Equipment
New Gear for Van Oord’s Dredger
Bakker Sliedrecht – specialized in the design, production, installation and maintenance of complex electrical installations – will be taking care of an electrical conversion project on board Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The company recently received order for the engi
PSA Inspects Fabrication of Gina Krog Flexible Risers
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil and the fabrication of flexible risers for Gina Krog FSO. The objective of the audit was to monitor the fabrication of flexible risers, follow up the operator and supplier/subcontractor and verify that the project is bei
NWSA to Upgrade Terminal 5
The Northwest Seaport Alliance takes another step toward modernizing Terminal 5 to “big ship readiness” capable of meeting growing marine cargo industry needs. After receiving additional information from potential partners interested in the terminal, the NWSA determined that additional environmental
Bourbon Gets Two More FMC ROVs
FMC Technologies has delivered the remaining two, in series of four, new Heavy Duty remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) ordered by Bourbon Offshore. Two of these HD ROVs, designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, were delivered in September this year, with the remaining two announced for the fo
FMC Technologies revenues, profit fall
FMC Technologies, a Houston-based provider of technologies and services to the international oil and gas industry, saw its third quarter revenue in 2015 fall 22 percent to $1.54 billion, compared to $1.95 billion a year ago. The company’s net income fell to $82 million, from $169.8 million in the th
Picture of the Day: Hector in Norway
The Oslo Fairway dredging project, undertaken by a Finnish dredging equipment manufacturer and contractor, Wasa Dredging, is currently underway. The company has just released this beautiful photo from this dredging program, which shows their backhoe giant Hector during the deepening work. About 89.0
Gallery: Helideck installation on Ivar Aasen Living Quarters
Det norske oljeselskap AS, the operator of the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, has shared images of a helideck being lifted on top of the Living Quarters (LQ) for the Ivar Aasen platform, being built by Apply Leirvik in its construction site in Stord, Norway. According to Det norske, it took thre
ROVOP Names New Director
Aberdeen-based ROV services provider, ROVOP, has appointed new commercial director to its senior executive team and Board. Euan Tait joins ROVOP from professional services firm KPMG LLP having spent his career in a variety of roles within corporate finance and oil and gas companies. Steven Gray, ROV
C-Innovation Boosts Its ROVs with Sonardyne SPRINT
C-Innovation, a provider of deepwater ROV services within the oil and gas sector, has placed an order for SPRINT Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) from Sonardyne International. SPRINT is an acoustically aided inertial navigation system for subsea vehicles. SPRINT has been fully integrated into UHD R
Petronas subcontracts Alam for PFLNG-1 positioning and mooring
Malaysia’s Petronas has subcontracted Alam Maritim Resources for works on its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. Alam will take part in final positioning and mooring system hook-up works. Alam Maritim Resources Berhad has won a subcontract from Petronas’ subsidiary, Petronas Floating LNG
Describing the GeoPool (VIDEO)
As announced yesterday, IMS Dredge has just acquired a patent pending dewatering technology the GeoPool. The technology was invented by an IMS Versi-Dredge customer and then successfully trialed in the United States and Europe. The video describes this noninvasive, extremely efficient and affordable
APM Izmir Opening in 2016
With the delivery of five Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes and two Ship-to-Shore gantry cranes capable of handling Ultra-Large Containerships of up to 16,000 TEU capacity, the new 1.3 million TEU deep-water APM Terminals Izmir facility is nearing completion in anticipation of beginning commercial operation
CSA Completes Miami Job
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. has successfully completed the transplantation of over 115,000 seagrass plants into a newly filled dredge hole north of the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami as part of the overall environmental mitigation requirements for the deepening and widening of Miami Harbor. CSA was part
Ocean Aero Launches Submaran S10
San Diego-based Ocean Aero is taking orders for its wind and solar-powered surface and sub-surface vessel the Submaran S10. The Ocean Aero Submaran S10 is designed for extended autonomous ocean observation and data collection. Equipped with a retractable wing-sail that folds down for submerging, the