Dockwise confirms its first contract for the new Type 0 vessel. By the end of 2012 and immediately upon delivery of the vessel by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the vessel will transport the Jack St. Malo platform hull from Korea to the US Gulf of Mexico. While initially in the form of an intent, the sel
Norske Shell is claiming a new subsea installation record on its Ormen Lange development in the Norwegian Sea. A fourth template has been… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, July 25, 2011;
AS the death toll in Norway’s twin terror attacks ratcheted past 90, officials said overnight they were readying a mini-submarine to search… (heraldsun) [mappress] Source: heraldsun, July 25, 2011;
Eleven years after 118 submariners met a grisly death at the bottom of the ocean in the Kursk, a British team has developed the most advance… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 25, 2011;
The Subsea Services Business Line of Fugro has added six new Saab Seaeye ROV systems to their worldwide ROV fleet in the first half of 2011 in a deal that sees Fugro continue their relationship with Saab Seaeye stretching back to the early 1990s. In addition to the six new ROV systems, Fugro has als
Dockwise confirms its first contract for the new Type 0 vessel. By the end of 2012 and immediately upon delivery of the vessel by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the vessel will transport the Jack St. Malo platform hull from Korea to the US Gulf of Mexico. While initially in the form of an intent, the sel
Throughout six month of this year Klaipėda Port handled 18,4 million tons of sea born cargo, the overall cargo handling increase reached even 22,6 % if to compare with the corresponding period of the previous year. According to cargo handling turnover in Easter Coast Baltic Ports in the period of Ja
The 45 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on Port State Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with structural safety and the Load Line Convention. This inspection campaign will be held for 3 months, ending on 30 Novem
Emerald Atlantis Limited and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology announced the finalization of an Instruction to Proceed to build the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The first phase will provide both low-latency and ult
The first unit of Maritime Action Ship (BAM), “Meteoro”, for the Spanish Navy has successfully finalized the last sea trials, prior to her commissioning on 28th. July. These sea trials have taken place on 17th. and 18th. July, in order to test the perfect performance of the platform and combat syste
Providence Resources P.l.c. , the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin, announces that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, commenced operations for its 3D seismic acquisition project in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 4/08 in
The construction of Maasvlakte 2, the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, is proceeding according to schedule. Currently work is focusing on building the hard seawall, dredging the quays for the first container terminals and the preparations for the construction of infrastructure like roads, interse
LDD, an Acteon company, has won a multimillion-pound contract with RWE npower renewables to provide specialist drilling services to help install 160 wind turbine foundations at the Gwynt y Môr wind farm 18 km off the North Wales coast. LDD will commission what is believed to be the world’s largest a
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have successfully blown up a huge German mine off the Essex coast. The 1,500lb Second World War device was dredged up last Friday by the vessel Congo River about seven miles off Walton-on-the-Naze. A team from Southern Diving Unit 2 in Portsmouth were faced with an i
