Equipment
Caterpillar to Showcase Latest Equipment at bauma 2016
Caterpillar and its German dealer, Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH, will exhibit a suite of technologies, services and equipment at the bauma 2016 (April 11-17) show in Munich, Germany. The company will showcase safety, productivity and equipment management solutions, as well as more than 60 Cat® product
Sparrows wins order from Oceaneering
Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering International to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers. According to Sparrows, its new under-roller system is suitable for use with reels of up to 11.4m
MMT to Showcase at Subsea Expo 2016
Swedish marine survey specialist, MMT, will be exhibiting at Subsea Expo 2016 to present its new fast survey method with Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV). The Europe’s largest annual subsea exhibition and conference takes place in Aberdeen AECC on February 3-5. At the last year’s event, MMT presented
Atlantis to Buy ScottishPower Renewables Tidal Energy Assets
Atlantis and ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) are teaming up to develop a joint portfolio of projects for the tidal sector. Namely, Atlantis’s Scottish project development vehicle, Tidal Power Scotland Limited (TPSL), will acquire SPR’s portfolio of tidal projects in exchange for a 6% shareholding in
Dolphins Inspire New Subsea Detection Tech Research
Heriot-Watt’s Ocean Systems Laboratory, Hydrason Solutions, and CENSIS have joined forces on a research project to create sensor technology inspired by Bottlenose Dolphins that could help improve subsea detection capabilities. Namely, the project will develop an enhanced wideband sonar system based
Seabased Hooks Up Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant to Swedish Grid
The 120-ton subsea generator switchgear of the Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant on the Swedish West Coast has been deployed and connected to the Swedish National Grid via a 10 km long subsea cable. A number of Wave Energy Converters (generators) were also connected to the subsea switchgear and the wave par
Plexus Director Steps Down
Plexus informed that Christopher Fraser has stepped down as a director of the company with immediate effect. Fraser (age 51) was appointed to the board of the company as a non-executive director in March 2012. As announced on July 2, 2015, pursuant to the Share Subscription Agreement entered into by
VIDEO: Shell’s Prelude FLNG nears completion
The Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major Shell recently shared a video tracking the 2015 progress of the company’s first ever FLNG project, Prelude, that will be located offshore Western Australia. The video covers the installation of the last giant topside module in South Korea, through subsea equipment i
Hydroid Builds Autonomous LARS for AUVs
Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has released Line Capture Line Recovery (LCLR), a self-contained module that is initially offered on Hydroid’s REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle for the purpose of autonomous launch and recovery. “We designed the LCLR to be a first-of-its-kind syste
Kongsberg Launches EM 712 Multibeam Echo Sounder
Kongsberg Maritime has introduced a new multibeam echo sounder designed for survey and inspection operations in shallow and medium water depths. The new KONGSBERG EM 712 multibeam echo sounder is the second generation of wideband multibeam for these water depths. The EM 712 supersedes the EM 710 whi
Van Oord Names New Cutter Suction Dredger Mangystau
Van Oord has named a new cutter suction dredger at the yard of Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. The vessel, which was given the name Mangystau, is the second modified Damen CSD 650 cutter suction dredger in the Van Oord fleet. The naming ceremony was performed by Ms J.P.T.M. Ver
ACE Winches Welcomes New HR Director
ACE Winches, a deck machinery specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Lisa McPherson as HR Director. In her role, McPherson will be responsible for the planning and implementation of strategic HR processes, working closely with the board at a time as the compa
Time lapse: A giant FPSO built in one minute
Oil and gas major BP has shared a one-minute long time lapse video, showing the whole construction process of a 270 meters long, 52 meters wide FPSO, from scratch to sail away. The FPSO, named the Glen Lyon, has been assembled and started its journey from the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries sh
No merger between Aveva and Schneider Electric
Aveva, a provider of engineering data and design IT systems for the oil and gas industry, has informed that a proposed merger with France’s Schneider Electric, specialist in energy management and automation, has fallen through. The UK-based company said Tuesday that following a period of extensive d