Equipment
Naval Energies Plans to Reduce Headcount
Marine renewables developer Naval Energies has decided to streamline its personnel of circa 100 people in order to secure the development of the company, consolidate its growth and support its teams. It is expected that any reduction in headcount will be evenly split between France and Ireland. In F
Acteon – Actuant Complete Businesses Swap
Subsea services group Acteon has completed its acquisition of the Viking SeaTech from Actuant Corporation and simultaneously divested Mirage Machines business. The announcement follows regulatory approval for Acteon to acquire Viking Seatech while selling Mirage Machines to Actuant, a US corporation
UK, Japan in funding call for subsea innovation projects
Industry body Subsea UK, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise (SE), has opened an R&D funding call for subsea innovation projects.
Subsea UK and Scottish Enterprise in £15M R&D Funding Call
Industry body Subsea UK in partnership with Scottish Enterprise has opened an R&D funding call for innovation projects to drive forward research and development projects between Scotland and Japan that could help solve the industry’s most complex technological challenges. The project forms part of t
MacArtney Provides Winches for Borkum Riffgrund OWF
MacArtney has supplied winches for cable-pulling operation on the Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farm project. The scope of supply of this Fulgor/Hellenic Cables order includes two MacArtney 150 kN and 200 kN electrical cable pulling winches. The purpose of the winches is to bring inter array cables
PHOTO: Ampelmann’s Icemann makes 10,000 transfers in cold Russian waters
The Icemann is currently the only gangway system of its kind able to operate in remote and extreme cold climate.
Jan De Nul, Smulders Build Gravity Based Foundations for Kriegers Flak
Jan De Nul Group and Smulders have joined forces to build two gravity based foundations (GBF) for the high voltage station of the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak. The foundations, weighting 10,000 tonnes and 8,000 tonnes, consist of a concrete part and a steel structure on top of it. Jan De
Tracerco Enhances Its Subsea Pipelines Scanning Technology
Tracerco has launched a new fast scanning application for its subsea pipeline inspection instrument, Discovery. The company said that following customer feedback, it developed a new method, specifically for detecting the presence of localised metal loss defects on subsea pipelines, up to 5 times fas
Premier Oil hires Apexindo’s jack-up rig
London-listed oil firm Premier Oil has reportedly hired one of Apexindo’s jack-up drilling rigs on a three-month term deal.
VBMS Launches New Subsea Cable Storage and Handling Base
VBMS has expanded its subsea cable storage and handling facilities as it looks to provide its clients with a one-stop shop for subsea power cable installation and repair solutions. The Boskalis subsidiary has opened a new ISPC-certified cable storage facility at the port of Vlissingen in the Netherl
JFMS Keeps Hinkley Point C UXO-Free
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has completed a five-month specialist unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey campaign at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project. The company provided a turnkey solution to survey, identify and dispose of any UXO identified at Hinkley Point C in order to ensur
C-Kore Deploys Its 100th Unit in North Sea Campaign
C-Kore Systems has deployed its 100th CKore unit on a fault-finding campaign with an unnamed oil company in the North Sea. The units have simplified subsea testing in over 30 different fields worldwide and helped oil companies on installation/construction and faultfinding campaigns, the company said
Seatronics Adds More Sonardyne Tech
Marine technology specialists, Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increased its investment in Sonardyne hybrid navigation technologies following the purchase of four SPRINT Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and four Syrinx Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs). The equipment investment, which also included s
DOC and Swan Hunter Launch Storage and Spooling Yard
Dutch Offshore Contractors (DOC)-Swan Hunter storage and spooling yard is ready for operations, following equipment load-in and commissioning period. The yard based in Vlissingen, Netherlands, will serve as a strategic cable hub enabling product storage and spooling operations for cable manufacturer