Equipment
MTCC Scores Two Dredging Contracts
The Maldives Transport and Construction Company (MTCC) has won a contract to build a causeway between the islands of Madaveli, Hodehdhoo and a habor in Faresmaathodaa, according to the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure of the Republic of Maldives. The Madaveli scheme will involve the reclamatio
WATCH: Building a Typhoon MK2 ROV
A time-lapse video above shows Total Marine Technology (TMT) building its Typhoon MK2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in Bibra Lake, Western Australia. TMT is an Australian-based designer and manufacturer of work class ROVs and intervention tooling for the offshore drilling and production industry.
Prysmian Sells Stake in China JV
Italian cable specialist Prysmian has inked a deal to sell 67 per cent of the equity in Prysmian Baosheng Cable Company. The Prysmian Baosheng Cable Company was established in 1999 as a joint venture with Jiangsu Baosheng Group. According to Prysmian, its JV partner, Baosheng Group will acquired the
Xtera Launches Subsea Branching Unit
Xtera Communications has released its subsea Branching Unit (BU). Branching units are used in submarine cable systems to provide traffic and power routing between the trunk and branch cables. Xtera has used the supervisory system to allow operators to switch the BU powering simply by sending command
Gator Dredging Makes Progress on Turkey Creek Dredging
Gator Dredging, a Florida based dredging contractor, is now at 50% completion of the muck removal from Turkey Creek, located in Palm Bay, FL. Part of the larger Indian River Lagoon cleanup effort in Brevard County, this project involves dredging over 235,000 cubic yards of muck using an Ellicott 670
Ampelmann to provide winterized gangways for Sakhalin-2
Dutch offshore access solutions provider Ampelmann has signed an agreement with the Sakhalin Energy consortium to provide its offshore access solutions for the Sakhalin-2 field. Under the agreement, Ampelmann will deliver the winterized version of the motion compensated gangway system which will, ac
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 11 – April 17). Kongsberg Maritime’s UK division has uncovered the long lost model of Nessie which was used during filming of 1970’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. The discovery was made
Aker Solutions Signs Up Aberdeen for Another Decade
Aker Solutions is redeveloping its manufacturing site in Aberdeen to strengthen its capabilities in the UK. The company has signed a new 10-year lease for the Kirkhill Avenue site in Dyce, Aberdeen, which has served as a joint subsea equipment manufacturing and subsea services facility for Aker Solu
Kleven Hosts Edda Freya Naming Ceremony
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven is marking this year’s first naming ceremony with the christening of BN 373, subsea construction vessel, Edda Freya. Kleven has built the 150-meter vessel for Haugesund-based vessel owner Østensjø Rederi. After delivery, Edda Freya is scheduled to join the DeepOcean flee
Fukada Salvage Puts UNICORN-1 Drill to Work
Fukada Salvage & Marine Works has completed the sea trial for its seafloor drill UNICORN-1. UNICORN-1 is a seafloor drill designed to operate in waters down to 3,000m depth for geotechnical surveys and mineral explorations. It is a semi-automated wireline drill using commercial tooling. The system i
NLI Subsea Names New CEO
NLI Subsea, a part of private investment company Ard Group, has appointed Øyvind Frydenberg as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO). Frydenberg (48) has been CEO of Dresser-Rand AS, CEO of FMC Kongsberg Metering AS and has also held several leadership positions in FMC. He is a mechanical
Basslink Repair Relies on Calm Sea and Good Weather
Basslink operator has informed that repair work on the cable continues to progress well, and that the interconnector remains on track to return to service in June as previously advised. Basslink’s cable repair vessel recently underwent planned modification works in Geelong which is necessary for it
HHI Excavators on Display at Bauma 2016 Show
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is presenting an extensive range of 33 construction equipment including 10 excavators and 5 wheel loaders meeting EU Stage IV emission regulations at Bauma 2016 in Munich, Germany from April 11-17. The construction equipment being displayed at the event has versatile a
BAE Systems to Build Subsea Mine Hunters for US Navy
BAE Systems has been awarded a £15.5-million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers. Archerfish is a remotely-controlled underwater vehicle equipped with an explosive warhead to destroy sea mines. In addition to Archerfish mine neutra