Equipment
Chinese Grab SMD
Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has been acquired by Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co, a subsidiary of Chinese company CSR Corporation. The Hong Kong-listed company has bought SMD from Inflexion Private Equity and SMD’S management team for, according t
MMT Norway Gets Managing Director
MMT has appointed Audun Brandtzæg as Managing Director for MMT Norway and the office is located in Haugesund, Norway. Audun Brandtzæg will be responsible of developing MMT’s operations in Norway, from market and business development to implementation of projects. Audun will also contribute to compan
VIDEO: Researchers Develop New Underwater Robot
Researchers of the University of Washington built a new underwater robot, named “Millennium Falcon”, for the purpose of deploying instruments to gather information about how marine life interacts with underwater equipment used to harvest wave and tidal energy. Researchers still don’t fully understan
Seatronics, 2G Robotics in Sales and Distribution Partnership
Seatronics, an Acteon company, and 2G Robotics have announced a global sales and distribution partnership. The 2G Robotics line of underwater laser scanners will now be available through Seatronics for equipment rentals and sales, Seatronics wrote in a press release. Phil Middleton, deputy managing
Solo: Killiwani North hook-up imminent
Solo Oil has announced the operator of the Kiliwani North (“KN”) gas field offshore Tanzania, Aminex, has advised that the newly constructed gas export pipeline from the Songo Songo processing plant to the KN-1 gas well has been completed to within approximately 20 metres from the KN-1 production we
MBARI Engineers Recover Experimental Wave Power Buoy
In early January 2015, a team of MBARI engineers, led by Andy Hamilton, set out to sea to recover an experimental buoy that creates electrical energy from ocean waves. This power buoy had been deployed six miles southwest of Moss Landing Harbor for 131 days, while the engineers tested the system’s a
Goliat FPSO Gears for Norway Trip
Eni Norge has reported that the Goliat platform has been towed on board the Dockwise Vanguard at the HHI yard in South Korea. The largest cylindrical FPSO (Flotating production, storage and offloading) facility ever built, and specially designed for the Arctic conditions of the Barents Sea by Sevan
TGE Marine delivers LNG fuel units for first Q-max conversion
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
TGE Marine delivers LNG fuel units for first Q-max conversion
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
Goliat FPSO on board ‘Dockwise Vanguard’. Soon to set sail
Eni Norge has informed that the Goliat platform has now been towed on board the Dockwise Vanguard, “the largest marine transport vessel in the world”. According to Eni, the Goliat platform is the largest and most sophisticated cylindrical FPSO (Flotating production, storage and offloading) facility
Fred.Olsen Takes Delivery of Refurbished Lifesaver (VIDEO)
The refurbished BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter has been delivered to owner Fred.Olsen Ltd by Supacat following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s ‘intelligent systems’ at the Devon engineering firm’s facilities in Dunkeswell and Blackhill Engineering. After over two years of
MARIN Invests in Bosch Rexroth Wave Generators
Bas Buchner, MARIN president, and Ron van den Oetelaar, General Manager Bosch Rexroth Benelux, signed a contract for a new wave generator for MARIN’s new Concept Basin. Part of this contract is a complete new wave generation control system for the wave generators in the Offshore Basin and Seakeeping
‘Stril Barents’ set for Goliat field ops
Eni Norge has informed that Stril Barents, a supply and standby vessel, is ready to start operations at the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Eni says that the vessel will strengthen oil spill and search and rescue contingency operations at the field location. According to the company, Goliat will en
Dutch Govt Hires Cefas Endeavour for ITB Survey
The RV Cefas Endeavour has started an 18 day charter to the Government of the Netherlands organisations Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), with local mobilisation in Scheveningen (Netherlands). The 74 metre multi-disciplinary research vessel wi