Equipment
Liebherr Extends Its Product Portfolio
Liebherr extends its generation 6 crawler tractor series to include the PR 726 Litronic, the successor to the successful PR 724. The series now totals four models with operating weights of approximately 16 tonnes to 41 tonnes, which comply with the emissions standards of Stage IV / Tier 4f. The new
Liebherr’s HS 8300 HD for Italian Customer
Liebherr has just announced that their first model of the HS 8300 HD, the largest duty cycle crawler crane of Liebherr’s well-known HS series, has been sold to the Chioggia (Italy) based customer Zeta S.r.l. This piece of equipment will be installed on a ship for various dredging jobs in the Mediter
Xtera to Deliver Another Repeatered Subsea Cable Boost
Xtera Communications has completed the loading of its second repeatered submarine cable system that will be deployed within the next 2 months in the Atlantic Ocean. This new repeatered project will go live after the successful upgrade of the High capacity, Undersea Guernsey Optical-fiber (HUGO) subs
Pupils to Name New Dredger
Children at primary schools in the Buckie area are to help decide the name of Moray Council’s new £2.4 million dredger. A competition is being run over the next few weeks when pupils will be asked to suggest a suitable name for the vessel, which is currently under construction at the Macduff Shipyar
New Terra et Aqua Published
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just introduced the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, their official quarterly publication. The magazine is supported solely by the IADC as a service to the world-wide dredging community and represents IADC’s commitment to the highest standards
OceanTools Gets New Business Development Manager
Subsea engineering company, OceanTools, has appointed Kris Yorke as UK and international business development manager. Yorke joins the Aberdeen-based firm with 15 years business development experience acquired in the field of automatic welding equipment for onshore and offshore oil and gas pipeline
ARCADIS Wins Calais Port Deal
ARCADIS, a design, engineering and management consulting company based in Amsterdam, has been appointed as lead engineer for the €675 million extension of the Port of Calais, France, by a joint venture led by Bouygues. ARCADIS will lead the engineering work from the final design to the detailed desi
GTT scores LNG order from DSME
France’s GTT, an engineering company specialized in LNG containment systems, secured a new order for one liquefied natural gas carrier to be built by the Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The new LNG vessel, which is expected to be delivered in 2018, will be owned a
Alewijnse Bags Long-Term Service Contract from Van Oord
Alewijnse Marine Systems and Van Oord have signed a long-term service level agreement covering Van Oord cable-laying vessels Nexus and HAM601. The contract was started on September 01, 2015 and will run for three years, the company informed. The partnership involves management of the onboard electri
Aker Solutions Selects President for UK and Africa Region
Aker Solutions has appointed David Clark as regional president of the UK and Africa to oversee an expansion and support operations in these markets. Clark, a UK national, has most recently been engaged as vice president of production facilities for Schlumberger. He has also held leadership positions
Canyon Offshore Wins Dudgeon OWF Trenching Gig
Canyon Offshore, the robotics subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group, has been awarded a multi-million pound project with VBMS on the Statoil, Masdar and Stakraft Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm for trenching services for inter array cables. As part of the cable contract, VBMS will be responsible for
University of Aberdeen launches new Masters programmes in O&G innovation
The University of Aberdeen will coordinate three new Masters (MSc) programmes in oil and gas innovation across seven Scottish universities. According to John Scrimgeour, Executive Director of the University’s Aberdeen Institute of Energy, the University of Aberdeen has been selected by Oil & Gas Inn
Competitors Team Up to Form Inter Array Engineering
UK’s Advanced Global Energy and Dynamo Electrical, have joined forces to launch a new engineering company Inter Array Engineering. Inter Array Engineering will be based in offices and training facilities in Luton and will offer services of MV/HV/EHV termination and testing, fibre optic services, win
Italdraghe Harvester on Its Way to Kenya
The latest Italdraghe acquatic weed harvester is now on its way to Kenya. Destined to be used to remove the mats of hyacinth and hippo grass that have been steadily taking over the waters of Lake Victoria, the harvester will be based in the city of Kisumu. The harvester, doubly certified by both the