Equipment
Global Marine Sets Up NEPTUNE Observatory Cables
Global Marine Systems has installed replacement cables for NEPTUNE deep sea research observatory off the west coast of Canada. The NEPTUNE subsea observatory is operated by the University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada. Global Marine was selected to undertake this additional maintenance contract
Osbit equips Helix vessel with well intervention equipment
UK-based offshore engineering company Osbit has completed and loaded out £3 million ($4M) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation in Schiedam on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. Osbit said on Monday that the delivery was a part of a series of projects a
SpeedCast’s comms for MMA fleet
SpeedCast International, a global satellite communications service provider, has been awarded a multi-year service agreement by the Australian offshore vessel owner, MMA Offshore, for the provision of high throughput connectivity across MMA’s global fleet. SpeedCast said on Tuesday that MMA will be
Vesper Marine Solution for Long Island Sound Cable Protection
Vesper Marine has provided its virtual automatic identification system (AIS) to New York Power Authority (NYPA) to protect submerged power cables in Long Island Sound. The WatchMate Asset Protection System is the first U.S. installation of a system combining virtual AIS technology to mark subsea cab
Osbit Delivers Well Intervention Equipment for Siem Helix 1
Osbit Ltd has delivered GBP 3 million (USD 4 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The equipment, weighing over 300t in total, consists of a BOP maintenance and storage tower, intervention tension frame and
EnerMech supports turret ops on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
Mechanical engineering specialist EnerMech is in the process of delivering a contract worth over £5 million ($6.6M) supporting the turret delivery team on BP’s Glen Lyon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel left Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway in June, towed by Sols
Unique Group Bags Two ABS Nitrox Dive-ROV Systems Orders
Unique Group’s Diving & Life Support division has secured orders for two of its Hydra ABS nitrox surface dive-ROV systems from the client in Nigeria. The systems comprise a dive-ROV control and chamber container, machinery container, air and nitrox 10ft HP gas storage containers, two single basket L
Ecosse Gets Additional Work on Wikinger OWF
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has extended a trenching scope on the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project. The Scottish company was last year awarded a contract by Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching, prior to cable laying, on Iberd
EnerMech Supports Turret Project on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
Mechanical engineering specialist EnerMech is in the process of delivering a £5 million-plus contract to support the turret delivery team on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO which has arrived for hook-up operations West of Shetland. The Glen Lyon is a key element of the BP’s Quad204 project, which includes redev
James Fisher buys Singapore’s diving equipment provider
James Fisher, a provider of services to the marine, oil and gas industries, has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Lexmar Engineering and Lexmar Sat Systems, that provide diving equipment and saturated diving systems. James Fisher said on Monday that the initial consideration i
ABS expands in India to meet ‘growing demand’
ABS, a provider of classification services to the global marine and offshore industries, has announced an expansion of its captive delivery center in Pune, India. The company explained on Monday that the expansion was due to demand growth for the ABS Nautical Systems Software that spurred hiring. AB
MacArtney Delivers Focus 2 ROTV to German WTD 71
German navy research institute, WehrTechnische Dienststelle, WTD 71, has taken delivery of MacArtney Focus 2 ROTV system. WTD 71, with the main task of developing new underwater technologies for the German navy, will use Focus 2 ROTV as a tool for their research efforts. The system is supplied with
Block Island Wind Farm Cables in Place
Installation of cables for America’s first offshore wind farm, the Block Island Wind Farm, has been completed, Deepwater Wind informed. The Big Max cable lay vessel, under a contract with LS Cable and its subcontractor Durocher Marine, finalized the installation of all cables, including the four int
Equinix IBX Data Centres Become Trident Subsea Cable PoPs
Equinix’s international business exchange (IBX) data centres in Melbourne (ME1), Sydney (SY1), Singapore (SG3) and Jakarta (JK1) have been selected by Trident Subsea Cable for the cable’s points-of-presence (PoPs) in the Asia-Pacific region. Trident will be the first submarine cable to establish a P