Equipment
Orwell Offshore orders FPSO turret from Drydocks
Dubai’s Drydocks World has won a contract Orwell Offshore to fabricate an external Turret for FPSO Layang. The project is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2016. According to Drydocks World, the external turret for Orwell Offshore will deliver significant improvements in operation
Photo Update: Suez Dredging Almost 70% Complete
Construction works on a multi-billion dollar New Suez Canal project, which will expand the existing Suez Canal, are nearing its completion. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said two days ago that dry digging in the canal is 100 percent completed while dredging work is 65 percent finished. The
Unique Group’s Daughter Craft for Vertech
Unique Group has delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5 million to services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel, named the Vaila, is nearly 50ft long and designed for air diving activity. The hull is designed to provide an enhanced stability, opti
VIDEO: Production of Dredge Yard Valves
Dredge Yard recently delivered dredge valves of sizes 600, 700 and 750 mm internal diameter, needed for the discharge pipeline on board of two trailing suction hopper dredgers. Fabrication was done in-house at Dredge Yard’s production facilities. The body of the dredge valve was fabricated from high
GTT to work with HHI on Mark V containment tech
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG said it has signed a cooperation agreement with the South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, for the industrialization of its new Mark V technology.
GTT to work with HHI on Mark V containment tech
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG said it has signed a cooperation agreement with the South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, for the industrialization of its new Mark V technology.
Trelleborg’s floatover equipment for DSO Escravos gas project
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has completed its supply of floatover equipment for Phase 3 of the DSO Escravos Gas Project, the operation’s first floatover in West Africa. Contracted by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Trelleborg provided Leg Mating Unit (LMU) pads for the floatover proce
New Cross Pacific Subsea Cable Construction Starts
The NCP consortium, comprised of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation, Microsoft, SoftBank Mobile Corp, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company, announced that the New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable Network has started construction. Spanning more than 13,000 k
Universal LNG, Sembcorp partner up to turn associated gas into LNG
Universal LNG Holdings Inc. and Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard have entered into a partnership to establish West Africa LNG Development. According to a statement by Universal LNG Holdings, the partnership will set a new, greener standard for global oil production and supply Africa with needed ene
SRP Rocksteady Provides Seabed Connection for CETO Units
Subsea Riser Products (SRP), an Acteon company and part of its risers and moorings business, has completed the third and final installation using the SRP Rocksteady mooring connector for the Perth Wave Energy demonstration project, offshore Western Australia. Summarising the original sourcing decisi
Komatsu Unveils New Excavator
Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC210/LC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. It further leverages Komatsu’s leadership in technology and innovation with an environmentally friendly EU Stage IV Komatsu engine, up to 6% improved fuel efficiency, an upgraded cab design a
Precision Above All – Q1000 Jet Trencher
Global Marine Systems Limited has extended its subsea capability with the acquisition of a powerful jet trenching ROV, the Q1000 Jet Trencher. The new submersible compliments the existing burial equipment portfolio and is designed for pre and post-lay trenching as well as simultaneous lay and burial
Global Marine Acquires Q1000 Jet Trencher
Global Marine Systems Limited has extended its subsea capability with the acquisition of a jet trenching ROV. The new submersible compliments the existing burial equipment portfolio and is designed for pre and post-lay trenching as well as simultaneous lay and burial in the offshore subsea cable sec
New offshore gangway solution from The Netherlands (VIDEO)
Dutch Van Aalst group has introduced what the company describes as a new generation of motion compensated gangway systems, under the name of Safeway. The company promises that the Safeway gangway bridge will make it possible for vessels to land at a broad range of offshore constructions, varying fro