Equipment
thyssenkrupp Takes Ownership of Atlas Elektronik
Industrial group, thyssenkrupp, is acquiring the 49 percent interest in the Atlas Elektronik currently held by Airbus and will therefore become the sole owner of Atlas Elektronik. The Atlas Elektronik group is an international maritime company with a global reputation for sonar systems and has been
Mott MacDonald, DHI Group Sign New Software Contract
Mott MacDonald has signed a new three-year contract with DHI Group for the use of MIKE Powered by DHI software. The new licence and support and maintenance agreement will enhance the consultancy’s work on global port, coastal and offshore developments, enabling it to develop 2D and 3D hydrodynamic a
Rampion Jacket Ready for Its Substation
The 42-metre long substation jacket for the Rampion offshore wind farm has been installed at the offshore site and is ready to receive the near 2000 tonne topside structure, which is due to load out from Babcock’s Firth of Forth facility in 2017. The two-year Rampion contract for Babcock Internation
TSHD Easydredge Mahaa Jarraafu Hits the Water
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company’s (MTCC) new trailing suction hopper dredger Mahaa Jarraafu was launched today at Nantong Rainbow Marine Technology Boat Yard in China. This vessel is the largest in the Easydredge series of standard twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredgers, designed
Aker Solutions Lines Up 650 Layoffs
Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, is said to be reducing its workforce capacity mainly in Norway, UK and India. According to reports, about 650 positions may be affected due to continued market slowdown and as part of company’s global reorganization. It is understood that some 100 posi
Ithaca to Launch Harrier Satellite Work, Stella Start Set for February
Ithaca Energy is pushing forward with its strategy of building out the Greater Stella Area production hub as it expects production from its Stella field to start in February this year and investment in the Harrier field development programme to also begin during 2017. Preparation for start-up of the
Navantia-Windar to Build Nissum Bredning OWF Jackets
Navantia-Windar joint venture has been awarded a contract by Siemens Wind Power to supply jacket foundations for the Nissum Bredning (NBV) offshore wind farm. The contract covers the supply of 3-legged jacket foundations and their corresponding piles for four SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbines. Thes
PSA Inspects Statoil’s Flexible Pipelines
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil at their offices in Stjørdal and the research centre in Trondheim. The objective of the audit was to check that Statoil is fully following up the challenges associated with flexible pipelines and working to understand the di
ACE Winches Reel Drive for Oceaneering’s Prelude Job
ACE Winches, has secured a spooling contract with Oceaneering for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. The contract will be the first time ACE Winches’ newly-developed 500te reel drive system is used. The tool is an upgrade of its existing 400te system that has been enginee
Atlantis Sets Up New Division
Tidal energy developer, Atlantis Resources, is establishing a new internal division which will leverage the existing skill set the company said it has accumulated during the progression of its MeyGen tidal power project. Atlantis Energy, as the new division will be known, will initially focus on opp
Seatools Delivers Fish Farm Cleaning Solution for De Maas SMC
On behalf of De Maas SMC, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools completed a feasibility and conceptual design study on a Remotely Operated Mort Collector (ROMoC). The study resulted in an automated mort collection system capable of effectively collecting dead fish in large-scale offshore fish far
Companies Team Up to Inspect Anchors at Bimep Site
Technicians of Demoliciones Submarinas, IHCantabria and UnderOceans worked together on the inspection of the anchorage systems of various experimental and beacon buoys in the Bimep test site. This site, located in Armintza (Vizcaya) and owned by the Basque Government, is an infrastructure designed t
ACE Winches secures work on Shell’s Prelude FLNG
Deck machinery specialist, ACE Winches, has won a spooling contract with Oceaneering on the world’s largest offshore facility ever built, the Prelude FLNG facility, operated by Shell. ACE said on Wednesday that this would be the first time that the newly developed 500 tonnes reel drive system is use
Vikoma Appoints Projects Director
Oil spill response specialist, Vikoma, has welcomed Richard Hill back to its sales team as projects director. Hill started his oil spill career as an apprentice at Vikoma and progressed through the commissioning team to become a regional sales manager, before developing his experience elsewhere in t