailing under its own pow
DOF Subsea Takes Delivery of Slocum G2 Gliders
Teledyne Webb Research has sold and delivered Slocum G2 Gliders to DOF Subsea North America for use in commercial oil and gas related applications. The Slocum gliders delivered to DOF Subsea are equipped with an Environmental Characterization Optics (ECO) sensor, a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (
MacGregor’s Pusnes Mooring for Shell
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with Shell for a Pusnes permanent mooring system. Contract value is around EUR 20 million. “We are very happy to finalise this large contract,” says Jan Martin Grindheim, Vice President, Offshore Mooring Systems at MacGregor. “It is strategically im
Nemos Prototype Completes Trials
Tests on the NEMOS 1:5 scaled prototype running this year July through October in Danish Limfjord have been successfully finished. All planed features ran. The complex control strategy was implemented, the automatisation of the hole systems as well as all components proved to be reliable. Particul
PHOTO: RV Sonne in Wilhelmshaven
On Tuesday and Wednesday last week about 3700 people set out for the Bremen port to visit the newly built German deep-sea research vessel SONNE. A visitor’s circuit led them up to the bridge, through the labs, where a marine research exhibition was presented, and to more exhibits on the working de
Atlas Provides Professionals to New Suez Canal Project
A consortium consisting of the world’s biggest dredging companies has started on the “New Suez” Canal project in Egypt. The companies will work together to create another canal that will run alongside the existing Suez Canal, in order to allow ships to simultaneously pass one another. Atlas Professi
News in Photos: Dredging in Alaska
Do you ever wonder what dredging in Alaska looks like? Check out this photo gallery of operations conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, at harbors across the state (St. Herman’s Harbor in Kodiak, St. Paul Harbor, Dillingham Harbor, Cook Inlet Navigation Channel and Homer Ha
CableFish Trials Underway at EMEC
North Sea Systems are carrying out trials of their CableFish® survey platform at EMEC. This is the culmination of the MRCF Project, managed by the Carbon Trust and funded by the Scottish Government. CableFish® will offer a survey capability that enables cable laying operations to be extended in tide
‘Dredge Design’ from ASLA
To dredge simply means to scoop up sediment, often underwater, and move it to another location. While this process is often associated with moving contaminated soils to a place where they can be safely capped, today, dredging is also increasingly about harnessing natural processes to create new land
Benthic inks geotechnical investigation deal with Anadarko
Benthic, a global geosciences company, has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for a deepwater geotechnical investigation in the Golfinho field off the coast of Mozambique. Benthic’s PROD (Portable Remotely Operated Drill), operating from the MPSV Jaya Vigilant,
Pelamis Put into Administration
Pelamis has been unable to secure the additional funding required for further development of the Company’s wave energy technology. As a result of this the board has reluctantly moved to appoint an administrator to assess the options for securing the future for the business and employees of Pelamis.
Important Milestone for PRPA
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) announced that the MSC JUDITH, the largest container vessel to ever call the Port of Philadelphia, experienced a successful visit to PRPA’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal on Sunday, November 17. The Packer Avenue Marine Terminal is operated by Holt Logi
Hoidi to build legs for HYSY944 jack-up
Singapore-based Hoidi International’s production division in China, will build legs for a COSL jack-up rig. Hoidi’s Tianjin Hoidi Group Co. Ltd. will construct the legs for the Gusto MSC CJ50-X120-E designed rig. The rig, to be named HYSY944, will be built by China Merchat Heavy Industry for China O