ECA Group has demonstrated the capability of performing a subsea inspection using its USV (unmanned surface vehicle) Inspector deploying a H300V type ROV (remotely operated vehicle) within a research and development program led by Total and TechnipFMC. During offshore operations ROVs are deployed fr
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has completed diving activities for Premier Oil UK. JFMS provided a nitrox diving spread utilising gravity-based launch and recovery systems (LARS) installed on the Balmoral floating production vessel (FPV), anchored 200km northeast of Aberdeen, in the Balmoral fi
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘Guidelines for the Shared Use of Sensors for ROV and Survey Purposes’. The document provides technical guidance and an overview of some of the factors to consider when sharing ROV-mounted positioning, surveying and imaging sensor
At Gansbaai in South Africa, the town’s fishing port badly needed maintenance dredging. Local contractor, Guerrini Marine Construction used their pontoon-based wire crane to maneuver a Damen DOP150. The DOP150 was lowered to the sea bed, and with the 8-bar jet water pressure the pump crated its own
Pipeshield International has secured a contract from DeepOcean to supply the scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. Over 300 bespoke fronded concrete mattresses have been manufactured at the port of Great Yarmouth within close proximity of the deep water berth. Fronds are a den
Proserv has promoted Tore Erntsen to the position of chief technology officer (CTO), Subsea Controls, based at the firm’s Trondheim facility in Norway. Prior to taking on his new role, Tore was vice president, engineering and technology, within the subsea team. Tore joined Proserv in 2012 when the f
Sonomatic has announced expansion plans to provide additional radiography capacity within its base at The Core, Bridge of Don, bringing the total number of bays available to five. Just three years ago, Sonomatic invested in building a brand multi-disciplined facility covering the entire range of NDT
ABP Humber has increased its technology for hydrographic surveying with the purchase of a new Carlson Merlin lidar scanner supplied by Swathe Services. The Merlin is a vessel-based 3D mobile laser scanner system developed specifically for coastal, offshore and inland waterway surveying. ABP Humber i
Trendsetter Engineering has completed the design and build of subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project, a natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scope of work included multiple clamp connection systems, subsea dis
Groningen Seaports just announced that the first dredging campaign in the Eemshaven for this year is scheduled to start today. According to an official announcement, this is the first time that these harbor maintenance works will be conducted with an LNG-powered dredger – Ecodelta. The dredging oper
L3 ASV has delivered a long-endurance autonomous vessel known as the C-Enduro to the Royal Navy. The C-Enduro will be used for military data gathering trials by the Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme. “We are proud to support the Royal Navy in their plans to explore the
Hanson has completed the first phase of a major upgrade at its Dagenham aggregates depot and wharf on the River Thames in London. The new screening and washing plant is capable of processing 500 tonnes of marine-dredged sand and gravel an hour. “It was designed and supplied by DUO and refined by our
After signing a duty holder deal with Aker Solutions in January, Marginal Field Development Company (“MFDevCo”) has now entered into a collaboration agreement with another important industry name, Siemens’ Dresser-Rand business.
ECTMarine, a Dutch supplier of dredging components, services and design, has just released the latest update on upgrading works for C.J. Duivenvoorde’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Adriaan. The upgrade work includes the installation of a set of new and improved side sheaves on the cutter ladder fron
