Equipment
Kongsberg Maritime to equip Yinson Genesis FPSO
Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply a complete Electrical, Instrument and Telecom solution, including E- house, for the new Yinson Production (West Africa) Pte Ltd FPSO, ‘Yinson Genesis’. According to the company, the contract is valued at approximately NOK 200 million ($26.2 million) and
MacGregor delivers winches for ‘one of largest heavy lift vessels’
Following an order in October 2013, MacGregor, part of Cargotec has delivered and commissioned 45 variable frequency drive (VFD) winches and a full control system for the recently completed heavy-lift crane barge Hyundai HLV-10000, one of the largest heavy lift vessels in the world. Hyundai Samho He
Port of Gothenburg introduces robot for containing oil spills
A new robot for deploying booms in the event of an oil spill has been introduced at the Port of Gothenburg. According to the Port of Gothenburg, this new technology is supposed to secure more rapid and safer oil spill clearance. Dan-Erik Andersson, Head of Operations at the Energy Port in Gothenburg
Kongsberg in cooperation agreement with KBC
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies and KBC Advanced Technologies have entered into a non-exclusive cooperation agreement to develop stronger simulation software integration and more effective engineering and operations workflows for the oil and gas marketplace. Kongsberg says that the objective is to
AFG to supply HVAC equipment for Johan Sverdrup
Statoil has awarded AF Gruppen (AFG) the framework agreement for the supply of HVAC Equipment (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) for Johan Sverdrup Field Centre, offshore Norway. The contract period is 5 years with the option for Statoil to extend the contract by up to two consecutive perio
APT Global: ‘Fugro Oceanus’ Delivered
APT Global has delivered newly built modular Jack-Up Barge “Fugro Oceanus” to Fugro Middle East. “Fugro Oceanus” is a modular self-elevating drilling platform built under RINA classification and is designed to carry out marine soil investigation works related to dredging in coastal waters, ports and
Wello Continues Penguin Trials at EMEC
Finnish wave energy developer Wello Oy is extending its testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney having signed a one year extension to their original contract. Their 1MW Penguin wave energy converter has been undergoing testing in Orkney since June 2011, and was first
Jobs Lost as X-Subsea UK Goes Under
Aberdeen-based subsea dredging and excavation specialist, X-Subsea UK Holding and its subsidiaries, have entered into Administration on April 27, 2015 following the collapse of wider Norwegian-based parent group. The company informed that Alexander Iain Fraser and Thomas Campbell MacLennan from FRP
VIDEO: Smals’ Dredger Staaij at Delfzijl Project
Koninklijke Smals, a Dutch company involved in hydraulic and civil-engineering works, has released a video about their environmental dredging project in Delfzijl. This dredging program included removal of mercury contaminated silt from Eemskanaal and Oosterhornkanaal. To accomplish this task, Smals
Hetzner Online Buys into Germany-Finland Subsea Link
German web hosting company and data center operator, Hetzner Online, is investing in a 1,100 km long deep sea cable from Rostock to the capital of Finland, Helsinki. The fiber-optic link is expected to be put into operation in the spring of 2016. Preparations for cable system implementation have sta
Kleven Gets Green Light for De Beers’ Newbuild
De Beers Marine Namibia, part of diamond company De Beers Group, has lifted all subjects, thus confirming its contract with Norwegian ship builder Kleven on the building of a highly specialised vessel for deep water mineral exploration. The contract was initially announced in October 2014, but sub
FoundOcean Provides Grouting for Ayatsil-A Jacket (GoM)
FoundOcean has completed the grouting for an 8-legged jacket in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. The project, completed on behalf of McDermott was mobilised from Port Fourchon, Louisiana. In January this year, McDermott announced the contract award for the installation of the 8,400-ton offshore jacket,
Alcatel-Lucent Bags Orval Subsea Cable Deal
Alcatel-Lucent and the Algerian Ministry of Post, Information Technology and Communications, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the Orval system, an over 560 km fiber-optic undersea cable that will link Oran in Algeria to Valencia, Spain. With completion expected in 2016, the 100
Cargotec’s MacGregor Cuts 220 Jobs
Cargotec is laying off some 220 employees globally at its MacGregor business, in order to respond to the weakening market situation due to the low oil price and low number of new merchant ship orders. The countries where the impact of the planned measures is estimated to be biggest are Sweden, Singa