Equipment
Balltec Wins SOFEC MoorLOK Order
Balltec said it has been awarded a contract by SOFEC, based in Houston, USA, for the design, manufacture, testing and delivery of twelve of its MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors. The connectors, which will be subject to ABS certification are rated to 922 mT end of life minimum break load with a desi
Ramco Nets Equinor Deal
Ramco, tubular goods care and maintenance specialist, has signed a contract with Equinor for inspection and mobilisation of casing and tubing in Norway, worth more than $10 million a year to 2024. This new contract, which is initially for two-years, covers sites in the ports of Florø and Sandnessjøe
New Project to Improve Offshore Wind Turbine Monopiles Scour Protection
Scour researchers from several institutions are set to start work on a collaborative project at HR Wallingford’s Fast Flow Facility (FFF) as part of PROTEUS, an EU-funded Hydralab+ project. The research project aims to improve the design of scour protection around offshore wind turbine monopiles, as
DSC Dredge and Stichweh Join Forces
DSC Dredge LLC and Stichweh LLC have entered into a manufacturer’s cooperation agreement to promote each other’s products. Stichweh, LLC is a joint venture company formed with Andrew Snoby and Richard Snoby and SMT-Stichweh Maschinen & Service GmbH (Germany). The main product of SMT-Stichweh, which
Subsea Supplies to Build Eaton’s Burton Subsea Connectors
Aberdeen-based Subsea Supplies has secured an official licence from Eaton to manufacture products using its Burton Subsea Product Line. Following a £200,000 investment in its new operation, Subsea Supplies has been recognised by Eaton as its certified European partner for Burton neoprene connector a
Balltec to deliver subsea mooring connectors to Sofec
Balltec has won a contract from Sofec for the design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of 12 MoorLOK mooring connectors.
Reach Subsea secures contracts for offshore vessel duo
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Reach Subsea has said it has signed “a larger contract with an international energy company” for the vessel Olympic Challenger.
Royal IHC Supplies Offloading System to CNOOC
Royal IHC has signed a contract with CNOOC to provide the engineering, procurement and construction of a comprehensive offloading system. This will consist of crude oil and LPG offloading reels, in addition to a tandem mooring system, a hydraulic power unit and equipment controls. The offloading sys
Microsoft, Naval Group Deploy Underwater Datacenter Off Orkney
Microsoft chose Naval Group to implement Phase 2 of its underwater datacenter project, also called Project Natick. The Datacenter was deployed in early June 2018 off the Orkney Archipelago, and will be operated for a period of one year. Eric Papin, Naval Group’s director of Innovation and Technologi
Kongsberg Supplies Sonars to Finnish Defence Forces
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract by Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) to deliver ST2400 variable depth sonar (VDS) upgrades to the SQ2000MLU program for the Hamina-Class Corvettes fleet. The ST2400 VDS is designed to provide accurate and highly reliable performance for detecting submarines, mine
HR Wallingford and University of Salento Join Forces
A collaboration between independent environmental hydraulics consultancy and research organisation, HR Wallingford, and the University of Salento (UniSalento), will see the creation of a hydraulic laboratory on the university’s Ecotekne Campus at Lecce in the South of Italy. A framework agreement, o
Stromag Modifies Periflex CR Shaft Coupling for Dredging System
Stromag engineering team recently designed a hybrid Periflex CR (PCR) shaft coupling for a manufacturer of dredging systems who needed a reliable coupling solution with a small footprint for use on a new dredging vessel platform. “The system features a 1200 HP diesel engine that drives a complex, cu
First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Bucket Jacket Lands on Seabed
The first of 20 suction bucket jackets has been installed at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. It is the first time that Ørsted utilises this type of foundation in one of their wind farms on a large scale. Namely, the new foundation is a further development from the first installation
Ionada Scrubbing System Onboard Hopper Dredger Lelystad
Ionada BV has announced the signing of a Pilot Agreement with Van Oord to conduct trials of Ionada’s Semi-Dry Scrubbing technology onboard the hopper dredger Lelystad. The Pilot trials will consist of retrofitting one of the Lelystad’s two main engines with Ionada’s Semi-Dry scrubbing system. The Pi