Equipment
N-Seatec Wins Order for Subsea Sampler Device
N-Seatec Subsea Systems B.V has been awarded a contract, from an undisclosed client, for the design and delivery of a special subsea sampler device. N-Seatec, an expert in design and manufacturing of underwater equipment, is providing technical solutions and services to in on-and offshore industry,
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 25 – May 31). OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a subsea production systems contract totaling more than $330 million for a gas project offshore North Africa. Under th
Kongsberg Presents New Wideband Echo Sounder
Kongsberg Maritime has launched its new high precision wideband echo sounder, the Simrad EK80. According to Kongsberg, the EK80 is a quantum leap forward in acoustics for ecosystem monitoring, working on frequencies from 10 to 500 kHz simultaneously. The Simrad EK80 supersedes the Simrad EK60, a sys
MacArtney’s Equipment for Bibby HydroMap’s d’ROP
MacArtney Underwater Technology has supplied underwater technology products and systems to the Bibby HydroMap’s Remotely Operated Platform (d’ROP). The MacArtney scope of supply included a Moog Focal type 176 slip ring (electrical and optical) for the appurtenant winch system and Moog-Focal fibre op
Maersk Drilling firms collaboration with IFS
Maersk Drilling and IFS have agreed to extend the companies’ collaboration—both in the ongoing enterprise resource planning (ERP) roll-out program and as partners developing new advanced maintenance planning functionality. IFS, an enterprise applications company, announced in October 2012 that Maers
Dredger Parts Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Van der Vlist has completed a long haul multimodal transport from Turkey to Holland, moving two pump houses for a dredging vessel. The project consisted of moving a 80t complete pump house, and three additional pieces of the second one. Using trusted partners in Turkey the loads were firstly wrapped
Huisman Buys into Fistuca
Huisman and the management of Fistuca BV have reached an agreement on the participation of Huisman as shareholder and investor in Fistuca BV. Fistuca is developing, according to the company, a revolutionary new pile driving technology, BLUE Piling Technology. Fistuca believes that this new technique
Bureau Veritas Sets Standards for Marine Renewable Energy
Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conve
Team Van Oord Kicks Off Portsea Island Scheme
Team Van Oord has started work on phase one of a £44m, 10-year flood protection scheme for the north of Portsea Island which will reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to the area over the next 100 years. The contract has been awarded to Team Van Oord by the Eastern Solent Coastal Partners
Fugro Inks DeepOcean Fleet Positioning Deal
Fugro has been awarded a contract by subsea contractor DeepOcean for the provision of precise satellite positioning for their entire fleet. The contract is valid for three years and also includes the new vessels in DeepOcean’s continuously expanding fleet. Under the contract, Fugro will supply DeepO
GE’s Electrical Conversion System for Paimpol-Bréhat Project
GE Power Conversion is finalizing the electrical conversion system, a part of Paimpol-Bréhat tidal energy project,that will be deployed off France in summer 2015. The development of the tidal demonstrator farm kicked off under the leadership of Electricité de France S.A. (EDF). Two OpenHydro 16-metr
Novacavi Launches New Cable Range
Novacavi has introduced its new range of in-house developed and manufactured custom marine coax tow cables. The range includes both heavy steel armoured coax tow cables for harsh specialist applications and lightweight, neutral, positively or negatively buoyant coax tow cables for underwater environ
Seatronics inks rental agreement with Neptune Oceanographics
Seatronics Ltd, an Acteon company, has signed a rental agreement with Neptune Oceanographics, a provider of the detection of leaks in subsea pipelines, risers and control systems. This agreement now gives Seatronics access to Neptune’s range of leak detection systems globally. Neptune offers four le
Survitec wins ‘Safety Innovations Award’ for EBS
Survitec Group was yesterday awarded the ‘Safety Innovations Award’ at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Offshore Achievements Award Ceremony in Aberdeen, UK. The Offshore Achievement Awards are given to the companies in the UK offshore industry, in categories which include safety innovations, new