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Best of 2014
Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best of 2014 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles. January: Stork Sells Its Subsea Division to N-Sea Group Stork Tec
Readers’ Choice: Top News of 2014
Official Start of the New Suez Canal Project Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish and United Arab Emirates Minister of State Sultan Ahmed al-Gaber earlier this week gave the green light for the start of dredging works on the new Suez Canal project. Southampton Port Ready for Giants
Picture of the Day: Newark Bay Dredging
The Clamshell head on this dredge boat is removing sediment from the bottom of Newark Bay, in effort to deepen the harbor to 50 feet. This is part of the New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project, that when complete, will allow bigger container vessels to enter the harbor. The project area is
BP Kicks Off Kinnoull Production
BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, has started production from the Kinnoull field in the central North Sea. Kinnoull is BP’s seventh and final major upstream project start-up in 2014. The Kinnoull reservoir, developed as part of a wider rejuvenation of the Andrew field area, is tied b
TM Wins SKR1M Subsea Cable Project
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) has been awarded a contract via an open tender process to develop and construct a new submarine cable system, called Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). The establishment of this new submarine cable system i
New Corozal Port in Panama Approved
The Panama Canal Board of Directors this week formally approved the development and construction of a transshipment port in Panama’s Corozal region. Upon completion, the port will have the capacity to handle more than five million TEUs within a 120-hectare area at the Canal’s entrance to the Pacific
NUS Builds Turtle Robot for Underwater Tasks
NUS Engineering researchers are closer to creating underwater robotic creatures with a brain of their own, besides behaving like the real thing. In the near future, it would not be too tall an order for the team to produce a swarm of autonomous tiny robotic sea turtles and fishes for example, to per
Damen Multi Cat 2712 for MarineCo UK
MarineCo UK has contracted Damen Shipyards Group for a Multi Cat 2712. The vessel will be delivered in April 2015. Mr. Mike Conafray, Managing Director at MarineCo stated that “after a long evaluation, with alternative builders, Damen came through with the right vessel at the right cost, the new ves
MacGregor to Supply Subsea Crane for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive support v
ICWRCOE Conference Set for March 2015
The International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE 2015) will take place from March 12-14, 2015, in Surathkal, Mangalore, India. This conference will provide a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists and academicians as well as industrial professionals fr
PHOTO: MacGregor offshore cranes for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive suppor
SBI drilling systems for China’s largest offshore rig
China Sunrise Group Co. Ltd. (“CSG”) has appointed Singapore’s SBI Offshore Limited as the lead contractor responsible for procurement of drilling equipment systems for a CS70 semi-submersible offshore rig. Designed by Moss Maritime of Norway, the rig will be built in China. Guangzhou-based CSG, whi
Minister of Infrastructure Visits Gdansk Port
On December 19th, 2014, Ms. Maria Wasiak, Minister of Infrastructure and Development paid a visit to the Port of Gdansk. She was accompanied by Ms. Dorota Pyc, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, and by Ms. Monika Niemiec-Butryn, Deputy Director of the Departme
Magseis inks Chevron seabed survey deal
Seismic surveyor Magseis has said that a final contract has been entered into with Chevron North Sea Ltd for seabed seismic acquisition in the UK sector of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene vessel. The work is expected to start towards the end of the fi