Equipment
QSTAR Sets Up Barcelona Facility
Las Palmas-based QSTAR has established a subsidiary in Barcelona Port Forum from where the company will promote marine services and training in the national market and to other places of influence in Europe and Mediterranean. These new facilities have an ROV pilot training center, being the second t
Shell Invests in Rocsole Pipe Deposition Monitoring Tech
Rocsole, a Finnish company which specialises in real-time tomography, has successfully completed an additional funding round which was led by Shell Technology Ventures (STV). The Finnish company, with offices in Kuopio, Finland and Houston, Texas, provides electrical and ultrasound tomographic indus
Italdraghe Delivers SGT400 Cutter Suction Dredger to Iraq
Italdraghe SpA has successfully completed delivery of a SGT 400 Cutter Suction Dredger to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. The CSD comes as the first in a series of three dredgers that Italdraghe will supply to this client. According to the company, the dredger that is fully operational now in
Lloyds’ Register buys Seasafe Marine software company
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global engineering, technical and business services organization, has acquired Seasafe Marine Software & Computation in order to improve the company’s ship emergency response service. Seasafe specializes in onboard loading and stability software to help operators manage the
Van Oord’s Rock Installation Newbuild Launched in China
Van Oord’s E169 fall-pipe subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ was launched at Sinopacific’s Zhejiang Shipyard in China. In September 2014, Sinopacific Shipbuilding and Van Oord announced the construction contract of the SRI vessel, expected to be delivered in 2016. The ‘Bravenes’ is des
Nexans Wins Hornsea One Cabling
DONG Energy Wind Power has contracted Nexans to supply and terminate a total of 139 km of three-phase subsea cable for the first of three construction phases of the Hornsea Project One wind farm, located off the Yorkshire coast. The 34 kV cables of latest generation will be used for inter-linking a
Excelerate Advances Moheshkhali Floating LNG Project
Excelerate Energy has completed the required geotechnical and geophysical studies for the implementation of the Moheshkhali Floating LNG terminal. Moheshkhali Floating LNG is a joint effort between Excelerate and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, and a member of the World Bank Group) under
Agility to Lay Off 100 Staff
Norwegian manufacturer of subsea equipment Agility Subsea Fabrication will reportedly reduce its workforce by around 100 employees and temporarily move production to its yard in Tonsberg. In addition to Tonsberg, the company is situated on Rora in Skien, Norway. It is said that it currently has abou
Mooreast Anchors for Floating Offshore Wind Project in Japan
Mooreast will supply 9 units of 20-ton Mooreast MA5P anchor for a floating wind turbine demonstration project operating in the sea of Kitakyushu next year. This project is initiated by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Glocal Inc., a Japanese company, who
JFD Boosts UK Hyperbaric Rescue Portfolio
JFD has recently accepted the delivery of a portable 18-man hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) to expand its offer to offshore operators in the UK. JFD’s National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) houses the only land-based saturation diving complex in the UK, and the addition of the portable HRF means JFD can
Shell Starts Production from Deep-Water Project Offshore Malaysia
Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100 kilometers off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Located in waters up to 500 meters deep, Malikai is Shell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia, following the start-up of the Gumusut-Kakap platform
Intertek Bags JNCC Sandbanks Study Deal
Intertek Energy & Water experts have been appointed by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to undertake a study of potential impacts associated with rock dumping during the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure on mobile sandbanks. The study will focus on the North Sea’s Nort
Oceanteam Secures Another Turntables Contract
Oceanteam Solutions has won a contract for engineering and supplying a 4000T and a 2000T turntable for the splicing, storage and multiple loadouts of cables. Furthermore, Oceanteam will accommodate a professional cable handling crew, engineering services and equipment for the complete project. For t
JDR 66 kV Cables for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre
JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offsho