Equipment
Claxton installs drilling riser system for Catcher development
Claxton, an Acteon company, has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a multi-million-pound contract for the Catcher area field development in the Central North Sea. Owen Lewis, project engineer, Claxton, said, “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged ri
2015 Great Year for ECTMarine
ECTMarine – a Dutch supplier of dredging components, services and design, from a single spare part to a complete dredging vessel – began the year with great momentum, enthusiasm and energy. Development of “yard packages” for the Prime Dredge Line, Quick Dredge Technology and presentation of the ‘Cor
Subsea 7 Man Joins Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering has named 50 new Fellows, including Subsea 7’s Technology Director, John Mair. The new Fellows join around 1500 others at the academy, with new members elected annually to join the fellowship in recognition of their contributions to engineering. In addition, Mair is
NEGRINI Unveils New Clamshell
NEGRINI S.r.l, an Italian manufacturer of a comprehensive range of grabs and buckets for rope machines and crawler mounted cranes, unveiled recently one of its latest innovations, the electro-hydraulic clamshell grab. NEGRINI, active in the market since 1967, supports their clients by analyzing the
Teledyne’s New SeaBat Finds First Customer
Marine Data Consultants (MDC) from Cape Town in South Africa has ordered a new addition to the SeaBat T-series, the SeaBat T50-P multibeam echosounder system. Teledyne RESON secured this deal following a demonstration at the 7th International Shallow Survey 2015 Conference held in Plymouth UK. Gordo
Jee Completes Tidal Cable Protection Structure
Scottish Tidal Project moves one step closer with the completion of the tidal cable management and protection structure. Jee’s cable protection and recovery solutions are helping Scotland commercialise marine energy by ensuring cables are protected and maintainable, using Jee’s concept – U-Tube, the
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Boskalis to Work on Markermeer Dikes Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has emerged as the best bidder for the tender to reinforce over 33 kilometers of dikes around the Markermeer lake between the towns of Hoorn and Durgerdam, the Netherlands. New Excavators for DEME Early in […]
GRC Celebrates 20 Years of Existence
GRC (Grond Recyclage Centrum, Soil Recycling Center) today celebrates its 20 years of existence. As a pioneer in soil recycling, GRC is still at the top of soil remediation. Thanks to continuing investments and innovations in the last 20 years, it processes a wide range of contaminated materials tod
Tata Steel Nets Export Pipeline Order for Culzean Field
Tata Steel has secured a contract for the supply of export pipeline for Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea. Tata Steel will provide more than 18 000 tonnes of carbon steel welded line pipe with the core element of the scope of supply
Kleven to Build ABB’s New Cable Layer
Kleven in Ulsteinvik, Norway has secured a new job to construct a DP3 cable-laying vessel for a Swiss-based cable specialist ABB. The 140 by 30 meters vessel, based on a design from Salt Ship Design, is scheduled for delivery in 2017. MAATS Tech is responsible for the integration of the cable lay mi
Eidesvik Sells European Supporter
Eidesvik Offshore has inked a deal for the sale of the European Supporter to an undisclosed buyer. According to the company, the deposit has been lodged and the delivery will take place in October 2015. Eidesvik will book a gain on the sale of approximately NOK 100 million ($12.4 million) in the fou
Gallery: SCV Khankendi hull on its way to Caspian Sea
Blue Water Shipping, an international shipping company, has informed that two hull sections for a subsea construction vessel (SCV) Khankendi being built by Baku Shipyard, have left Singapore heading for the Caspian Sea. Blue Water signed a logistics contract with Baku Shipyard covering the transport
FMC Technologies Lands Statoil Subsea Contract
Statoil has awarded an EPC contract for subsea equipment for the Johan Sverdrup project to FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 1.3 billion, ($160.7 million) and includes deliveries of 13 subsea trees and well heads, in addition to three subsea templates and control sy
Trelleborg nets Statoil deal
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has signed a framework agreement with Statoil for the delivery of Passive Fire Protection solutions for use on flanges and bolts. Under the framework, Trelleborg will supply FireNut, a protection system for flanges and bolts used to extend service life in the event of