Equipment
Damen Completes Delivery of Floating Pump Station Sauger III
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken delivery of the Sauger III, a custom floating pump station built by Damen Shipyards Group, for supporting dredging operations. With the 37 meters in length and 10 meters wide, the station features a powerful, dual pump installation and comfortable accommodation
SMST in Additional Crane Supply for Maersk SSVs
SMST has been awarded a contract for the delivery of two additional 100t knuckle boom cranes for four subsea support vessels (SSVs) of Maersk Supply Service, being built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard. As the company informed, the delivery is a sequel to two previously ordered SMST knuckle boom cranes v
OpenHydro Stations Second Paimpol-Bréhat Turbine to Seabed
OpenHydro, a DCNS company has deployed the second turbine bound for EDF’s Paimpol-Bréhat tidal array. When the turbines are connected to the grid over the summer, the project will be the world’s first grid-connected tidal array. After leaving the port of Brest on May 26, the turbine reached its site
Tasik Subsea Splashes DSV Southern Star
Singapore-based Tasik Subsea has launched its IACS-classed diving support vessel the ‘Southern Star’ in China. Reportedly, a five-year bareboat charter has already been signed for the vessel, scheduled to come into service early next year. The 112-metre, DP3, saturation/air dive and ROV support vess
Strategic Marine building new luxury crewboat
Strategic Marine, a specialist shipbuilder for the oil and gas industry, has announced that it will deliver an ‘exclusive luxury crewboat’ in November this year as a part of the first-ever collaboration with PT. Pelayaran Tanjung Kumawa. According to Strategic Marine’s statement on Tuesday, the vess
Liebherr Showcases at CTT Moscow 2016
The Liebherr Group will be showcasing its equipment at the CTT Moscow, the international trade fair for construction machinery and technology, from 31 May to 4 June 2016. During the show, Liebherr will offer visitors to the CTT Moscow 2016 an overview of the company’s current range of construction m
Maersk’s Subsea Support Vessels get SMST cranes
SMST, a specialist in design and construction of offshore equipment, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of two additional 100t Knuckle Boom Cranes for Maersk Supply Service’s four Subsea Support Vessels (SSVs), being built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard. SMST announced in a press release on Tu
Saab Seaeye ROV Explores Shipwrecks Off Rhode Island
Live images of historical shipwrecks are being filmed by a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV and beamed directly to educational and public audiences ashore in a live telepresence-enabled exploration project. The University of Rhode Island’s research vessel, Endeavor, is exploring the remains of two shipwrecks
Damen DOP Dredge Pump Used in Harderwijk
Along the waterfront in Harderwijk, an old town in the center of the Netherlands, a new residential area is being built. The site was formerly used as industrial area, which has resulted in a polluted top layer of the soil. To avoid handling this polluted material, Boskalis used an innovative and ch
Huisman Installs Pipelay Tower Onboard Seven Cruzeiro
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, last week welcomed Subsea 7’s Seven Cruzeiro at the Huisman Schiedam quayside for the installation of pipelay tower. According to the company’s social media, the 550mt pipelay tower was installed onboard the vessel. The vessel was l
Power CSL Introduces New Subsea Cable Joint
Power CSL, UK-based subsea cable accessory specialists, has launched a high voltage jointing system aimed to reduce the cost of repairing subsea cables in the offshore renewables and oil and gas sectors. The joint takes 48-60 hours to install, cutting down the waiting time for a suitable weather win
Douglas-Westwood predicts bright future for AUVs in oil & gas industry
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) still have, despite widespread use, the potential for substantial growth with each new technological advance increasing the viability of the vessels in different sectors, especially in the oil and gas industry, Douglas-Westwood, an energy intelligence group, sai
Flexlife Gets Malaysian Patent for Armadillo Repair Clamp
Flexlife has been granted a Malaysian patent for ‘Method and apparatus for repairing tubular members’, for the use of Flexlife’s Armadillo repair clamp for flexible flowlines and risers. The Armadillo is clamped around the flexible at the location of the known outer sheath damage and is filled with
UK, Norway drone alliance revealed
UK-based Cyberhawk Innovations, a drone inspection and survey provider, has recently signed a partnership agreement with the Norwegian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator Nordic Unmanned. The agreement was signed to combine Cyberhawk’s cloud based asset management software, iHawk, with Nordic Unm