Operations & Maintenance
Maersk Connector Named in UK
DeepOcean, in corporation with Maersk Supply Service, held a naming ceremony for the Maersk Connector in Newcastle, UK. The vessel was named by a godmother Haydee Noemi Castillo Diaz de Boyde, the wife of DeepOcean’s commercial director Pierre Boyde. Pierre Boyde said: “We are extremely proud to hav
MDL and Magma Present New Well Intervention System
Maritime Developments (MDL) has delivered a new flexible pipe deployment and retrieval system for Magma Global, which is, reportedly, set to reduce the costs and risks of light well intervention for the offshore oil industry. The m-IDP (integrated deployment package) was unveiled at the company’s as
Hughes SSE Wraps Up Jersey – France Cable Decom Gig
Hughes SSE has completed a 6-week cable decommissioning campaign for Jersey Electricity of the OSS EDF1 power cable. The cable connected the Island of Jersey to France, and spanned 31 kilometers. The link will be replaced by so called Normandie 1 (N1) cable, scheduled for installation by VBMS’ vesse
Offshore Wind Senvion’s Bright Spot
Hamburg-based wind turbine maker Senvion recorded EUR 29 million revenue generated by its offshore wind segment in the first quarter of 2016, a 3.6% increase compared to EUR 28 million offshore wind-related revenue reported for the same period a year earlier. Net firm orders for the quarter stood at
Bibby Offshore in Further Contract Wins
Bibby Offshore has won two contracts with a multi-million pound combined value. The first contract win is a DSV IRM campaign at two unnamed fields in the UKCS, Northern North Sea. The scope of work includes performing barrier testing, reconfiguring flexible pipelines, installing a new production spo
Osbit and Seatools Team Up
Northumberland-based Osbit and Dutch subsea technology company Seatools have entered into a collaborative agreement to develop new offshore systems including active motion compensated Walk to Work gangways. The collaboration has already delivered its first product innovation. Building on Osbit’s est
JDR, Tekmar Join Forces in Offshore Wind Cables Arena
Tekmar Energy and JDR Cables have signed a collaboration agreement for offshore wind subsea cables and accessory supply. The companies said they will work together collaboratively on technology and value engineering projects to support the industry drive for cost, risk and lead time reduction. Over
Fugro Starts Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project
Fugro has started a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea metocean and ice network project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors in the region known as “The Far North” – a frontier region for
Tennet Starts Nordergründe Cable Laying Ops
Electricity transmission system operator, Tennet, has begun subsea cable installation works of the grid connection project Nordergründe. Nordergründe is TenneT’s third offshore grid connection in the twelve sea mile zone in Lower Saxony. As it is only 30 km away from the coast the most efficient con
PDL to Support Viking SeaTech’s North Sea Engineering Team
PDL Solutions, the engineering design and analysis consultancy based in the North East of England, has secured a two-year framework agreement with specialist marine service provider, Viking SeaTech. The framework agreement will see PDL engineers providing advanced structural engineering design, Fini
DeepOcean Beefs Up Its Subsea Trencher
DeepOcean has placed a contract with subsea equipment manufacturer SMD to deliver a mechanical cutting boom and associated cable handling system for its tracked trenching vehicle the T3200. According to DeepOcean, the cutting boom will be twice as powerful and deliver double the torque of any other
Bibby Offshore Scoops North Sea Subsea Gig
Bibby Offshore secured a contract with an undisclosed energy company to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016, will see Bibby Offshore’s construction support vessel Olympic Ares, and its diving supp
Aqualis Offshore Bags Siemens’ Offshore Wind Deal
Siemens Wind Power has awarded Aqualis Offshore with a contract for a series of assessments of a jack-up vessel in relation to maintenance operations that the vessel will perform on offshore wind turbines at a variety of wind farms in the North Sea. Aqualis Offshore’s office in London, UK, will cond
Aqualis Offshore Bags Siemens’ Offshore Wind Deal
Siemens Wind Power has awarded Aqualis Offshore with a contract for a series of assessments of a jack-up vessel in relation to maintenance operations that the vessel will perform on offshore wind turbines at a variety of wind farms in the North Sea. Aqualis Offshore’s office in London, UK, will cond