DMC has released a new video with more background information about the use of XblocPlus on the Afsluitdijk Project. Due to the shape of the new blocks, approximately 33% less blocks are needed than with other available armor blocks. Furthermore, the placement operation is safer and quicker due to a
Royston Diesel Power’s advanced enginei EFMS (electronic fuel management system) has been specified as part of the new build program for the first dredging vessel commissioned in 20 years by CEMEX UK Marine. The new £30 million Damen Shipyards Group built CEMEX Go Innovation has been designed to ext
Equinor-operated Visund Nord improved oil recovery (IOR) project came on stream two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget, Equinor noted. “It took 21 months from the licence partners chose the concept until production sta
Planning and marine licence applications for NorthConnect interconnector has been submitted and open for official consultation. The submission of planning and marine licence applications for the power cables, which will connect the electricity markets of Scotland and Norway, opens up the project to
Ørsted has signed a six-year framework agreement with Trelleborg for the supply of NjordGuard, a cable protection system, for use on upcoming wind farm projects. Andy Smith, business manager for Global Developing Markets with Trelleborg’s offshore operation said: “We are honored to be selected as a
Seismic tools and maintenance provider Seis GEaR said it has recently acquired a Reading-based company Verif-i. Verif-i provides auditing and QC services that include technical audits, inspections, and related consulting to key oil company, multi-client data companies and manufacturers both in the m
Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately €21 million by Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), the transmission system operator of the Greek electricity system, for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands (Evia, Andros and Tinos), Greece. The project invo
Transmission system operator TenneT has begun laying its NordLink subsea cable section in the German North Sea. During the next weeks TenneT will wind out 99 kilometres into the seabed between the cable landfall at the Büsum dike (Schleswig-Holstein) and southwest of the Island of Sylt through the t
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger has been awarded a frame agreement by Equinor for the provision of light intervention, inspection and monitoring services. Stinger believe that a low carbon footprint is a competitive advantage, providing attractive business opportunities in a transition t
Swan Hunter has completed the loadout of Norther offshore wind farm export cable onto Van Oord’s Nexus cable lay vessel. Approximately 29 kilometers of HVAC export cable, totaling 3150Te, was spooled onto the Nexus vessel from the DOC-Swan Hunter cable storage and spooling yard, Vlissingen, The Neth
A first-of-its-kind acoustic telescope is under development at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, that will permit researchers to map and study the underwater soundscape. Seawater quickly absorbs or scatters light, radio waves
Oceana has launched a 20-day expedition to survey important areas of marine life in the Quark (also known as Kvarken or Merenkurkku), between Finland and Sweden. The organisation’s second research project in the Quark is generously funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery and will build on Oceana’S in
Five Norwegian investors with experience from maritime technology innovation and industry have joined forces to establish Invento Team. The company said it will focus on technical solutions and products for the global marketplace. “We’re looking to establish a new cluster for maritime electronics de
EM&I, the international asset integrity specialists, has appointed Simon James as its new director of operations. James has over 20 years experience in operations and asset integrity for offshore oil, gas, and renewables. He has held senior and executive positions in Total, CNR, Subsea 7, Fugro and
