Equipment
Alphatron and Van Oord Sign Maintenance Agreement
Alphatron Marine today announced the signing of a 3-year global maintenance agreement with Van Oord. The contract is for the maintenance and support of all navigation and communication equipment on board Van Oord’s fleet of more than 80 vessels. Van Oord – specializing in dredging, offshore oil & ga
Oceaneering Orders Sparrows Under-Rollers
Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers. According to the company, the new under-roller system is suitable for use with reels of up to 11.4m outer diam
Alaska, REI extend LNG cooperation
Alaska’s governor Bill Walker signed a document extending the state’s cooperation with Japan’s Resources Energy consortium on the development of Cook Inlet natural gas.
Exxon hires Fugro for survey off Guyana
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, an ExxonMobil affiliate, for survey services at a deepwater field development offshore Guyana. The contract provides for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey and an environmental baseline survey, a
Caterpillar to Showcase Latest Equipment at bauma 2016
Caterpillar and its German dealer, Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH, will exhibit a suite of technologies, services and equipment at the bauma 2016 (April 11-17) show in Munich, Germany. The company will showcase safety, productivity and equipment management solutions, as well as more than 60 Cat® product
Sparrows wins order from Oceaneering
Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering International to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers. According to Sparrows, its new under-roller system is suitable for use with reels of up to 11.4m
ITC Global to provide comms for five FPSOs in W. Africa
ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to offshore sites, has been awarded two contracts to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels based in Western Africa. The company said both contracts spanned three years with services
HYPACK 2016 Training Event Starts in Two Weeks
HYPACK – provider of tools for the Hydrographic and Dredging Industry – will hold its 23rd annual HYPACK USA Training Event from January 4–7, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt in Tampa, FL. This 3-day training will cover all the aspects of single beam and multibeam hydrographic surveying and dredge management
Rapp Marine’s Equipment for Two Chinese Research Vessels
Rapp Marine has been chosen as the supplier of advanced equipment packages for two new oceanographic research vessels for the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, GMGS, and Polar Research Institute of China, PRIC. “The contracts were awarded in a highly competitive market against strong international
Oceaneering Appoints Senior VP of ROV Division
Subsea engineering specialist, Oceaneering, has appointed Martin J. McDonald as senior vice president, Remotely Operated Vehicles, with global responsibility for the company’s ROV business, effective January 1, 2016. McDonald’s career spans 26 years with Oceaneering. He most recently served as vice
Cameron Gets Stockholders Nod for Schlumberger Merger
Houston-based flow equipment specialist, Cameron, informed that its stockholders have voted to adopt the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Cameron by a wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger. Upon completion of the transaction, each share of Cameron common stock
MMT to Showcase at Subsea Expo 2016
Swedish marine survey specialist, MMT, will be exhibiting at Subsea Expo 2016 to present its new fast survey method with Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV). The Europe’s largest annual subsea exhibition and conference takes place in Aberdeen AECC on February 3-5. At the last year’s event, MMT presented
TMT Nets Murphy Malaysia ROV Gig
Australia’s Total Marine Technology (TMT) has been contracted to support Murphy Malaysia during 2015/17 deepwater and shallow water operations. According to the company, the work scope includes the call out of up to five ROV systems over the contract period. “TMT look forward to delivering innovativ
OceanWorks Revamps Another Node Pod for CSnet
OceanWorks, a subsea solution engineering company, has delivered another fully refurbished and upgraded Node Pod to CSnet. The Node Pod is a part of CSnet’s Offshore Communication Backbone (OCB) ocean observatory, and represents the 2nd unit refurbished by OceanWorks as part of CSnet’s planned maint