Equipment
MacGregor’s subsea cranes get new fibre-rope retrofit option
MacGregor, a part of Cargotec, has launched a new fibre-rope retrofit option for its subsea cranes. MacGregor said on Thursday that the modular upgrade replaces the crane’s original steel wire rope with high-performance synthetic fibre rope, using the same technology as MacGregor’s fibre-rope crane,
Delmar expands by acquiring InterOcean
Delmar Systems, a US offshore mooring, and subsea services company, has acquired privately owned InterOcean Systems, a San Diego-based manufacturer of oceanographic and environmental equipment. InterOcean, including its proprietary Rig Anchor Release (RAR), is a manufacturer and designer of acoustic
Liquid Robotics Boosts Strategic Advisory Board
Liquid Robotics has expanded its Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) with addition of three new members. The new members will be joining an existing advisory board comprised of eighteen industry experts across the defense, foreign fffairs, communications/technology, and science industries. The new adviso
Delmar Acquires InterOcean
Delmar Systems, a supplier of offshore mooring and subsea services, is expanding its products and services with the acquisition of privately owned InterOcean Systems, which will be operated as an affiliated entity of Delmar. InterOcean Systems designs and manufactures oceanographic and environmental
Aveva, Schneider merger talks suspended again
Aveva, a provider of engineering data and design IT systems for the oil and gas industry, has broken off merger talks with France’s Schneider Electric, again. Namely, the company had said on Monday that the merger discussions would resume, after breaking down in December 2015. The trading of Aveva s
VIDEO: Time-lapse of Gina Krog load out in South Korea
The main support frame for the Gina Krog topside has been loaded on to the heavy transport vessel Mega Caravan in South Korea. Statoil, the operator of the Gina Krog field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, shared a time-lapse video of the main support frame for Gina Krog’s topside be
VBMS Gets Horns Rev3 Inter-Array Cabling Contract
VBMS has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall Vindkraft for the installation of 33kV inter-array cables for the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm. The farm, located in the eastern North Sea off the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark has a planned capacity of 400 MW and will produce the equivalent of the electri
TransCanada, IEnova JV to Build Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline
TransCanada’s joint venture with IEnova, Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), has been chosen to build, own and operate the USD 2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline in Mexico. The project will be supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation service contract for 2.6 billion cu
Forum Sets Up Deep-Water Test Tank at Aberdeen Base
Forum Energy Technologies UK has unveiled a deep-water test facility and received industry accreditation for the calibration laboratory at its new European Operational Centre in Aberdeen. The indoor test tank is one of the largest in the North-east of Scotland and is dedicated to testing subsea tool
OceanGate’s Cyclops Maps Andrea Doria Shipwreck
OceanGate, together with a team of explorers, conducted the mapping and the first manned submersible operation to the Andrea Doria shipwreck since 1995. The Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria sank in 1956 about 50 miles from Nantucket. The 697-foot-long wreck, often referred to as the “Mt. Everest
Hitachi Construction Machinery Launches New Excavator
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has launched the new ZX530LCH-6 large excavator. “Designed and engineered to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects and quarries, it offers the highest level of durability without compromising on efficiency,” the company said in the an
Woodside opens Innovation Centre in Australia
Australia’s Monash University and Woodside have launched a new Innovation Centre that combines the University’s research and design capabilities with Australia’s oil and gas company. The University informed on Wednesday that the Woodside Innovation Centre was opened by the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Mini
Eelume Recognized for Its Snake-Like Robots
Trondheim-based Eelume has won the “Subsea Upcoming Company of the Year” award for its resident autonomous intervention vehicles. The award is granted by Sparebanken Vest, CONNECT Vest, the Underwater Technology Foundation and GCE Subsea, and is presented at the Underwater Technology Conference in B
Global Maritime in Mooring/Risk Management for OPERA Project
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost) project. Global Maritime is part of a 12-member consortium led by TECNALIA for the three-and-a-half-year program with t