Equipment
Marine Electronics Exhibits Its New Dolphin
UK’s designer and manufacturer of sonar and acoustic products, Marine Electronics Ltd (MEL), is showcasing its new Dolphin 2D sonar at Oceanology International 2016. A prototype of the new sonar was first presented to the industry a year ago, and, according to the company, it has, since then, been r
Cefas Endeavour Gets Equipment Boost
Cefas has purchased a new water sampling rosette and profiling system for mobilisation on RV Cefas Endeavour. The profiling system will consist of the SBE-9 plus CTD unit (with redundant CT sensors built in) and SBE-11 plus deck unit. Cefas has additionally installed PAR (Photosynthetically active r
Jan De Nul Wins Tahkoluoto Wind Farm Contract
Wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy has chosen Jan De Nul Group as the main contractor of marine construction for the new offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland. Jan De Nul NV from Belgium will be responsible for dredging, seabed construction work and the installation of foundations and wind turbi
VIDEO: Leonardo Da Vinci Cutter Ladder Removal Operation
Gemak Group, a ship repair and ship building group from Turkey, has been awarded in September 2015 by Jan De Nul Group to undertake the middle life refit project of their cutter suction dredger “Leonardo Da Vinci”. The scope of the project included removal of 1200 tons cutter ladder from the vessel,
Saab Seaeye Recognised by Marine Technology Society
Saab Seaeye has won the ‘Corporate Excellence Award’ from the Washington-based Marine Technology Society. The award is given in recognition of an organisation’s contribution to the industry and to ROV technology. Chair of the Marine ROV Committee, Chuck Richards, presented the award at the Underwate
iXBlue Introduces ROVINS NANO for ROV Navigation
iXBlue is launching ROVINS NANO inertial navigation system, designed for ROV navigation, at this year’s Oceanology International. Based on iXBlue’s fiber-optic gyroscope technology, ROVINS NANO has been designed for ROV pilots performing maintenance and construction operations. Paul Wysocki, iXBlue
Deltares: Research and Innovation for Port of Singapore
Sustainable development and a new strategy for the Port of Singapore were discussed at the round-table meeting attended by, among others, the Rotterdam Port Authority, the Dutch Embassy and Deltares. The presentation by Martijn de Jong, a port expert at Deltares, about green ports, nature-based solu
Boeing Presents Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Echo Voyager
Boeing has introduced Echo Voyager, its latest unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV), which can, reportedly, operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to a hybrid rechargeable power system and modular payload bay. The 51-foot-long vehicle is not only autonomous while underway, but it can also be l
EIVA Presents Its Survey Navigation and Positioning Solution
EIVA has introduced new survey navigation and positioning solution, the NaviPac 4, as part of the NaviSuite software suite for offshore and shallow water operations. The flagship of the software suite from the Danish engineering specialist was announced on Tuesday at Oceanology International 2016 in
Sparrows and INNOVO Join Forces
Sparrows Group and INNOVO have partnered to provide the offshore industry with the fully electric-drive flexible cable and pipelay system for rental. As part of the agreement INNOVO’s electric drive 700 Te multi-reel drive system will be rented alongside Sparrows Group’s electric drive tensioners as
Aker Solutions Lines Up Another 600 Layoffs
Aker Solutions is reducing management and other staff of its subsea business in Norway. As many as 600 permanent positions at facilities in Fornebu, Moss, Tranby and Ågotnes may be affected. Workforce reductions will be made through normal employee turnover and redundancies. “These are tough but nec
Hydroid Introduces New Generation REMUS 100 AUV
Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, announced the release of the New Generation REMUS 100 AUV. Reportedly, the New Generation REMUS 100 AUV was created over a period of two years, and is designed based on feedback from the world’s largest AUV user community. “The New Generation REMUS 100 AU
Eni Puts Goliat in Action
Eni has started production from the Goliat field located in production licence 229, which is 85 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest in the Barents Sea offshore northern Norway. Goliat is the first oil field to come on stream in the Barents Sea and is being developed using a floating cylindrical produ
Maersk Oil chooses Emerson for Culzean automation services
Oil and gas company Maersk Oil has awarded Emerson Process Management a contract to automate the Culzean gas field development located in the UK North Sea. Maersk Oil and its co-venturers are investing around $4.5 billion in the Culzean development which is expected to meet around five percent of th