Aberdeen based safety systems specialist, Process Safety Systems Ltd (PSS) has been awarded a five-year multi million pound contract with oil giant, Total E&P UK Ltd. The contract is expected to create up to 7 new career opportunities with PSS and will see the company provide systems support service
Top News of the Week March 25 – 30, 2013
The underwater robot Observer 3.2 is an ultra light weight vehicle (14.5 lbs), only 19.7 inches long, with yet outsanding performances in terms of navigation and inspection. It can reach 500 feet water depth, and a speed of 3 knots. In its standard version, it is equipped with two high definition/hi
Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging bucket to a Genoa-based company specialising in dredging works and beach replenishment. The dredging bucket was installed on a CAT excavator that worked from a floating pontoon to dredge sand and silt from within the walls of the harbor of Chiav
The video shows an animation of Boskalis’ Trencformer, a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. The trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides working together with cable laying vessels, the Trenchformer can operate as a stand-alone
Following the announcement from Boskalis Offshore about expansion of its capabilities in the cable installation market with the new ‘Trenchformer’, hereby we bring you an animation video of this multi-purpose cable trencher: Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has officially presented its 50-tonne fibre rope traction winch, known as IDsis, to the Dutch and Belgian offshore markets. The presentation on 20 March was attended by a large group of lifting specialists, who responded enthusiastically to the prototype and the res
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has officially presented its 50-tonne fibre rope traction winch, known as IDsis, to the Dutch and Belgian offshore markets. The presentation on 20 March was attended by a large group of lifting specialists, who responded enthusiastically to the prototype and the res
Boskalis Offshore expands its capabilities in the cable installation market with the Trenchformer, a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides working togeth
Dutch Boskalis Offshore has expanded its capabilities in the cable installation market with the Trenchformer: a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides wor
Boskalis Offshore expands its capabilities in the cable installation market with the Trenchformer: a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides working togeth
Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd (Gt Yarmouth, UK) reports that two major product launches are planned for this year’s Ocean Business Conference, both of which are to be demonstrated on board their dedicated survey vessel, the Coral Wind. In a shift away from their traditional sub-bottom profiling a
With 8 more booths added the exhibition area offers opportunity to more companies and organisations to showcase their newest products and services to the dredging world. World Dredging Congresses (June 3-7, 2013, Square Meeting Centre, Brussels, Belgium) are organised once every three years by WODA,
Work is in progress at Mair’s Yard, Lerwick on Lerwick Port Authority’s new quay as the site of a future fishmarket building. Contractor Tulloch Developments has completed installing the piles for the quay wall of the 151 metre long berth. An extensive area of land reclamation has been created and t
