Equipment
Subsea Industries Unveils New Coating at SMM
Subsea Industries has introduced a new UV-resistant coating, Ecolast, to its portfolio of marine hard coatings. “Regular coatings will quickly lose their original color when exposed to the ultraviolet radiation present in sunlight. This is problematic when colorfastness is required, such as in the o
Ashtead wins equipment deal with Van Oord
Aberdeen-headquartered Ashtead Technology has won a deal with Van Oord, a Dutch company providing dredging and offshore services, for the provision of video processing systems for worldwide offshore construction operations. The company said on Tuesday that the agreement will see Ashtead supply five
Kongsberg teams up with Schneider Electric to work on new energy solutions
Kongsberg Maritime and Schneider Electric have signed a global partnership agreement to further the development and delivery of Kongsberg K-Power switchboards and related systems for offshore and maritime markets. Kongsberg said on Tuesday that the partnership with Schneider Electric strengthens Kon
Ardmore Craig to Design Carousel for Ecosse Subsea
Ardmore Craig has secured a contract for the design of a carousel and associated spooling spread destined for cable storage activities. The order has been placed by Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS). Ardmore Craig director, Andy Stevenson, said: “The team had been successful in winning this latest award w
MacArtney Delivers dotOcean GraviProbe to SES
US Survey Equipment Services (SES) has taken delivery of a dotOcean GraviProbe geotechnical profiling system supplied by MacArtney. MacArtney US supplies dotOcean equipment to the North American continent under the contract signed between dotOcean and MacArtney. Being a free fall impact instrument a
ECTMarine Develops New Cutter Head Concept
ECTMarine has successfully developed, tested and sold a cutter head concept that is aimed at increasing production and return on investment for dredging vessels and other cutting systems. Optimization of the effectiveness during the dredging process is important for any size and type of dredging ves
ALE tests huge crane ahead of FPSO integration job
ALE Heavy Lift, a UK-based heavy-lift and transportation specialist, is testing what it says it the world’s largest capacity land-based crane, the AL.SK350, ahead of the real work on an FPSO integration. The testing is being conducted in Brazil, where the crane has been rigged for the first time and
JDR Reveals HLM at Hartlepool Facility
JDR has unveiled a horizontal lay-up machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool manufacturing facility. JDR has installed the HLM, the biggest in the UK, for subsea umbilicals. The technology will provide increased manufacturing capacity and enhance solutions to clients’ operational challenges, JDR said. David
Young CEDA to Visit Royal IHC in October
In an informal meeting on 18 August, Dutch members of the Young CEDA Board came together to plan the next Young CEDA event, a visit to Royal IHC in the second half of October. The visit to the shipyard is timed to see the new jumbo cutter suction dredger which IHC is building for Boskalis […]
OceanServer, YSI Launch New AUV for Collecting Water Quality Data
OceanServer Technology has partnered with YSI Integrated Systems & Services to combine the Iver3 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) land the YSI EXO water quality system to create the i3XO AUV. The i3XO EcoMapper AUV is based on the Iver3-580 AUV platform and utilizes the EXO water quality system t
DW: Change of approach needed in offshore survey market
Offshore surveys are a necessary precursor for both oil and gas and renewable energy installations on the seafloor. However, current market conditions are forcing all parties in the supply chain to rethink their approach, said Douglas-Westwood in its DW Monday report. Douglas-Westwood (DW), an energ
JDR unveils horizontal lay-up machine in Hartlepool
JDR, a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has unveiled its new horizontal lay-up machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool manufacturing facility. JDR said it has installed what it claims to be the biggest in the UK and second largest HLM in the world. The company
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 29 – September 04). Divers have located around 40 pieces of debris around the site at Dalmore Bay, on the Isle of Lewis, where the Transocean Winner drilling rig originally grounded on August 8
ASV Global, TerraSond Deliver First Unmanned Hydrographic Survey
ASV Global and TerraSond have completed a 5172 nautical mile survey mapping the seafloor in the Bering Sea, off Alaska. TerraSond used the C-Worker 5 autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) alongside its Q105 survey ship for a duration of 36 days. The C-Worker 5 completed 2275 nautical miles of survey line