Swire Oilfield Services is investing £50 million over the rest of this year in its rental fleet and support infrastructure. Around £20 … Source: Business7 [mappress] Source:Business7 , June 14, 2011;
The very latest subsea tracking system from Applied Acoustics made a last minute entry onto the Applied Acoustics’ stand at Seawork this year. The portable version of the Alpha adds extra versatility to the tracking system as it offers an onboard computer within a splash-proof case, enabling it to b
ShawCor Ltd. today announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$60 million from Welspun Corp Limited, to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the Zawtika Development Project operated by PTTEP International Limited.
IBM, NTT Europe and South Hook LNG Terminal Company Ltd., operators of the largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal in Europe, announced a 5-year agreement for IBM and NTT to deliver cloud computing services to South Hook’s operations in London and in Milford Haven, Wales. With t
Italian dredging equipment manufacturer ltaldraghe has come up with an innovative new dredging bucket for small projects. According to the company, the bucket can be used with all types of hydraulic excavator, either land-based or floating, and is especially suited to work in narrow canals, small re
Underwater camera specialist, Kongsberg Maritime, introduces the OE14-502-WA with Wide Angle Lens Option to its market-leading camera and imaging sonar portfolio. This new version of the OE14-502 HD Camera has been developed in direct response to increased customer demand for a wide angled high defi
FG International Holland BV, the Dutch Special Lifting company, has recently applied a brand new construction called FG Single Pole Lifter. Willtéco was awarded the high profile job to construct and exchange gearboxes on a jack-up platform in IJmuiden, The Netherlands. While the jack-up does have 2
Today, amid great public attention, the DEME Group named and launched its 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BREUGHEL. The ceremony took place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands. At exactly 2 pm, the ship was successfully launched after its naming by Mrs B
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, announces the award of the Kumang Cluster Project by PETRONAS Carigali to Subsea 7 Malaysia Sdn Bhd. This award further cements Subsea 7’s position in Asia Pacific and Middle East Region. The project involves the
SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
In four years, Carrollton High School went from not having an ROV team to being confident enough in their underwater robot they feel they… (times-georgian) [mappress] Source: .times-georgian,June 09, 2011;
“How can you be sure your seabed equipment won’t be damaged by overtrawling? There’s only one sure way”, claims Martin East, Head of Analysis at Jee, “…and that’s by tank testing.” A recent project commissioned by Allseas drew Martin away from his office base and took him to Denmark where he could s
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack CoPilot to an SMD Fall-Pipe ROV, providing international dredging company Jan De Nul Group unsurpassed control and performance for sub-sea rock installation. Having expressed t
