Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has completed the first QTrencher 500 compact trenching system developed for submarine cable installation and maintenance specialists, SubCom. The new QTrencher 500 provides additional 100HP versus its QT400 predecessor. The system has a trenching capability to a depth of
Jan De Nul has been awarded a framework deal by TenneT for repairs of offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight. The scope entails repairs of all TenneT’s existing HVAC cable systems connecting individual wind farms to the offshore convertor stations or directly to the onshore grid, as well a
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Oilfield services company Expro has made appointments of two key executive management roles. Current executive vice president, Alistair Geddes, has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect. Geddes has been with Expro for six years, having previously fulfilled leadership r
Global Marine’s division Global Offshore will soon begin work for offshore wind power developer and operator Vattenfall. The contract will see Global Offshore completing the inter-array cable installation, burial, testing and termination at the 72 turbine Danish Kriegers Flak site, located in the Ba
The operator of the Baltic Pipe project, designed to cut Polish reliance on Russian gas, has sought permission from Sweden for the pipeline to go through Sweden’s exclusive economic zone.
Dutch investment company MeeMaken has acquired a majority stake in Blue Offshore – solutions provider for subsea cable installations . The minority of the company’s shares remain in hands of Blue Offshore’s management. Blue Offshore director Evert-Jan van Wijk, said: “So far, we have been able to de
Oil services company Archer said on Friday that its CEO John Lechner has resigned from his position, effective immediately. He will remain as a senior advisor to the Archer leadership team during the transition period until a new CEO is appointed. During the interim period, Archer Chairman Kjell-Eri
Gijon-based Duro Felguera (DF) has signed a contract with BP to manufacture 12 oil and gas extractors for an offshore platform in Azerbaijan.
MacArtney has provided active heave compensated MERMAC winch solution to Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) for planned subsea offshore operations. MacArtney’s MERMAC R40 AHC winch will facilitate the laying of seismic cables on the seabed of the Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea for Equinor
A scientific study describes for the first time the submarine cartography of a high-latitude system in the IBIS channel, which covers tens of kilometres in the northern western area of the Barents Sea, in the Arctic Ocean. This channel is one of the few submarine valleys in polar latitudes that kept
Following the recent and successful introduction of several machines in Europe, Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) is preparing to launch its largest excavator yet. The Kobelco SK850LC-10E is the latest addition to the Japanese manufacturer’s proven Generation 10 range and will make i
Bureau Veritas (BV) has completed the first remote inspection and audit survey using Kongsberg’s DP Digital Survey solution on Bourbon Explorer 508, an OSV stationed off Angola.
NKT has completed the power from shore cable system for Equinor’s Martin Linge oil and gas field in Norway. The cable system solution from NKT plays a key part in making the field more carbon-efficient as is it powered from shore by the 163 kilometers long 145 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC
