Equipment
Royal IHC Dredging Equipment for Adani
In 2005, the Adani Group (Adani) approached Royal IHC to establish its own dredging fleet. New to the industry, Adani was looking for a strong partner to supply reliable dredging equipment and offer support. To date, IHC has supplied ten IHC Beaver dredgers and a number of booster pumps. Two Beagle
VIDEO: DEME Launches ‘Living Stone’
DEME launched the world’s most advanced subsea cable installation and trenching vessel ‘Living Stone’ at the LaNaval shipyard close to Bilbao, Spain on September 18, 2016. The launching ceremony was initiated by Mrs. Sarah Tommelein, spouse of Mr. Bart Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President of the Gover
FMC Technologies installs monitoring system for Petronas well off Malaysia
FMC Technologies has installed and tested its Annulus Monitoring System (AMS) in an offshore well in Malaysia owned by Petronas. According to the company, FMC Technologies’ Annulus Monitoring System is a wireless communication system that provides independent condition-monitoring within a subsea wel
Oceanteam Secures Cable Storage Contract
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a long-term contract to supply an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) with port facilities, loadouts and storage of cables at Oceanteam’s own cable storage facility in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands. The transpooling of the cable will be performed by the company’s
Kongsberg to Equip New INIDEP Vessel
Argentina’s National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) has selected Simrad marine ecosystem assessment technology from Kongsberg Maritime for installation aboard its new oceanographic and fishing research vessel. Currently under construction at Spanish yard Astilleros Armon Vi
Foreshore Technology: Dredge Master Version 5 Released
Foreshore Technology, a UK based designer and manufacturer of dredge monitoring systems and software, has released version 5 of their DredgeMaster product range. The new version contains a whole suite of new features to help improve productivity. “New calibration routines have been added to make it
Unique Group Adds Sonardyne Technologies to Its Rental Pool
Unique Group has selected subsea vehicle positioning and navigation technology from Sonardyne to add to its equipment rental pool. The Sprint Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Syrinx Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) will be held at the company’s regional headquarters in Aberdeen and made available t
CGG Completes Encontrado Reprocessing Project (GoM)
French seismic player CGG has delivered data from its Encontrado multi-client merge project covering the Perdido fold belt to the industry and the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) ahead of Mexico’s December licensing round. According to the CGG, the ‘Fast Trax’ results are available now for
Boskalis: Positive Advice on Fleet Rationalization Plan
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that its Works Council has unanimously rendered a positive advice on the fleet rationalization plan announced early July. Part of the positive advice in an agreement to continue to crew two of the five Fairmount vessels for the time being with Dutch employee
FMC Technologies and Aker Solutions Line Up More Layoffs
American provider of equipment and services for the energy industry, FMC Technologies, and Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, are planning additional workforce reductions, both at their subsea services businesses at Ågotnes, Norway. FMC Technologies is reportedly letting go up to 200 wo
Aquaterra and Plexus Introduce New Riser System
Aquaterra Energy and Plexus Holdings have developed a light weight, dual barrier HPHT riser system which can be deployed by a jack-up to enable an alternative to semi-submersible installation for HPHT well operations. The technology is suitable for shallow water depths up to 150 meters and harnesses
Strainstall Provides Mooring Monitoring for Hywind Project
Strainstall, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm. The contract with MacGregor will provide an integrated offshore mooring solution for the floating turbines. The Hywind pi
WATCH: DEME Splashes ‘Living Stone’
Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has launched its newest DP3 multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’, built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval near Bilbao, Spain. The launching ceremony was carried out by Sarah Tommelein, spouse of Bart Tommelein, vice-minister-president of
Osbit Supplies Subsea Docking System for Modus AUV
Osbit, the subsea engineering and technology company, has delivered two subsystems for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), operated by subsea and seabed intervention company Modus. Osbit has designed and manufactured a floating launch dock and a sea parking garage to meet Modus’s launch and reco