The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allocated €4,688,000 for the Dunmore East Harbour dredging project. The build-up of silt meant that larger vessels were finding it difficult to get into the harbour, so this work will resolve that. The dredging of the harbour has been an issue that
Van Oord, the Netherlands based contractor for dredging and offshore projects, had a better business result in 2013 than in 2012. The year closed with an almost equal turnover of EUR 1,641 million (2012: EUR 1,676 million). At EUR 130 million, the net profit was considerably higher than in 2012 (EUR
Niels Winther supports on-going preparations for the inter-array cable installation work at DanTysk wind farm. Planning and cable installation are carried out by Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC). Most recently the barge Stemat 87 arrived at the Danish port of Esbjerg. The barge carried cables
The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has signed a licence deal with Canadian company, Rockland Scientific International (RSI), giving RSI the rights to manufacture and sell a novel probe guard designed and tested by NOC engineers and scientists. The probe guard is designed to protect RSI’s Micr
DNV GL has increased the ownership stake in StormGeo, a leading global provider of weather-based decision support services. Private equity group Reiten and TV2 have sold majority shares to EQT Mid Market. As part of the transaction EQT will enter into a partnership with DNV GL (second largest shareh
ABB said it has won an order to supply power and propulsion equipment for the first of 16 LNG tankers which will serve Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The contract has an additional option for the supply of equipment for another 15 vessels. The scope of supply by ABB will include generators, switchboard
Pipelines 2 Data, a provider of intelligent pipeline solutions for the oil & gas industry, have announced a major milestone in Norwegian expansion plans. A long-standing parallel framework agreement has been awarded to the Aberdeen based company by Norway oil giants Statoil to clean and survey their
Scientists from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) are participating in a European research project that involves developing a new type of tidal energy generator that will be cheaper and more efficient. The device would replace conventional magnetic materials for new materials that are made usi
Nexans’ Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) cable systems will be installed to help in maintaining the reliable flow of gas from the Shah Deniz field, located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The world’s largest DEH project to date will see Nexans deliver a total of 130 km of the cable syste
Offshore service provider, DeepOcean, has taken its option to buy a second of the new concept Sea Owl ROVs for work in the Norwegian fields. Meanwhile the first system is undergoing sea trials. The newly conceived Sea Owl XTi, re-launched by Saab Seaeye, was originally the first 360° ROV to work in
GAF AG has developed and successfully demonstrated a new innovative approach for deriving bathymetry from space. With this method, GAF can generate bathymetric maps covering large areas by simultaneously using differential spectral attenuation and stereo-information from satellite imagery. The appro
Spanish oil company Repsol and Indra have joined forces to create HEADS (Hydrocarbon Early Automatic Detection System), an early warning system designed to detect leaks that enables the energy industry to maximise safety in offshore operations. This system represents a significant contribution to th
Caley Ocean Systems has supplied a high performance, A-frame handling system to Boskalis Offshore for launching trenching vehicles and ploughs from the company’s first ‘N Class’ cable-laying vessel Ndurance. Mounted on the stern of the Ndurance, the Caley A-frame is capable of handling loads of 70 t
Caley Ocean Systems has supplied a high performance A-frame handling system to Boskalis Offshore for launching of trenching vehicles and ploughs from the company’s first ‘N Class’ cable-laying vessel Ndurance. Mounted on the stern of the Ndurance, the Caley A-frame is capable of handling loads of 70
