JFD has announced a new partnership with Armelsan, a Turkey-based designer and supplier of sonar systems for the Turkish Navy. Established in 2011 with offices in Ankara and Istanbul, Armelsan delivers a variety of sonar systems including diver detection sonar, hull mounted anti-submarine warfare so
Forum Subsea Technologies’ latest remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLe Spirit, has completed sea trials in Norway. The vehicle is the first of a new generation of electric observation class ROVs. It is the smallest in the new range, and powerful enough to perform subsea maintenance and repair wo
Shawcor’s pipe coating division has entered into contracts with Subsea 7 to provide coating services for two offshore pipeline projects, the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project offshore Norway and a subsea tieback project offshore Australia. These projects will be executed at Shawcor’s Norwegian and Asia
The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by Eidesvik to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for its Viking Neptun construction vessel. This latest order follows two similar hybrid upgrade contracts awarded to Wärtsilä in recent months. Built in 2015, the Viking Neptun
MacArtney Germany has designed and delivered an underwater ice camera system for the research vessel, the R/V Polarstern, a German icebreaker, embarking on a global climate mission to investigate and research previously inaccessible regions during an Arctic winter. The MOSAiC International Arctic Dr
Subsea cables specialist NKT said that Peter Wennevold has resigned from his position as the company’s finance business partner. Wennevold is employee elected member of the NKT A/S board of directors. His resignation will become effective as per December 31, 2019, and consequently he will also step
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply an LNG bunkering vessel simulator to Malaysia’s provider of integrated marine solutions Kasi Group.
Swathe Services, a Hydrographic survey support company in Hayle, Cornwall (UK) recently ran what it calls the world’s first multi-beam echo-sounder training course using a remotely operated unmanned surface vessel. As part of the training, the delegates mapped Hayle Harbour in Cornwall using an USV
AGR will be assisting Norwegian operator OKEA by building a new full field reservoir model for the Draugen asset in the Norwegian Sea. André Sæthern, AGR’s VP of Reservoir Management, said: “We are excited to deliver this project as part of our long-term relationship with OKEA. “We’ll be applying ou
Tritech has recently sold the first Gemini 1200ik dual frequency multibeam sonar to Outland Technology for use on their Outland 2500 ROV. The sonar was sold to an existing Outland Technology customer who already had an Outland 2500 with the single frequency Gemini 720ik fitted. As the Gemini 1200ik
Aberdeen-based subsea energy storage and energy generation specialist East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has recently appointed two new directors. Existing EC-OG employees Paul Slorach and Jonny Moroney have been promoted as business development director and projects director respectively. E
Shell and its partner Ithaca have taken a final investment decision on the Pierce Depressurisation Project in the UK Central North Sea. The move will enable Shell to start exporting gas from the Pierce field, which lies around 265 kilometers east of Aberdeen in Blocks 23/22a and 23/27 of the UK Cont
Finland’s technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for one of Eidesvik’s subsea construction vessels (CSV).
Transocean has deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit.
