Equipment
Van Oord: New SRI Vessel for Offshore Division
Van Oord has ordered a new subsea rock installation vessel. Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Shanghai will build the vessel at its Ningbo yard in China. The vessel will be delivered in 2016. Subsea rock installation is a proven technique for the protection and stabilisation of offshore structures and
All North Sea helicopters equipped with EBS
Every helicopter flying for the offshore oil and gas industry in the UK is now equipped with a new CAT-A Emergency Breathing System, the Step Change in Safety has revealed.
Van Oord orders new subsea rock installation vessel
Van Oord has ordered a new subsea rock installation vessel. Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Shanghai will build the vessel at its Ningbo yard in China. The vessel will be delivered in 2016. Subsea rock installation is a proven technique for the protection and stabilisation of offshore structures and
DRDC Combines SeeTrack Neptune with SeaRobotics USV
SeeByte, a creator of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, and SeaRobotics, a provider of autonomous and unmanned systems, have integrated SeeByte’s SeeTrack Neptune with SeaRobotics’ family of general purpose Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) as part of a Defence Research and Development Can
Bowtech Launches LED-S-Series Lamp
Bowtech Products Ltd, a global market leader in subsea vision systems, announces the arrival of the LED-S-Series lamp, a smaller, 10,000 lumen “baby” version of the 20,000 lumen LED-V-Series underwater floodlight. The LED-S-Series lamp has been designed to offer a smaller, lighter and lower lumen ou
Nautronix Commission NASDive Digital Diver Communications System for GDA
Leading provider of through water communication and positioning technology to the offshore industry, Nautronix, have commissioned the largest NASDive digital diver communications system for GDA, who were working on an upgrade of the communication system on-board Submarine Rescue Vessel, the MV Belos
We Tech equipment for Terntank LNG-powered tankers
WE Tech Solutions and Wärtsilä signed a contract for the delivery of four shaft generator solutions to a series of LNG fuelled tankers. Based in Vaasa, Finland, WE Tech is to deliver its direct drive permanent magnet shaft generator solution to a series of four LNG powered 15,000 DWT product tankers
Newbuild PSV ‘Stril Luna’ delivered to Simon Møkster
Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has reported that, on the 29th of August, the newbuild PSV ‘Stril Luna’ was delivered from Astilleros Gondán S.A in Spain.
FES Delivers DBSCs for CLOV FPSO
FES International, a global provider of fluid transfer systems, has completed a $4M project to design and manufacture 19 diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSCs) for NOV/Subsea 7. The DBSCs are to be installed on the CLOV floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, in Block 17 off the
PHOTO UPDATE: Keel Laying of Easydredge 2700
The keel-laying ceremony for the state-of-the-art IHC Easydredge 2700 ™ took place at MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria, on August 18th, 2014. The ship, ordered by Royal IHC, is being built under building number BN BN1001 and will be delivered in the summer of 2015. The new vessel will be su
BG Group joins Plexus’ JIP
Plexus Holdings PLC, owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, has announced that BG International Ltd, a subsidiary of BG Group, has signed up as the sixth major oil and gas consulting partner to Plexus’ on-going Joint Industry Project. The JIP’s objective is to develop and
Plexus: BG Joins New Subsea Wellhead JIP
Plexus Holdings PLC has announced that BG International Ltd (‘BG’), a subsidiary of BG Group, has signed up as the sixth major oil and gas consulting partner to Plexus’ on-going Joint Industry Project (‘JIP’). The JIP’s objective is to develop and commercialise a new and safer subsea wellhead HGSS™,
Top News – August 25 to 31, 2014
Royal IHC Starts Building EasydredgeTM 2700 for Stock Royal IHC is constructing the first vessel in its range of competitively priced standard trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD). It has started to build the Easydredge™ 2700 for stock in response to the increasing global demand for TSHDs with an
Tritech Hammerhead Helps to Locate Missing Person at Snailsden Reservoir
Tritech’s high-resolution survey sonar is proving an invaluable tool in search and recovery operations. Yorkshire and the Humber Police areas, through their regional underwater search and marine unit, have been using the Tritech SeaKing Hammerhead system to locate missing persons. The system was rec