Damen Shipyards Group and Hanson Aggregates Marine signed a contract earlier this month for construction of a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500. The dredger will be used to extract aggregates offshore up to depths of 55 metres, for use in the onshore construction industry. Due for delivery in Marc
Kraken Subsea Solutions has been awarded the contract for inter-array cables package installation employer’s representation by Vattenfall for Danish Kriegers Flak (DKF) Project. The French marine renewable projects engineering and consultancy specialist will provide supervision services to Vattenfal
Royal IHC launched a mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) for Kenmare Resources earlier this week, on May 20. During the naming ceremony, held today at its shipyard in Kinderdijk, the vessel was named Julia. The new custom-built dredger will operate at Kenmare’s Wet Concentrator Plant C project at it
Damen Shipyards Group has just released this very interesting story in their Magazine about Damen DOP pumps’ work at Dutch Royal Palace ‘Het Loo’ in Apeldoorn, the former Royal residence of King William and Queen Mary Stuart. Built in the 17th century, it served as their residence and hunting lodge.
Pharos Offshore has boosted its subsea equipment fleet with the SMD built trenching vehicle, Q1000. The Q1000 jet trenching ROV has 1000hp (750kw) of installed power coupled to high – pressure water pumps, capable of up to 3 metre trench depth. Phil Walker, Pharos Offshore Group CEO, said: “The acqu
London-based private equity firm Blue Water Energy is buying Heerema Marine Contractors’ Pipeline Technique Limited,
Offshore accommodation specialist HB Rentals has secured a rental contract worth in excess of seven figures for the supply of a modularised temporary living complex for 28 people on a subsea support vessel of a leading Danish offshore marine services provider. The project is for the supply of 14 two
Reservoir stimulation technology provider Fishbones has appointed Lars-Tore Berg as its chief technology officer and also increased its staff base by 25%. Following successful new projects in Qatar, Egypt and China, the seven new hires will be based across the company’s sales and R&D teams and will
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD) for the delivery of an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger and Delta Multi Craft 1450 work boat. “An important aspect of the contract is the transfer of knowledge by on-site assistance, training and consultancy. With thi
DeepOcean has successfully completed the 36-inch oil export pipeline spool tie-in project on the Johan Sverdrup field for Equinor, the world’s first offshore diver-less remote hyperbaric tie-in operation. Back in July 2017, DeepOcean won an EPCI contract for performing remote hyperbaric tie-in of th
Sofregaz is conducting a study for the multi-trucks to ship LNG transfer technology to be attached to call for tenders.
Geoservices company Shearwater GeoServices will develop the next-generation marine seismic source technology with Norwegian oil major Equinor.
In the latest edition of their Terra et Aqua magazine, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) put a special spotlight on the challenges of optical backscatter monitoring in mixed sediment environments. Optical backscatter instruments (OBS) are very popular instruments for measuri
Subsea technology and systems provider Sonardyne has acquired Denmark-based maritime software and equipment specialist EIVA. EIVA will join the Sonardyne group of companies while remaining an independent business and brand. EIVA Chief Executive Officer Jeppe Nielsen, who has been CEO since 2011, wil
