Equipment
Aker Solutions to Cut Up to 900 MMO Jobs
Aker Solutions today notified employees in its maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) unit across Norway of necessary steps to reposition the business and enhance competitiveness in a market with unprecedented challenges. The company is streamlining the Norwegian MMO business to one regiona
ORCHIDS Project to Enhance Subsea Cable Monitoring
Fraunhofer UK has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop a solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS pro
MH370 Search Unveils Another Shipwreck
Search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have revealed another shipwreck following Fugro Equator’s discovery in May last year. Namely, according to ATSB report, on December 19, 2015, an anomalous sonar contact was identified in the course of the underwater search, with analysis s
Wessex Archaeology Gets New Marine Geophysicist
Wessex Archaeology’s geoservices has welcomed Megan Metcalfe to the team in its Salisbury office where she will be working as a marine geophysicist. Metcalfe will be responsible for processing and reporting on geophysical data to help investigate sites of potential archaeological interest below the
Metronome Tidal Research Facility Opens in Utrecht
The Utrecht University together with the research institute Deltares officially opened the Metronome tidal research facility on 12 January in the Netherlands. To create reversing tidal flow and sediment transport on scale, professor Maarten Kleinhans of the university created a twenty by three meter
Basslink Subsea Cable Fix to Take Longer than Expected
Basslink, a subsea cable connecting George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, will experience additional 30-day outage, Tasmanian Government said Thursday. The fault in subsea cable was discovered on December 20, 2015, and the owner, Basslink, informed that the possible fault was approximate
HB Rentals Living Quarters for Far Sentinel Subsea Vessel
HB Rentals has recently installed a new temporary living quarters on the Far Sentinel, a 15,000 gross ton subsea construction/inspection, maintenance and repair vessel, owned and managed by Farstad Shipping. The 84 POB temporary living quarters consists of seven A60 – ABS/USCG 12 man sleeper modules
Seven drilling contractors unite for well control equipment failure tool
Seven drilling contractors, including major players like Transocean and Seadrill, have joined forces to create a reporting tool for capturing well control equipment failures. According to one of these offshore drillers, Maersk Drilling, the tool captures all failures in a third party system and give
The Underwater Centre Expands ROV Training
Fort William-based subsea training and testing facility, The Underwater Centre, has added the FMC Schilling TITAN 4 syllabus to its current ROV training suite. According to TUC, the course familiarises candidates with all major components of the TITAN T4 manipulator and provides system operation and
Kingsbridge and Salcombe Estuary Dredging Starts This Month
Van Oord, a Dutch dredging company, has won the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Estuary dredging contract. The dredging operations could start as soon as 21st January – weather permitting, according to the Salcombe Harbor Authority. Adam Parnell, Harbor Master at Salcombe Harbor, said that the type of dred
EU Commission launches in-depth investigation of Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger
The European Commission has opened what it says is an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of oilfield service supplier Baker Hughes by rival Halliburton would impede effective competition, in breach of the EU Merger Regulation. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge
IKM Lands Johan Castberg Job
Statoil has awarded a contract for Johan Castberg Subsea Integration Pre-FEED and FEED project with options to IKM Ocean Design. The contract includes Pre-FEED and FEED of pipelines, risers, cables, tie-ins and related structures on the Johan Castberg field. Furthermore, detail design and follow-on
IADC Publishes ‘Facts About’ Soil Improvement
The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has just published a new ‘Facts About’ publication on soil improvement. ‘Facts About’ is a series of concise, easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime construction subje
Cinia Links Finland and Germany
Finland’s Cinia Group informed that the laying project of the Cinia C-Lion1 cable system is now completed as the cable reached its destination in Rostock, Germany. Started in Helsinki on October 12, 2015, the project took three months. According to the company , the new connection is planned to be c