Equipment
Ecospan Acquires R2SONIC Multi-Beam Echosounder
Swathe Services has recently provided Ecospan Environmental Ltd with a complete R2SONIC Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder package including TruePix and Raw Water Column options; HySweep data acquisition and post processing software; Valeport sound velocity equipment and SMC motion sensor. Ecospan Environmenta
Gallery: ABB package for China-built heavy lifter
ABB will deliver a package including electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems for a 5000T heavy-lift pipelay construction vessel. By integrating power and automation on the vessel, overall efficiency, safety and reliability will be increased, ABB has promised. This is the first ti
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 01 – December 07). Allseas’ flagship vessel, the 382 metres long and 124 metres wide Pieter Schelte, might be looking for a new job following the latest South Stream developments. Namel
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
New Suez Canal Project on Right Track The Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Department and the supervisor of the New Suez Canal project, Major General Kamel Al-Wazir, said yesterday that the digging rate at the project reached 142 million cubic meters. VIDEO: World’s Biggest Marine Excavator at W
SapuraKencana, Subsea 7 Share the Prize
SapuraAcergy, a joint venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from Total E&P Myanmar. The contract award is for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of the Wellhead Platform 4 and Lower Compression Platform, Pipelines and Cable (
Alewijnse to Refit Van Oord’s Nordnes
Alewijnse Marine Systems, a leading marine technology expert, is playing a significant role in a program of electrical repairs and modifications to the Nordnes, a modern flexible fallpipe vessel. The vessel is owned by Van Oord, a leading contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore energ
Reach Subsea Mobilizes ‘Edda Fonn’
Norwegian subsea operator, Reach Subsea has started the mobilization of Edda Fonn. In June this year, the company signed a three-year time charter agreement, plus option to extend, with Østensjø Rederi for the subsea IMR, survey and ROV support vessel. The vessel is equipped with ROV hangar and a 10
Viking cancels contract due to sanctions against Russia
Swedish owner of offshore support vessels Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has cancelled a contract for aerial reconnaissance services with Blom ASA. Blom is a Norway-headquartered service provider within area of acquisition, processing and modelling of geographic information. According to Blom’s press rel
Alewijnse Scores ‘Nordnes’ Job
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has subcontracted the electrical repairs and modifications of Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel ‘Nordnes’ to Alewijnse Marine Systems. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by Van Oord to refit the Nordnes. The
PSA nods for underwater ops (Norway)
Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for manned underwater operations until November 2015. The services are to be supplied by Technip and Subsea 7. Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent to perform manned underwater opera
New TSHD Design from HollandMT
On Monday, December 1, 2014, HollandMT, an innovative engineering and contracting company serving international dredging contractors and shipyards, launched a new 500 m³ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) design. The dredger, suitable for maintenance dredging of inland and sheltered waters, is s
NHC Plans New Dive Technician Courses
National Hyperbaric Centre’s Dive Technician course has been run by the centre for nearly three years and due to continuing popularity and demand, the centre plans to schedule more courses in additional locations worldwide. Dive Technicians carry out the vital and responsible job of servicing and ma
Prysmian Bags €65 Mln Turkey Cable Gig
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth a total of around €64 million by the Turkish utility TEIAS for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the second high voltage submarine power cable link between Europe and Asia across the Dardanelles strait in Turkey. This second link a
Successful Trial for New Remote Phosphate Monitor
Researchers at the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have conducted trials on the river Thames to evaluate a new remote phosphate monitoring technology (Cycle-P) as part of a high-frequency (hourly resolution) monitoring programme that is studying river nutrient concentrations and how they a