GC Rieber Shipping has completed the process of redelivery and sale of the icebreaking research vessel Ernest Shackleton to the new owner Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS). The redelivery of the vessel from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) marked the end of a nearly
Profloating has completed the construction of the world’s first floating PV system in the form of a milk bottle in the port of Rotterdam. An innovative Dutch company that specializes in floating solar energy solutions, realized the uniquely formed floating solar energy project in close collaboration
FMGC, the casting subsidiary of Farinia Group, has supplied three sets of gravity base ballast and one gravity anchor for the Guinard Energies tidal turbine project. Guinard Energies recently submerged its latest tidal turbine, the 20kW P154, in the waters of Ria d’Etel around Brest in Brittany. The
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has halved its quarterly loss as revenues more than doubled for the period ended March 31, 2019. The Oslo-listed company reported net loss for Q1 2019 of $6 million or 5 cents per share, versus loss of $12 million in Q1 2018. Revenues for the quarter rose
ARC Marine, who have invented a pioneering system for building artificial reefs, have received a Rapid Innovation Grant from Marine-i to enable them to progress to the next stage of their project. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sec
Geophysical contractor TGS has posted higher profit in the first quarter of 2019 when compared to same period in 2018, despite revenue drop. The Oslo-listed firm posted earnings per share of 17 cents, up 34% from 13 cents per share in Q1 2018. TGS generated net revenues of close to $110 million in Q
Aibel/Keppel FELS consortium has secured a contract from TenneT for the supply of the HVDC platform and onshore converter station of the offshore grid connection project DolWin5. ABB will supply the complete HVDC electrical power system. Aibel’s scope within the consortium is the engineering and pro
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has finalized the cable route study and mobilized the marine survey vessel for the EllaLink submarine cable system. The survey will be performed over the coming months and permit acquisition continues in line with EllaLink’s plans to be Ready for Service by the end o
Nexans has been selected to provide power umbilical for a new all-electric actuated multiphase subsea boosting station set to maximize oil recovery from the Equinor’s Vigdis field in the North Sea. Vigdis produces oil through the Snorre field, and OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has been awarded
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has recently been awarded subsea IMR and survey and inspection contracts for the 2019 summer season. According to the company, the combined firm value is approximately NOK 40 million ($4.6 million). The awarded contracts are a mixture of two call-offs under
Allseas pipelay vessel Solitaire recently started laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipeline in Russian waters. Solitaire will spend about a month constructing one of the two approximately 100-kilometres-long sections in the Russian territorial sea. Solitaire is a 300-metres-long a
Oilfield services company, Expro, said it has expanded its subsea intervention capabilities, introducing two new well access solutions in addition to its subsea landing string system technologies. According to Expro, the Intervention Riser System (IRS) will safely establish and maintain well access
Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has recently held the keel laying ceremony of the cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Keel laying marks the start of assembling the grand blocks of a newbuild vessel, destined for the installation of subsea cables by Nexans. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, whil
Subsea 7 has picked BMT and Sonardyne to deliver riser monitoring system (RMS) for the world’s largest spar platform, Aasta Hansteen. The Aasta Hansteen Spar platform is operated and owned by Equinor. Located 300 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) in water depth
