Cornwall-based marine recruitment specialist UTM Consultants has appointed William Best as a new business manager. The appointment follows the recent opening of a new office in Bristol where he will be based. Best will head up the ROV, Autonomous Vehicles & Inspection business line of UTM Consultant
Damen Dredging Equipment is busy working on the dredging installation for the marine aggregate dredger for CEMEX. The impressive £30 million dredger, type MAD3500, is designed to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed at depths of up to -55 meters, including in the challenging conditions of the No
Aberdeen-based energy services firm, Ardyne Technologies, said it aims to enter a new phase of growth following a funding package from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank. The Bank’s Growth Finance team has provided Ardyne with £7 million, which will be used to enhance its core products and expand the bus
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has recently released a new Microplastics Sampler for the collection of water samples for the analysis of microplastics. “Microplastics” refers to plastic particles smaller than 5 mm and includes fragments, films, pellets/nurdles, granules/beads, filaments a
Composit LLC, a Kursk based developer and producer of wear-resistant rubber hoses, recently delivered a set of floating hoses for carrying out dredging works in the Astrakhan Region. Composit’s floating hoses have been used during several navigation seasons in order to achieve maximum results of the
A team of scientists and engineers has for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. This research will help understand how the region will respond to a warming climate. The 11-person team has been working on the Rutford Ice Str
IKM Testing has been awarded a contract by Total for the work on the Tyra field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. The contract includes cleaning and preparation for the removal of existing platforms and associated subsea pipelines. The contract will mainly be carried out in 2019 and parts of 20
Var Energy and Simon Møkster have completed the first phase of hybrid power conversion of the Stril Barents vessel, currently working on the Goliat field off Norway.
Nexans has moved forward with restructuring of its operations in Europe that could result in the elimination of 939 positions. The French cable specialist also said it will at the same time create 296 positions in Europe as part of its reorganization. The main social impact would be in Germany, Fran
Norwegian Magseis Fairfield has defeated a patent challenge brought on by its rival Seabed Geosolutions.
Proserv said it has moved a major portion of its Field Technology Services business unit from its previous location at Birchmoss, near Echt, to a Westhill-based facility. The base, located on Enterprise Drive, Westhill, will be known as the Skene Facility and boasts 72,000 square feet of yard space,
The Patent Trial and Appeal board of the U.S. Patent Office denied a petition for inter partes review challenging the validity of the ‘589 Patent that had been brought by Seabed Geosolutions. Magseis Fairfield is asserting that Seabed’s MANTA system infringes the ‘589 Patent in a case brought in the
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Jose Duarte, built in Portugal for a Portuguese dredging company by using Dutch dredging equipment, recently started its first job in Lisbon. Portugal has a long coastline and a number of busy navigable rivers – an excellent backdrop for the dredging compan
Scottish company ROVHUB has launched an online marketplace dedicated to remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). It connects ROV owners with opportunities worldwide and allows ROV seekers to shortlist and contact relevant contractors with a few clicks of a mouse, its founder David Gault expalined. “We ope
