Equipment
Falck adds to its offshore fire training assets
Falck Safety Services (Falck), has recently enhanced its fire training asset, installing a new three-storey fire rig, located at Aberdeen Airport. The new investment, working in partnership with The Fire Training Group (FTG), will enable Falck to continue to provide offshore workers with fire traini
Stork lands three-year deal with Bibby Offshore
Stork, a provider of asset integrity management services focused on the oil & gas sector, has won a three-year frame agreement with Bibby Offshore for subsea mechanical and environmental and decontamination services. The agreement, which comes with two one year extension options, will allow Stork to
New Mini Excavator Unveiled at Intermat
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has unveiled new ZX26U-5 mini excavator as part of its impressive new line-up at Intermat 2015 show in Paris, France. Designed to be user-friendly, offering high levels of performance, comfort and easy maintenance, the Zaxis-5 model can be easily tra
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 20 – April 26). The Houston-based oilfield services major, Schlumberger, is slashing another 11,000 jobs as it fells the impact of downturn in oil prices and lower E&P spending. In January this
New Komatsu Excavator for European Market
Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC360LC/NLC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. This new excavator was showcased at Intermat 2015 in Paris (April 20-25). Built on proven EU Stage IIIB engine technology, Komatsu’s EU Stage IV engines are productive, dependable and effi
PHOTO: Huisman installs pipelay tower on ‘Skandi Africa’
Huisman Equipment has installed the 650mt Pipelay Tower onboard DOF’s Skandi Africa. In addition, Huisman also installed the crane house of the 900mt Crane onboard the vessel. The vessel arrived to Huisman’s yard in March 2015. The Skandi Africa is a newbuild DP3 construction support vessel, designe
N-Seatec Scoops Winch Order
N-Seatec has been awarded an order for delivery of a complete deepwater CTD winch system. System will be an extended version of the earlier delivered CTD Winch-045 units but suitable for 3000m waterdepth. Scope of delivery will be including: electrical rotating davit device; cable counter, lighting
Huisman Installs Pipelay Tower Onboard Skandi Africa
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, has completed the installation of 650mt Pipelay Tower onboard DOF’s Skandi Africa. Earlier this month, the company also installed the crane house of the 900mt Crane onboard the vessel. All the equipment installation work is being do
Exceptional Year for Van Oord
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has just published its annual report 2014. The annual report 2014 looks back on an exceptional year, according to CEO Pieter Van Oord: “The year was special because for the first time in our history, our turnove
Novacavi Cables for INGV Equipment
Novacavi has recently engineered and supplied a special marine seismic data acquisition cable for INGV, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. It is a custom designed and built cable to suit the needs of early detection and in real-time acquiring data of the Institute’s marine
New Hitachi Medium Excavator for African Market
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has announced that their ZX350LCH-5G medium excavator will make its European debut at Intermat event in Paris. Designed to be reliable, durable and highly productive, it is capable of meeting the challenges of the African market, such as tough workin
Reef Subsea UK Asset Up for Sale
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have been appointed to sell an SMD Heavy Duty Inter Array Flexibles Plough formerly operated by Reef Subsea UK as the subsea services specialist fell into Administration earlier in March this year. Following the bankruptcy of the wider group, the directors have sought to
Sonardyne: STR First to Invest in Syrinx DVL
Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has announced that Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR) has become the first company to invest in their new ‘Syrinx’ Doppler Velocity Log (DVL). The order for two 4,000 metre depth rated units was placed at the recent Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton in r
Subsea Boosts Technip’s Profit
French oil services provider, Technip, posted higher first-quarter (1Q 2015) net income backed by an increase in subsea activity. In the first quarter 2015, Technip generated adjusted revenue of €2.9 billion, an increase of 17% compared to €2,5 billion in 1Q 2014. Subsea revenues were 27% higher for