Equipment
‘Pieter Schelte’ loses South Stream contract
As previously reported, the massive, $40 billion South Stream pipeline project which was designed to supply Europe with Russian gas through the Black sea, has been cancelled. Russia’s decision against the construction of the offshore pipeline citing a lack of commitment of Bulgaria/EU, has impacted
MacArtney UK Buys Callidus Subsea
MacArtney UK Ltd has acquired Callidus Subsea Ltd, an industrious cable moulding and assembly company based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. The acquisition of Callidus follows a sustained growth and record breaking results for the Aberdeen based MacArtney operation. According to MacArtney UK Managing Direc
Busy and Successful 2014 for Italdraghe
Italdraghe, Italy’s leading dredging equipment builder, has had an extremely busy year. During 2014 it has seen increased sales of its popular range of BD dredging heads for excavators which have been put to use not only in river, lake and coastal projects but in mining applications, particularly in
South Stream still on, Saipem says. Shares drop
Italian Saipem, a company which was supposed to carry out a giant part of the South Stream pipeline work in the Black Sea, has said that the work on the project will continue, despite Vladimir Putin saying it will not. The company said that, while noting the statements by the Russian president end G
InterMoor Hooks Up Delta House
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring lines were deployed and installed on time and without incident, despite the challenging circumstances. Proje
Caterpillar Powers Maersk Subsea Vessels
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power four Maersk Supply Services (MSS) newbuilds to be constructed by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with 4x MaK M 32 E generator sets with a power output of 4,400 kW each and 2x MaK 8
SPS Delivers ‘Kentish Flats’ Cable Protection
Subsea Protection Systems (SPS) has started supplying 255 concrete mattresses to Vattenfall’s extension of the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, approximately 7 km off Whitstable and Herne Bay. The Great Yarmouth company, which employs 20 in the town, will transport approximately 1,250 tonnes of con
Picture of the Day: Sand Extraction by DRAGFLOW
Earlier this year, in the Hanty-Mansiysk Region, DRAGFLOW Russia had operated for sand extraction, in order to make foundation for an Oil Rig tower. The project was undertaken for Bur-Neftegaz, a unit of Bashneft, one of the largest producer of oil products in the country. The equipment included a D
Genesis Water Granted European Patent
Genesis Water, pioneer of the Genesis Rapid Dewatering System™ (RDS), announced yesterday that the company’s dewatering technology has been granted European Patent No. 1286924 by the European Patent Office. The patent, awarded for the “apparatus and method for high-speed dewatering of slurries,” cov
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK to power four Maersk newbuilds
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK™ diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power four Maersk Supply Services’ (MSS) newbuilds to be constructed by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with 4x MaK M 32 E generator sets with a power output of 4,400 kW each and 2x MaK
STR SeaSpyder for IFCA
Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) have supplied 2 SeaSpyder underwater camera systems to the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA), for use by its ten individual statutory organisations. The delivery of SeaSpyder underwater camera systems and deployment solution to
SSE Awards £460 Mln Living Wage Contract to ABB
SSE’s networks business, SHE Transmission, has awarded its largest ever Living Wage contract, worth approximately $721 million (£460million), to engineering firm ABB Limited. The contract is part of the Caithness to Moray Transmission Project, the vital new subsea link which will allow more renewa
Want to Win an iPad from Kongsberg?
Kongsberg Maritime has announced that its latest bathymetric image competition starts today, December 1st 2014 and will run through to March 1st 2015. All Kongsberg Maritime bathymetric echosounder system users are invited to find out more and upload their images at Kongsberg’s contest page. The bes
DNV GL Issues Guide for Subsea Lifting Ops
The completion of a joint industry project (JIP) to improve existing standards and regulations around subsea lifting operations has resulted in a new recommended practice (RP). The recommended practice developed by DNV GL provides guidance on the proper design and correct operation, as well as regul