PCCW Global and Orange will jointly land the 12,000 km long Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable in Marseille, France, scheduled to go into service in 2020. When complete, the PEACE cable system will offer the shortest routes from China to Europe and Africa, interconnecting three o
The Damen built CSD350 “Kingston” has done a grand job at Cape Jaffa, Australia. The $3 million worth cutter suction dredger was transported from the Netherlands to Port Adelaide in seven shipping containers before assembling at Cape Jaffa. The dredger, which arrived earlier this year, was required
MacArtney Underwater Technology said that the FOCUS 3 ROTV system will soon be leaving its headquarters in Esbjerg, Denmark for the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington. The FOCUS 3 represents the 3rd generation of FOCUS vehicles in the MacArtney ROTV family, all designed
Lamprell has been selected by GeoSea, the lead engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor on the Moray East offshore wind farm, to fabricate jacket foundations for the project. Lamprell will fabricate 45 out of approximately 100 jacket foundations required for the wind farm,
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Andre Rose as technical adviser – Competence & Training, Remote Systems and ROV. Rose has spent most of the last 18 years working in the ROV industry. This has included time as a pilot/technician, superintendent, ROV manager and c
3D at Depth has expanded several global office locations and launched a new portfolio of services designed to support cohesive workflow efficiencies for offshore oil field design through decommissioning. The new line includes: terrestrial dimensional control to support subsea data collection workflo
OPT has said that its PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s R&D MaREnergy project, aiming to develop, deploy and demonstrate suitability of wave energy technologies in oil & gas operations. The OPT PowerBuoy will be used in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s research and de
Ocean Power Technologies’ PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s R&D MaREnergy project, aiming to develop, deploy and demonstrate suitability of wave energy renewable technologies in oil & gas operations.
CAPE Investment Partners has acquired majority shareholding in CAPE Holland and FoundOcean from the private equity investor Ambienta. With the new shareholder, a new phase for both companies will start. The companies aim to further grow their unique market positions in the rapidly expanding offshore
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has completed the redeployment of two 1.5MW turbines at the MeyGen tidal energy project in Scotland. The turbines were retrieved for modification work following initial operations, and now all four turbines have been reconnected to the grid. Since reinstallation of these turbin
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Gerd Stensen AS from Norway for the delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606. According to Damen, the client will apply the new vessel to their dredging operations. Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limite
OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Equinor for the supply of the all-electric actuated subsea boosting system for the Vigdis field in the Norwegian North Sea. The scope of the contract includes a pump station, with a manifo
OneSubsea has been awarded an EPC contract by Equinor for the first all-electric actuated subsea boosting system for the Vigdis field.
Aberdeen-based C-Tecnics Subsea Electronics has fulfilled an order for six high definition underwater inspection cameras to be installed on Simec Technologies’ latest ROV. The batch of model CT3017 titanium HD cameras, each providing full 1080p definition picture quality and rated to 4000 metres dep
