Equipment
Airbus reveals offshore helicopter of the future
Airbus Helicopters has revealed the concept phase start-up for a new European helicopter, the X6, at the Paris Air Show yesterday. The company has said that it will now embark on a two-year definition period on this next-generation heavy-lift rotorcraft that will be tailored for oil and gas missions
Picture of the Day: Dredger KAO 505 Handed Over
The 2400 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), named KAO 505, was officially handed over to Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) on June 12th. The KAO505 was designed by FKAB in cooperation with HollandMT, and constructed at Taiwan’s Ching Fu Shipyard. HollandMT, an innovative engineer
Ocean Installer to work for Exxon on Balder field
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first call-off contract under a framework agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for subsea well tie-back, engineering, IRM, ROV and associated services at the Balder field in the North Sea. According to the company, the call-off co
Dragflow Growing Big
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment specialized in solid pumping solutions, has been very busy in the last six months seeing excellent business growth and substantial product development. The company also moved its headquarters to a larger, bigger space where they will continue t
Unique, KBAT Team Up on Health, Safety and Diving Courses
Unique Group has recently collaborated with KBA Training Centre (KBAT) to offer a series of Health, Safety and Diving courses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). KBAT offers health & safety consultancy and courses approved by international accrediting bodies such as NEBOSH, IOSH, CIEH, IMCA and IRATA
New subsea tooling facility in Houston for J2 Subsea
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, has opened a new subsea tooling facility at another Acteon company, Seatronics’, subsea electronics location in Houston. With this new facility, J2 Subsea now offers North American customers a comprehensive suite of subsea equipment for diver and remotely operated vehic
Mooreast MA5P Anchors for Offshore Malaysia Field
8 units of 15 ton Mooreast MA5P anchors have been installed at a newly developed field offshore Terengganu, Malaysia, last month. “This is the third oil related floater project where Mooreast supplied its own MA5P anchors. Taking into consideration that Mooreast started to develop, design, fabricate
Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Tiscali’s Network
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Italy’s Tiscali to deploy a 100G terrestrial optical backbone infrastructure and upgrade existing submarine links. The new agile optical networking solution, using its 1830 Photonic Service Switch platform will allow Tiscali to increase both data capacity and data
Alfa Laval’s T35 for Two TSHDs
Alfa Laval, a supplier of of products and solutions for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, recently delivered its T35 gasketed plate heat exchangers for the central cooling systems onboard two trailing suction hopper dredgers. The next-generation T35s have been installed during the last d
CAPE Holland’s New VLT for Seaway Heavy Lifting
Dutch vibro-piling specialist, CAPE Holland, has officially handed over a Tandem CV-320 Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) to Seaway Heavy Lifting during the CAPE Holland Product Launch. This new acquisition replaces the tandem vibro set which Seaway Heavy Lifting purchased from CAPE Holland in 2012, after a
More Equipment for New Bronka Port
Three more rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG crane) have been delivered to Bronka Port (MMPK Bronka) by the heavy load carrier M/V Meri. According to the project investor Phoenix LLC, the cranes were delivered from port Hanko and unloaded at Bronka’s berth No. 3. Unloading of the Konecranes-built crane
WATCH: Normand Vision Gears for Troll B Gig
The following video shows a Norwegian subsea contractor, Ocean Installer, mobilising its vessel Normand Vision for riser replacement job at the Troll B platform June 2015. In March this year, Ocean Installer signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the Visund field and for
PHOTO: Easydredge Sea Trials
The newly built Easydredge 2700, competitively priced standard trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), has passed its sea trials with flying colors. Developed by Royal IHC (IHC) and built by MTG Dolphin yard in Varna, Bulgaria, this state-of-the-art dredger that was launched in December 2014 is now
MMT in UK-Iceland Link Route Survey
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for the world’s longest HVDC route survey for the UK-Iceland Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor, between Iceland to England, the company said. MMT