Kongsberg Maritime has secured an order from Swire Seabed for a HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) configured for commercial survey applications. The Swire Seabed HUGIN AUV system is rated to 4500 meters and equipped with Kongsberg Maritime’s HISAS 1032 Synthetic Aperture Sonar and EM2040 mul
The stationary dredger SEEM 16-640ST Milady, with a steel hull and aluminium structure, has officially been launched at Merré Shipyard in France. Set to be delivered later this year, the Milady was built by Merré Shipyard for the Services Industriels de Genève based in Switzerland. The concept of th
The Nederlands-based technical solutions provider Seatec has received new orders for the ARIS 3000 Sonar. Units are sold to Benelux Offshore operator and will be used for UXO identification work. According to the company, the delivery is scheduled for Q1. The ARIS Explorer 3000 works in zero visibil
Kongsberg has entered into an agreement with family-owned investment company Rome AS to divest Kongsberg Evotec. As a result of the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine, Kongsberg had to meet regulatory requirements regarding competition in the market for seismic vessel deck equipment. Speci
Subsea 7 has finalised the acquisition of Toisa Pegasus, a multi-purpose offshore construction and dive support vessel. The 2009-built vessel is to be renamed Seven Pegasus and will primarily support Subsea 7’s operations in the North Sea and Asia Pacific. John Evans, chief operating officer, said:
Global Marine has been contracted to undertake an emergency fibre-optic submarine cable repair to the Sirius South fibre-optic cable in the UK EEZ of the Irish Sea. The vessel CS Sovereign has already mobilised from Portland and arrived on site on Tuesday the 15th January 2019. The repair will take
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a four-project North Sea campaign with TechnipFMC. The work scopes on the jobs, which took place throughout 2018, included installation and retrieval of umbilicals, jumpers, risers and flowlines. In total 16 reels were handled and close to 40km of product wa
Vryhof companies – Deep Sea Mooring, Vryhof Anchors and Moorlink – have recently won up to $75 million in new contracts. The contracts include landmark deals for Vryhof Anchors for the WindFloat Atlantic wind farm, offshore Portugal, the world’s first commercial floating wind farm, and the Havfarm 1
iXblue has been selected by the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) to provide 8 Canopus LBL transponders for a major geodetic mission off the coast of Sicily. Deployed on the seabed, 2,500 meters below the surface, the Canopus transponders will measure the crustal deformation along the Nor
Danish marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi (PMR) has been awarded a contract for boulder clearance at the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. The contract was awarded by German transmission system operator 50Hertz. The project comprises boulder clearance and survey works at
Well services specialist, Altus Intervention UK, is investing in a new training simulator to boost the safety and competency of its personnel in the field. The new ‘MultiSIM’ portable well intervention simulator, developed by Drilling Systems, will be installed at Altus Intervention’s UK facilities
Norway has given permission to Equinor and its partners Shell and Total to develop CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Marine equipment specialist Motive Offshore has made a strategic appointment to support ambitious growth plans for the coming year as it continues to post record results. The company has seen a record turnover for 2018 and is set to exceed its projected 20% increase on the previous year. To support
Marine operator Attollo Offshore has launched Aberdeen-based Innovation Incubator. Due to create 20 jobs, the incubator will bring operational and academic minds together, within Attollo, to accelerate the digital transformation of its offshore operations using latest technology including automation
