Equipment
Aquatic Nets DOF Subsea Frame Deal
Aquatic has signed two regional frame agreements with DOF Subsea. The frame agreement with DOF Subsea Asia Pacific covers the hire of Aquatic Flex-lay equipment and Fisher winches across the Asia Pacific region and is valid from May 2017 for a period of three years with the option of 2 x 1yr extensi
Tekmar to Protect Blyth OWF Cables
Tekmar has been awarded a contract by VBMS to supply its 7th generation of TekLink cable protection system, bellmouths, cover disks and hang-offs on Blyth offshore wind farm. The 66kV wind farm is wholly owned by EDF Energies Nouvelles and is being built by EDF Energy Renewables. Nexans will supply
Bladt Fits Together First Beatrice Jacket
Bladt Industries has completed the first stacking of the upper 3D structure to the lower 3D structure for the first out of 30 jacket foundations for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project. The jacket foundations will have a height of up to approximately 70 metres with weights of up to app
PHOTO: Christening of Cutter Suction Dredger Robert M. White
Royal IHC has just released this very interesting photo from the christening of bespoke cutter suction dredger (CSD) Robert M. White. The photo was taken in Mississippi, where the CSD will shortly start on its first project, IHC said. Constructed at Halimar Shipyard LLC in Morgan City, Louisiana, fo
DTU Works on New Underwater Robot for Offshore Industry
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has set up a laboratory where researchers will complete a modular underwater robot. The robot would be used for inspection, and the long-term vision is that it will be able to carry out underwater repairs on foundations and rigs. “We have a vision of creating a
Kongsberg AUV for University Of Gothenburg
The University Of Gothenburg has chosen Kongsberg Maritime’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to expand Sweden’s capabilities in the field of marine research using unmanned platforms. The HUGIN, which will be funded by grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and managed by a pr
AGR Secures Maersk Oil Software Contract
Maersk Oil has awarded a software as a service (SaaS) contract to AGR Software to deliver its P1 software. As a result, P1 should play a key role in screening, planning and tracking of performance in Maersk Oil well operations, allowing the oil company to maximise their communication of operational
Dyna-Mac lands two new contracts
Singapore’s provider of engineering, fabrication and construction for oil & gas industry, Dyna-Mac, has secured two fabrication projects from two new customers for a sum of $30 million. The company informed on Monday it has been awarded a contract by Cameron Solutions, a Schlumberger company acting
A C Marine & Composites Nets Minesto Contract
A C Marine & Composites has secured a contract from Minesto to supply composite struts, in partnership with Off Limit Engineering for its Deep Green project which will be deployed at Holyhead Deep, off the coast of Wales. Christian Norinder, development engineer at Minesto said: “A C Marine & Compos
Claxton Wins Southern North Sea Decom Work
Claxton has been awarded a contract to riglessly casing cut and recover a total of seven wells in the Southern North Sea across two of the operator’s, normally unmanned, platforms, along with an additional subsea suspended well at one of the locations. Work is scheduled to begin in July at the first
Cape Sharp Tidal Recovers Turbine at FORCE
Cape Sharp Tidal, an OpenHydro and Emera company, has retrieved its 2MW tidal turbine from the Bay of Fundy. The operation was carried out last week and it took approximately 70 minutes. The turbine has been taken to West Bay for preliminary inspection and to prepare it for transport. It will be tak
Sif to Supply Monopiles for Albatros OWF
Sif Holding has been awarded the production of all monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders, all the transition pieces for the EnBW Albatros offshore wind park. GeoSea, a DEME Group’s subsidiary, awarded the contract. GeoSea as subcontractor of Siemens is responsible for the engineering, procur
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie Gets Saab Seaeye Falcon
The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie has chosen a Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robotic vehicle for their search, rescue and recovery operations. The Falcon will be deployed along Morocco’s 2000 km coastline and in the country’s many inland lakes. The Gendarmerie liked that in strong currents the Falcon c
Ramboll Wins Foundations Design for Chinese OWF
Ramboll has been appointed by Huadong Engineering Corporation to design foundations for the SPIC Binhai South H3 offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea north of Shanghai. The project involves geotechnical investigations, numerical modelling of waves, currents and tidal variations, and detailed designi