Equipment
Boskalis heavy lifter attacked in Guinea
A heavy lift and transportation vessel was recently attacked in Conakry anchorage, Guinea. According to a report by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre dated July 3, 2016, six robbers in a boat armed with machine guns and knives boarded an anchored heavy lift vessel. The repo
NOV, GE join forces for FPSO topside solutions
National Oilwell Varco and GE Oil & Gas announced on Thursday the execution of an agreement to collaborate on delivering integrated solutions for Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The agreement brings together the complementary product offerings and engineering capabilities
Keppel to Revamp Castorone Pipe Laying Vessel
Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract to carry out upgrading work to the pipelay vessel, Castorone, for Saipem Offshore Norway (Saipem). Keppel Shipyard previously undertook the completion and integration works for the newbuild Castorone in 2011. Keppel Shipyard’s job scope includes the re
Rotech Subsea Completes MBO
Rotech Subsea has successfully completed an MBO (management buy-out) of the Rotech group of companies in a move that will see the company strengthen its position in subsea mass-flow excavation business. Following the MBO, the group’s three operating companies – Rotech Subsea, Rotech Engineering, and
STR Now Offers Predator and Gremlin Range of Dredgers
Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd. (STR) has entered into a partnership agreement with Aberdeen based Subsea Tooling Services (STS) to hire, service and support their high performance range of subsea dredging systems. The Predator and Gremlin range of dredgers will become the latest offering from STR
Kongsberg’s Clariscan Sonar Ready for Delivery
Following the introduction at the beginning of this year Kongsberg informed that its Clariscan domed scanning sonar is now available. Clariscan combines wide bandwidth composite transducer technology, developed by Kongsberg Maritime’s Canadian subsidiary Kongsberg Mesotech, with a patented acoustic
Saipem scores $1.66 B worth of offshore contracts
Italian oilfield contractor Saipem has won new contracts worth more than 1.5 billion euros, or 1.66 billion in U.S. dollars. The contracts, for offshore engineering and construction services, include work on the development of the supergiant gas discovery Zohr in Egypt. Namely, the company has been
FMC Technologies Opens Subsea Services Support Center in Nigeria
FMC Technologies recently hosted the official opening of its subsea services support center in Onne, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The subsea services support center should ensure full life-of-field support for customers’ offshore developments. The facility features a warehouse, two test pits, office area
DeepWell Wins with Statoil
DeepWell, the Norwegian well intervention company, has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed NOK 1 billion over a four-year period, or more than NOK
Fincantieri Delivers Pietro Venuti Submarine to Italian Navy
The ‘Pietro Venuti’ submarine was delivered from Fincantieri’s shipyard of Muggiano (La Spezia). It is the third in a series of four sister units of the U212A Todaro class, which the Central Unit for Naval Armament – NAVARM has ordered from Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. Venuti has a surface disp
MDL’s Reel Drive System Concludes Its First Assignment
The latest addition to Maritime Developments’ hire fleet has completed its first mission, two years since delivery to its original client. The equipment in question is a 400-tonne reel drive system (RDS), originally purchased by Ceona Offshore. Although delivered to client in mid-2014, the system re
Telia Carrier Deploys Coriant Solution in Pan-European Backbone Network
Telia Carrier, the internet backbone provider, and Coriant, a supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions, have introduced 400G-capable Coriant CloudWave Optics technology in Telia Carrier’s pan-European backbone network. The power-efficient coherent interface technology w
Dar Group Companies Bag Arabia – Kuwait Pipeline Deal
Penspen and Dar Al Handasah, operating as a joint venture, have been awarded a new project management contract by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company to manage the engineering, procurement and construction of a new gas and condensate pipeline. The pipeline runs both offshore and onshore from Khafji in Saudi Ara
McDermott Uses Kongsberg M3 Sonar for Ichthys Pipeline Profiling Survey
The Kongsberg Mesotech M3 Sonar multibeam echosounder was recently engaged by McDermott to run a ROV pipeline profiling survey on the Ichthys LNG project. A pair of Kongsberg Mesotech M3 Sonars were supplied through the rental company Seatronics, and mounted on the ROV in dual head configuration. Th