Equipment
Aberdeen mooring specialists enter alliance. Form FMS Interocean
Mooring specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) has entered into an official alliance with Interocean Marine Services, forming FMS Interocean company. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the alliance will combine the two companies’ equipment and technical capabilities to offer “enhanced inte
Louis Dreyfus Travocean Repairs IFA 2000 Link
Louis Dreyfus Travocean repaired on behalf of RTE and National Grid 4 of the 8 submarine cables being part of the IFA2000 electrical link between France and England. The cables of this link are buried in pairs, and form 4 routes about 1 km apart from one another. The defaults concerned 2 of these ca
EC-OG Activates Subsea Power Hub
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has installed and switched on its ocean current energy conversion system, the Subsea Power Hub (SPH), at EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site. The unit is now fully operational and performing in line with the technical predictions. The next step is to leave the
DCNS Energies Pulls Up Paimpol-Bréhat Demo Turbines
DCNS Energies and its subsidiary OpenHydro have retrieved one of the two tidal turbines of the Paimpol-Bréhat project. The two turbines for the Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project, with the combined capacity of 1MW, were deployed in the first half of 2016, off the coast of Brittany in France. One o
Scotrenewables’ Tidal Turbine Achieves Full Power
Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine has reached full rated power at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The turbine has achieved a full, 2MW rated, export capacity on Wednesday, the company noted. Andrew Scott, CEO, said: “We are tremendously excited to have the SR2000
Prysmian Ups Subsea Capacity at Wrexham Plant
Prysmian’s UK production facility in Wrexham is to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind farms, the company said earlier this week. According to the company, its high voltage facility in Wrexham is the only factory in the U
4D Nav, Ocean Infinity Developing Software to Simultaneously Operate Multiple Autonomous Vehicles
Ocean Infinity has awarded 4D Nav the contract for InfinityView, a mission planning and monitoring software for its multiple autonomous vehicle systems. 4D Nav’s managing partner, Stewart Cannon, said: “We are excited to be awarded this project and be part of the Ocean Infinity team. I believe this
JFD Emergency Rebreather Gets CE Mark of Approval
JFD said it has successfully completed trials on its new COBRA (Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus) system verifying its capability and performance to CE Mark status making it the only approved system of its kind. COBRA is the only commercial emergency rebreather system in the world to have been
JDR Bags East Anglia One Cable Deal
JDR has been awarded a contract by VBMS (UK) to supply intra-array cables for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia One (EA1) offshore wind farm. The contract will see JDR design and manufacture 155 km of array cables including end terminations. JDR will also provide a cable management system at eac
Wartsila Engines and Propulsion for the World’s Most Powerful CSD
Wartsila has been contracted to supply a comprehensive package of engines and propulsion machinery for a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) vessel. When delivered, the ‘Spartacus’, which is being built on behalf of Belgium based Dredging International (DEME), will be the world’s most powerful CSD and
Wartsila to power DEME’s LNG dredger
Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has secured a contract to supply a package of engines and propulsion machinery for a new cutter suction dredger, being built for Belgium’s DEME. The LNG-powered dredger named Spartacus will be the world’s most powerful CSD and the first ever to be fuelled by liquefied n
Ooredoo: SEA-ME-WE 5 Set for Start Up
Ooredoo’s Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system will be activated this year. Installed at its base station in Qalhat in the Governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South, the 20,000 kilometre cable has been developed as a multi-regional data superhighway that should improv
Beatrice Export Cable Installation Project Starts Tomorrow
The phase 1 of the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s export cable campaign is scheduled to start on April 13 with the installation of horizontal cable pipes beneath Portgordon Beach. These pipes are installed using a micro-tunnelling machine pushed through the ground beneath the seabed. At the exit poin
Seaproof Solutions’ Cable Protection for Horns Rev 3 OWF
Seaproof Solutions has secured a contract from VBMS to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract covers the design and supply of cable protection systems for the installation of the 33kV inter-array cables for the 400MW offshore wi