Equipment
MainOne Wraps Up Submarine Cable Repair
MainOne said it has repaired its submarine cable system that experienced a fault at a water depth of some 3400 meter in the international waters outside Senegal. The cable laying vessel, Pierre De Fermat, was commissioned to conduct the repair. The vessel traveled to Portland, UK, where it picked up
MacGregor to Provide Equipment for New Research Vessel
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract to supply oceanographic winches and Triplex deck handling systems to a new research vessel being built by the Fassmer shipyard in Berne, Germany. MacGregor equipment deliveries are planned for completion by the end of the first quarter of 2019. The
Bluestream Scores ONEgas Subsea Inspection Contract
Bluestream Offshore has secured a five year contract plus two-year extension with ONEgas, the combined business unit of Shell UK and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) for the gas production on the Southern North Sea. The contract is a so-called ‘ROV subsea structural inspection services co
Aquamarine to work on Songa’s Cat D rigs
Aquamarine Subsea has been awarded a frame agreement with offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore for classing of high-pressure manifolds on Songa’s four Cat D rigs. Aquamarine said that the duration of the contract was five years with an option to extend the deal for an additional five years. T
Minesto Terminates GBS Foundation Supply Deal; Seeks New Supplier
Minesto has decided to engage a new supplier for the construction of a gravity-based structure (GBS) foundation for the company’s first Deep Green installation in Holyhead Deep, as a consequence of the discontinuation by current supplier Ocean Resource. “We have taken immediate actions to ensure the
Elia Bags €100M EIB Loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Elia, the operator of the Belgian high-voltage grid, have concluded a loan agreement for 100 million euros with a tenor of 7 years. This loan will be used primarily for financing the Stevin project; this includes bringing ashore the wind energy produced at sea
Trelleborg Nets Johan Sverdrup Deal
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract for the supply of elastomeric bearings for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup oil field, offshore Norway. Located on the Utsira Height in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger, the Johan Sverdup oil field will be operated by elec
Trelleborg in equipment supply deal for Johan Sverdrup
Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has been awarded a contract for the supply of elastomeric bearings for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development off Norway. Trelleborg’s elastomeric bearings are steel plate laminated and installed between the hull and the modules. They accommodate axial, shear, an
VBMS Utilizes JFSE Equipment for Subsea Cable Repair
Subsea excavation experts James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) is providing equipment and personnel to subsea power cable installation specialist VBMS for several concurrent projects. The company’s Twin R2000 spread, coupled with its patented water jetting system, is supporting offshore wind farm c
PGS to Share Surplus Data with IMR Norway
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has entered into a data sharing agreement with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway for use of surplus data to improve understanding of the oceans. In late March 2017 PGS announced its intention to open the Company’s surplus database for research on the ocean
Bardot Sets Up OTEC Simulator
Bardot Group has completed its latest R&D project: an experimentation platform named OTEC Lab. This facility is dedicated to model and optimize the Ocean Thermal Energy Converter (OTEC) system developed by Bardot’s business unit specialized in marine renewable energy. OTEC technology uses seawater t
MacArtney Vehicles for NSL Interconnector Route Survey
MacArtney Underwater Technology has supplied FOCUS 2 underwater vehicles on board a multipurpose supply vessel engaged in survey work on the world’s longest subsea interconnector between the UK and Norway. Business partnership between Geomarine, local MacArtney agent in Italy, and Next Geosolutions
Caterpillar Supports Development of Ashdod Port
Caterpillar recently delivered the Cat 6015B OEM Frontless Hydraulic Shovel that is being used for the Ashdod Port Development Project in Israel. The port, located about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, is undergoing a substantial expansion to meet the forecast of a 40 percent increase in cargo traf
Boaty McBoatface Completes Its First Mission
The RRS James Clark Ross arrived at the National Oceanography Centre last week, returning Autosub Long Range (Boaty McBoatface) home after its first scientific deployment in the Antarctic. Developed by the NOC, Autosub Long Range, the latest type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), captured data