Equipment
Heerema Hires Applus RTD for Kaombo Testing Gig
Applus RTD, a provider of integrity technology services, has been awarded a contract from Heerema Marine Contractors as part of the Kaombo development offshore Angola. As part of the SURF (subsea, umbilicals, risers, flowlines) development, Applus RTD will provide non-destructive testing for offshor
Reef Subsea UK Asset Up for Sale
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have been appointed to sell an SMD Heavy Duty Inter Array Flexibles Plough formerly operated by Reef Subsea UK as the subsea services specialist fell into Administration earlier in March this year. Following the bankruptcy of the wider group, the directors have sought to
MacGregor Cranes for World’s First Subsea Mining Ship
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Limited for two subsea knuckle boom cranes to be installed on the world’s first seabed mining vessel. Delivery of the cranes is scheduled for Q1/2017. The order was booked into first quarter 2015 order intake. The
Fugro Goes Deeper with Seafloor Drill
Fugro has set, according to the company, a new water depth record of 2,923 metres (9,589 feet) while completing a combined sampling and piezocone penetration testing (PCPT) borehole to 62 metres (203 feet) below the seafloor. Achieved using its ‘Seafloor Drill I,’ the single deployment in the Walker
Sonardyne: STR First to Invest in Syrinx DVL
Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has announced that Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR) has become the first company to invest in their new ‘Syrinx’ Doppler Velocity Log (DVL). The order for two 4,000 metre depth rated units was placed at the recent Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton in r
Subsea Boosts Technip’s Profit
French oil services provider, Technip, posted higher first-quarter (1Q 2015) net income backed by an increase in subsea activity. In the first quarter 2015, Technip generated adjusted revenue of €2.9 billion, an increase of 17% compared to €2,5 billion in 1Q 2014. Subsea revenues were 27% higher for
Kentish Flats Cables Ready for Load Out
Cables for the Kentish Flats Extension project will start load out onto the vessels in Nordenham in Germany on 1 May. The vessels BoDo Installer and Nostag 10 will transport the cables to the Kentish Flats Extension site where they will begin laying the cables later that month. Manufacturing of the
New Mini Excavators from Hitachi
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) will introduce the new ZX17U-5 and ZX19U-5 mini excavators as stars of this week’s Intermat show. Designed to be user-friendly, offering high levels of performance, comfort and durability, the Zaxis-5 models are ideal for working in narrow or confine
Oceaneering Takes Profit Dive
Subsea engineering specialist, Oceaneering, has reported a drop in first-quarter earnings for the period ended March 31, 2015 as revenues declined on lower demand. On revenue of $786.8 million, Oceaneering generated net income of $69.5 million, or $0.70 per share. During the corresponding period in
InterMoor Replaces FSU Mooring Off Equatorial Guinea
InterMoor Inc., an Acteon company, finished replacing critical components in an FPU mooring system offshore Equatorial Guinea on schedule, enabling the prime contractor, Boskalis, to expand the InterMoor work scope. The original contract covered replacing old mooring chains and wire ropes for 8 of t
Rolls-Royce to power New Orient’s ice-class multi-purpose vessel
Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply a power and propulsion package for a high-end ice-class multi-purpose vessel under construction at Keppel Singmarine for Singaporean ship owner New Orient Marine Pte Ltd. Keppel secured a contract from New Orient Marine for an ice-class multi-purpose vess
WMI Completes Two Major Investments
Weeks Marine, Inc., Houma, LA, has announced the completion of two major investments that will increase the competitiveness and efficiency of the company’s dredging, sediment slurry pumping and placement capability in Coastal Louisiana and around the USA. Both cutter suction dredge EW Ellefsen and t
Intertek opens upgraded corrosion testing facility
Intertek, a solutions provider to industries worldwide, has officially opened its newly expanded centre for corrosion testing services in Manchester, UK. The company has invested £1.2m ($1.8 million) in its Production and Integrity Assurance (P&IA) facility in Manchester, UK to meet growing demand f
Caley, Hampidjan in Steel-Like Fibre Ropes Alliance
Glasgow-based offshore handling system specialists, Caley Ocean Systems, and high performance rope manufacturers, Hampidjan from Iceland have formed a strategic alliance to bring, as they say, the benefits of steel-like fibre ropes to the offshore market. While the general benefits of fibres ropes h