Equipment
MacGregor’s subsea cranes get new fibre-rope retrofit option
MacGregor, a part of Cargotec, has launched a new fibre-rope retrofit option for its subsea cranes. MacGregor said on Thursday that the modular upgrade replaces the crane’s original steel wire rope with high-performance synthetic fibre rope, using the same technology as MacGregor’s fibre-rope crane,
Aveva, Schneider merger talks suspended again
Aveva, a provider of engineering data and design IT systems for the oil and gas industry, has broken off merger talks with France’s Schneider Electric, again. Namely, the company had said on Monday that the merger discussions would resume, after breaking down in December 2015. The trading of Aveva s
VIDEO: Time-lapse of Gina Krog load out in South Korea
The main support frame for the Gina Krog topside has been loaded on to the heavy transport vessel Mega Caravan in South Korea. Statoil, the operator of the Gina Krog field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, shared a time-lapse video of the main support frame for Gina Krog’s topside be
VBMS Gets Horns Rev3 Inter-Array Cabling Contract
VBMS has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall Vindkraft for the installation of 33kV inter-array cables for the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm. The farm, located in the eastern North Sea off the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark has a planned capacity of 400 MW and will produce the equivalent of the electri
Forum Sets Up Deep-Water Test Tank at Aberdeen Base
Forum Energy Technologies UK has unveiled a deep-water test facility and received industry accreditation for the calibration laboratory at its new European Operational Centre in Aberdeen. The indoor test tank is one of the largest in the North-east of Scotland and is dedicated to testing subsea tool
Hitachi Construction Machinery Launches New Excavator
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has launched the new ZX530LCH-6 large excavator. “Designed and engineered to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects and quarries, it offers the highest level of durability without compromising on efficiency,” the company said in the an
Eelume Recognized for Its Snake-Like Robots
Trondheim-based Eelume has won the “Subsea Upcoming Company of the Year” award for its resident autonomous intervention vehicles. The award is granted by Sparebanken Vest, CONNECT Vest, the Underwater Technology Foundation and GCE Subsea, and is presented at the Underwater Technology Conference in B
Global Maritime in Mooring/Risk Management for OPERA Project
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost) project. Global Maritime is part of a 12-member consortium led by TECNALIA for the three-and-a-half-year program with t
GCube: Wind Industry Subsea Cable Claims at €60M in 2015
Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the most costly cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totalling more than €60 million in 2015. That is according to data assembled by GCube, the underwriter for
AWI Scientists to Deploy New Equipment in Arctic Study
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are setting out with the research vessel Polarstern towards Spitsbergen, to use newly developed equipment in the Arctic Ocean. Autonomous instruments on the seabed, in the water column and in the air w
Forum unveils new deepwater test facility
Subsea technology provider, Forum Energy Technologies, has unveiled a deepwater test facility and received industry accreditation for the calibration laboratory at its new European Operational Centre in Aberdeen. Forum said in a statement on Wednesday that its indoor test tank will be used for testi
Deltares: On the Anatomy of Nearshore Sandbars
On 17 June 2016, Deltares researcher Dirk-Jan Walstra will be awarded a doctorate for his research into the anatomy of (submerged) sandbars off the coast. “Walstra’s study, entitled ‘On the anatomy of nearshore sandbars’, offers insight into sandbanks’ behavior and how we can reinforce our coastline
Tideway Scoops Hornsea One Cable-Laying Job
Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has been awarded a design and build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. For this project, Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 subsea cable-layin
Setting Up New Commission for Dredging Management
Central Dredging Association (CEDA) is setting up a new Commission for Dredging Management and has already issued an invitation to members interested in joining it. The Dredging Management Commission (DMC) is being established to fulfill a need for discussion, innovation and questions on the managem