Equipment
MARIN: Testing the First Floating Mega Island
MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island earlier this week. The island comprises 87 large floating triangles that are flexibility connected to one another. Together they form a flexible floating island that can be as large as 1 to 5 km i
Energinet Opts for KEM Offshore
Danish crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner KEM Offshore has secured a framework agreement to provide CTVs for the installation and commissioning of Energinet’s two offshore substations on the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. The one-and-a-half-year contract covers CTV support for dredging, foundation
More Facts About Royal IHC Beagle Series
The launching ceremony of Adani’s 8,000m³ IHC Beagle trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shanti Sagar 18 took place last week at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. Today, we are bringing you more details about this impressive vessel. The TSHD will be mainly utilized
Corvus’ energy storage system for Far Sun PSV
Corvus Energy’s Orca energy storage system (ESS) has been selected to provide battery power to one of Farstad Shipping’s platform supply vessels (PSVs). Corvus Energy said it would supply a lithium ion based energy storage system (ESS) for the hybridization of Farstad Shipping’s PSV Far Sun being in
Wasco Begins Concrete Weight Coating Nord Stream 2 Pipes
Nord Stream 2 contractor Wasco Coatings Germany has begun concrete weight coating pipes for the project in the port of Mukran on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. Up to 90,000 pipes will be coated by the end of 2018 at the location. Currently 39,000 pipes are already at a specially prepared storage ar
Briggs Marine Invests in New Diving Equipment
Briggs Marine Contractors has made a six-figure investment into its diving division’s capabilities with the purchase of a dual basket diver launch and recovery system (LARS). The system was manufactured by Submarine Manufacturing Products (SMP). It has been built and maintained to International Mari
TWI to Develop Underwater Laser Cutting for Decommissioning
Research and technology organisation TWI has started a new project to reportedly advance the decommissioning of offshore structures. Namely, TWI is developing decommissioning technology for use in deep and hazardous waters. This will consist of a laser cutting solution that can be deployed remotely
MMT and Reach Bolster ROV Survey Services Portfolio
Swedish survey specialist MMT and Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea have secured the DP2 subsea vessel M/V Olympic Delta, with two ROVs mobilised onboard, for execution of the project announced earlier this year. The project has been postponed from June 2017 until August same year, the Oslo-listed R
ECA Group to Supply PAP Subsea Demining Robots for French Navy
ECA Group has been awarded a five-year contract by French Ministry of Armed Forces for the supply of consumables for French Navy PAP demining remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The value of the contract is over EUR 4 million up to a maximum of EUR 8 million depending on utilization frequency. The Fr
Heerema Installs Oseberg Vestflanken 2 UWP
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has informed that the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 unmanned wellhead platform (UWP) jacket has been installed, followed by the installation of the topside. The 900 tonnes topside has a length of 25 meters, a width of 23 meters and a height of 20 meters. The 4,400-tonnes jack
VBMS Selects Tekmar to Protect East Anglia ONE Cables
Tekmar has been awarded a contract by VBMS to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS), bellmouths and cover disks for ScottishPower renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. VBMS has awarded contracts on the project to both Tekmar and JDR Cables, both based in the North East of England,
Forum VisualSoft for NKT Victoria
Forum Energy Technologies has won a new contract which includes provision of its pipeline and cable survey software to the newbuild cable laying support vessel, the NKT Victoria. Two VisualSoft Four Channel High Definition Digital Video Systems (VisualDVR MCHD) will be supplied to iSURVEY. The first
PHOTO: Culzean CPF Jacket Lands on Seabed
The jacket for the central processing facility (CPF) on the Culzean field, located in the British sector of the North Sea, has been installed, Maersk Oil informed. It follows the installation of the wellhead platform jacket set up in May 2016. The CPF jacket, set sail from Heerema Fabrication Group’
ABB to Upgrade First HVDC Subsea Link Between Sweden and Denmark
ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden and Energinet in Denmark. ABB will upgrade the control and protection system for the Konti-Skan high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link with its latest ABB Ability MACH technology. The Konti-Skan transmission