Equipment
Horizon Geosciences Boost Fleet
UAE-based marine survey and geotechnical services provider, Horizon Geosciences, has expanded its fleet with a new geophysical survey vessel the Kommandor Stuart, primed for work in the North Sea and West Africa. The Kommandor Stuart is a multi-disciplinary DP1 survey vessel, rebuilt in 2006 featuri
Van Oord Selects MAN Power
Van Oord, a Rotterdam based dredging and marine contractor, placed an order for two trailing suction hopper dredgers earlier this year. The vessels will be constructed at CNN LaNaval Shipyard in Sestao, Spain with delivery dates scheduled for 2017. The order is part of Van Oord’s continuous investme
Prysmian’s Inter-Array Cables for Bligh Bank 2 OWF
Prysmian has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter-array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarin
SpeedCast Wins Vroon Contract
SpeedCast has been awarded a multi-year communications deal by international shipping company, Vroon. This announcement follows SpeedCast’s recent acquisitions of Hermes Datacomms and Geolink Satellite Services, as well as select NewSat assets. The new Ku-band satellite service will facilitate high-
Caterpillar working on Fure West LNG conversion
Caterpillar Marine informed it is working on another dual fuel engine retrofit conversion onboard the 472 foot Fure West tanker, owned by Furetank Rederi. The MaK M 43 C diesel engine onboard the tanker will be retrofitted in hull to the 7 cylinder M 46 dual fuel platform, with each cylinder offerin
Caterpillar working on Fure West LNG conversion
Caterpillar Marine informed it is working on another dual fuel engine retrofit conversion onboard the 472 foot Fure West tanker, owned by Furetank Rederi. The MaK M 43 C diesel engine onboard the tanker will be retrofitted in hull to the 7 cylinder M 46 dual fuel platform, with each cylinder offerin
SAMS’ Seagliders Contribute to Ocean Studies
Robotic underwater Seagliders used by the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have now gathered the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data, most of which was collected in the past 18 months. This milestone, which was reached at the end of last month, highlights a major
Picture of the Day: Dredger Taccola in Cherbourg
Jan De Nul Group has posted on its official facebook page this very interesting photo that shows two surveyors working in the French harbor of Cherbourg, while the trailing suction hopper dredger Taccola is dredging and reclaiming material for the 40 ha extension of the port areas. In mid-Marc
VIDEO: Anadarko installs Heidelberg compressor modules
Anadarko Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has reported that construction continues to progress for its Heidelberg spar as its compressor modules have been installed onshore in Ingleside, Texas. The company published a video showing the installation process of
John Deere to Help in Ohio River Cleanup
By the end of 2015, more than one million pounds of material will be removed from the Ohio River. That goal will be accomplished by Chad Pregracke and Living Lands & Waters, with the help of their new John Deere 210G LC Excavator. John Deere is a longtime supporter of Living Lands & Waters. This yea
New WERPO Wave Project Launches in South Africa
Blackbird International Corporation, a renewable sea wave energy technology player, has through its wholly owned affiliate WERPO and Wadamba Technovations, its partner in South Africa, initiated a new power plant project in South Africa. Blackbird has agreed to set up this Joint Venture in order to
Kraken, Tritech in Technology Cooperation Agreement
Kraken Sonar Systems has entered into an agreement with Tritech International Limited for the supply of technology to the subsea industry. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Tritech will sell the Kraken-developed Correlation Velocity Log (CVL), AquaTrak, under the Tritech name and branding
AquaComms Loads Cable for AEConnect Subsea System
AquaComms Limited announces that cable for its America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic system is being loaded for deployment. TE SubCom designed, manufactured and is loading this cable system from its factory in Newington, New Hampshire, U.S., onto its cable ship Reliance, one of eight
Subsea in July
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of July has seen companies forging alliances, industry majors announcing market-adjusting plans, new job cuts, fleet reductions and contract cancellatio