Equipment
SSA Marine to Run Haiti’s First Panamax Port
GB Group, a diversified collection of industrial and trading companies, has hired SSA Marine to oversee the port and terminal operations at Port Lafito, a world class modern container port currently under construction in Haiti. “Port Lafito marks our first operation in Haiti, opening our business to
Exceed nets new business in Malaysia
Well management and performance improvement specialist Exceed, based in Aberdeen, has won its first Malaysia-based contract for its performance improvement division, worth around $600,000. The three year call-off contract will see up to three members of Exceed personnel mobilised to the region. Perf
Students Visit Subsea 7
Oil services company Subsea 7 hosted a visit for ‘Young Women into Energy’ students at its Aberdeen workshop. Every year, North East Scotland College runs a skills for work energy course for girls in secondary school. The course is part of an initiative to encourage school pupils to consider enginee
Seatricity Oceanus 2 Almost Ready for Redeployment
Seatricity has informed that the winter refit of its Oceanus 2 wave energy convertor is nearing completion. Over the next few days, Seatricity’s patented hydraulic pump, which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washingt
BGR to Charter Survey Vessel for Panorama 2
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) from Hannover, Germany plans to hire a vessel to conduct offshore geophysical surveys. BGR has invited tenders for the provision of a research vessel, intended for the Institute’s project “Panorama 2” which includes conducting 2D refl
Rijkswaterstaat Takes Down Noordwaard Levee
Instead of raising the river levee, the Dutch national public works Rijkswaterstaat started to lower the levee along the river Rhine with 3 meter over a length of 2 km. In case of an extreme river discharge, the river will overtop the lowered levee and flood the hinterland, the Noordwaard polder. Du
Kooiman Signs Dredger Conversion Contract
Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV, a subsidiary of The Kooiman Group, has inked a contract to complete a conversion project for the trailing suction hopper dredger Ostsee. The conversion involves the replacement of dredging installation’s electrical drives with the direct diesel drives. Two jet water pum
Oceaneering Wraps Up C & C Technologies Deal
Oceaneering has closed the previously announced definitive agreement to acquire C & C Technologies. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, C&C is a provider of ocean-bottom mapping services in deepwater utilizing customized autonomous underwater vehicles and provides marine construction surveys for
Barakah wins topside maintenance gig from KPOC
Barakah Offshore Petroleum’s subsidiary, PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV), has received the Letter of Award from Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) for the provision of topside maintenance services. KPOC is a joint operating company comprising PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (40%), ConocoPhill
Van Oord’s Twelfth Water Injection Dredger Named
For the first time, Van Oord named a vessel at its Rotterdam head office jetty. The vessel is a water injection dredging vessel that is almost 19 m long and more than 5 m wide. Van Oord employee Ms Jacqueline Determann named the vessel Borr. Water injection dredging is a proven technique for small-s
News in Photos: Dragflow at OMC in Ravenna
Dragflow, a company specialized in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, has recently attended the twelfth bi-annual Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC 2015) in Ravenna, Italy. The three-day conference hosted a
CGG Challenges Dolphin Record Claims
After the recent announcement from Dolphin about mobilisation of what the company described as “world’s largest floating object” by deploying a seismic spread of 12 streamers offshore Myanmar, Subsea World News received a notice from CGG claiming the announcement as “misinformation from Dolphin”. Th
Dolphin’s world record questioned by CGG
French seismic data acquisition specialist CGG has questioned a reported world record by its Norwegian rival Dolphin Geophysical. To remind, Dolphin Geophysical recently reported it had mobilised “the ‘world’s largest floating object’ by deploying a seismic spread of 12 streamers, 7,050 meters in
Ellicott Dredges: Record Deliveries to U.S. Market
Ellicott Dredges, one of the oldest and most successful dredging equipment companies in the world, continued a strong sales effort over the last 15 months with shipments of dozens of dredges to over a dozen countries. Ellicott considers an outstanding aspect of this performance to be its exceptional