Amsterdam-based Deep BV will upgrade one of its survey vessels with US-based Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomous control system. The Sea Machines system enables remote command of the vessel, including navigation and positioning, the control of on-board auxiliaries and sensors, as well as ship-to-
Unique Group has merged its expertise in survey and buoyancy technology with Dutch UXO experts Bodac to develop an unexploded ordnance lifting & safe disposal system (UXO-LSDS). The system paves the way for contactless mine recovery. The UXO-LSDS consists of a housing for two 9l, 300 bar composite c
Norwegian-based ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has launched a leasing option within the BWT segment as a response to the growing need for more flexibility in financing solutions. The company said that the leasing option is the first of its kind in the segment and comes amid chall
NUI new hyperbaric test chambers have recently arrived at the manufacturing facility for assembly. The manufacturer Optime Subsea is preparing the two test chambers for a factory acceptance test (FAT) early June. After that, the two systems will go to Bergen for installation and site acceptance test
Aquatec Group has provided two rapidly deployable pressure loggers to a North Sea operator to meet an imminent offshore mobilisation. The company engineered a pair of ROV-deployable magnetic mounts for its AQUAlogger 310 oceanographic pressure and temperature data loggers. The loggers were then moun
Forum Energy Technologies has recorded loss in the first quarter 2020 of $37 million, or 33 cents per diluted share, compared to loss of $8 million, or $7 cents per diluted share, for the prior-year comparable period. Sequentially, Forum widened its loss from $11 cents per diluted share, with revenu
Van Oord and Pon Cat recently signed the agreement to purchase the first fully electric excavator in the Netherlands. By means of this investment and the deployment of this unique equipment on its infrastructure projects from May of this year, Van Oord is taking a new step towards reducing its CO2 e
German manufacturer of propulsion systems Schottel has secured a deal to deliver propulsion equipment for six new live fish carriers being built by Turkish shipyard Sefine. The vessels feature Salt Ship design and are being built for DESS Aquaculture Shipping AS in Grimstad, Norway. The latest one t
Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement. The first contract comprises the delivery of a custom-built CSD, the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC d
The Covid-19 pandemic could see demand for umbilicals fall by 32 per cent this year, Rystad Energy impact analysis reveals. According to Rystad, expected demand could fall to just 713 kilometres of lines in 2020, from 1,041 kilometres last year. Umbilical demand will not match or exceed 2019 levels
Subsea technology specialist Sonardyne has introduced new Vigilant forward looking sonar (FLS) for naval, commercial, passenger and private vessels. Vigilant FLS provides 3D bathymetry out to 600 metres and automated warnings of unseen collision hazards on and beneath the waterline out to 1.5 kilome
As the envisaged transformation of the European waterborne transport would require significant investments, SEA Europe has proposed the creation of a dedicated EU Maritime Fund as an alternative to extending the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) to shipping.
Two new container gantry cranes arrived at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) on 4 May, providing the terminal operator with additional capacities for handling 24,000 TEU+ ultra large container vessels (ULCVs).
Depro and VideoRay have developed a new, compact and flexible ROV concept which is easy to use and quick to mobilize. The ROV concept BLUEROC represents a remotely operated container solution, designed specifically to control and operate an inspection ROV. According to Depro, several customers have
