Equipment
Unique System at Underwater Intervention
A division of the Unique Maritime Group (UMG), an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, Unique System LLC (USA) is participating at the Underwater Intervention show to be held from February 10- 12, 2015 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, USA. Underwater Intervention
Neptune Adds New ROVs to Its Fleet
Neptune Marine Services, a provider of integrated inspection, repair and maintenance solutions, has announced an expansion of it’s ROV fleet, by adding two fully refurbished 150 HP TMRV systems. According to the Neptune, the acquisition is a part of the company’s strategic ‘One Neptune’ growth plan
London Gateway: Third Berth Plans Announced
DP World London Gateway has announced plans to move forward with a third berth at the UK’s new deep-sea hub port, located 25 miles from central London. The Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP, visited the state-of-the-art port with local MPs. He climbed one of the world’s tallest
SeeByte, VideoRay Upgrade Sonar CoPilot
SeeByte in collaboration with VideoRay have successfully developed and tested improvements to the Sonar CoPilot system. According to SeeByte, these software upgrades include improvements to the user interfaces and target tracking features. The system provides a comprehensive tool to allow for 1-clic
SMD Expands Sales Team
Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has added two new members to its sales teams. Ian Bryan, who qualified as a chartered engineer while working on nuclear submarines in the Royal Navy, joins SMD team from the Crown Estate. Ian brings with him a range o
etpm Boosts Services
Subsea and marine recruitment specialist etpm has introduced two new key service lines and made two senior appointments to further grow and develop its service. According to the company, the changes further position etpm as the provider of one of the most comprehensive crewing service agencies in th
Shell Recovers Survey Data with Sonardyne Technology
Sonardyne International’s acoustic modem technology has been used by Shell to recover survey data from a network of long-life seabed sensors deployed in the North Sea. To date, the network of Autonomous Monitoring Transponders (AMTs) has collected over a quarter of a billion measurements as part of
Maritech Wraps Up Subsea Cable Setup (Canada)
Maritech International, a provider of subsea installations and marine works to the international oil and gas, telecommunications and power transmission industries, has successfully completed a subsea power cable installation in Newfoundland. The USD$14.5 million contract with Newfoundland Power Inc.
VIDEO: Waterdunen Coastal Protection by DEME
Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME), an international group of specialized companies in the field of capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation, port infrastructure development and etc, has just released a video about the Waterdunen coastal protection project. Waterdunen
PHOTO: ABB’s Subsea Cable for Kriegers Flak OWF
ABB has won an order worth over $100 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating current (AC) cable system that will enable the integration and transmission of power from the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm to the mainland grid. As Denmark’s largest o
GE, Andritz Favorites for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
General Electric and Andritz Hydro have been appointed as preferred bidders to the £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon infrastructure project. The two companies, bidding together for the £300m contract to supply sixteen bidirectional turbines to the tidal lagoon power plant, have committed to a majo
RV Heincke Gets New Engines
The Research Vessel Heincke, one of the ships operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), has received three new main engines. With the addition of particle filters and downstream exhaust-gas filter systems, the ship is now both more economical and
Picture of the Day: ‘Artemis’ in New Suez Canal
The New Suez Canal dredging program is moving ahead. The Van Oord’s self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘Artemis’ arrived two days ago at the site and started work immediately. The project was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish in the presence of Egyptian Presiden
First Subsea to Unveil New OWF Connectors
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has announced a launch of a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines, at EWEA Offshore 2015. Namely, First Subsea has streamlined the process of connection and termination during the