Operations & Maintenance
Delta Marine Successfully Wraps Up OWF Job
Delta Marine’s vessel Whalsa Lass, anchor handling tug, has demonstrated its versatility during recently completed works on the wind farm project off the coast of Grimsby, UK. Delta’s Damen-2611 Multicat was hired to serve as anchor handler for the cable laying vessel but ended up performing various
WATCH: Transporting Mariner PLEM
The largest structure of the Mariner subsea scope, the pipeline end manifold (PLEM) stopped all traffic in Larvik, Norway as it was transported from the fabrication yard. The subsea steel structure stands 4 metres high, 16 metres long and weights 130 tonnes equivalent to the weight of ten S-92 helic
Fugro to Lay Off 200
Fugro has announced further headcount reduction of 200 employees in the coming half year, in particular in the Subsea Services and Geotechnical divisions as it anticipates an even more challenging market in the second half of 2015. The Dutch offshore services provider generated a year-on-year revenu
Update: Reunion Debris Confirmed as MH370
A part of a wing recently discovered on Réunion Island has been confirmed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Malaysia’s prime minister announced today. “It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris
Image of the day: BlueTec platform producing power
BlueTec floating tidal platform has been deployed in the Wadden Sea, off Netherlands. The platform is installed off Texel island and connected to the Dutch electricity grid. It is meant to stay there producing electricity for several years, allowing multiple turbines to be tried out, according to Bl
SAMS’ Seagliders Contribute to Ocean Studies
Robotic underwater Seagliders used by the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have now gathered the equivalent of five years of oceanographic data, most of which was collected in the past 18 months. This milestone, which was reached at the end of last month, highlights a major
MH370: Experts to Shed Light on Suspected Wing Part
New hopes have been raised in search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, which disappeared on March 8 last year, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, following the recent discovery of an aircraft wreckage on the island of La Réunion. Namely, on July 29, a two-metre-long wing pa
Bourbon Sees Revenue Rise 13 Pct
French vessel owner and provider of marine and subsea services, Bourbon, has seen its half-year revenue rise to a record $824.2 million (€759 million) on favorable foreign exchange rate impact. However, the company noted that oil price drop has significantly impacted the market environment in the oi
Red Ink for Polarcus
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has recorded a net loss fourth quarter in a row on 33% lower revenues from the same quarter a year earlier and approximately $67 million impairments. During the Q2 2015, Polarcus booked revenues of $91.7 million, compared to $137.6 million in Q2 2014. The drop was prima
Waypoint North: Offshore Wind Attracts European Helicopter Industry
As offshore wind projects are moving further offshore, and turbine manufacturers are installing hoist platforms on their turbines, there is now a growing interest from helicopter operators in learning more about possible market opportunities in the industry, according to Waypoint North, an independe
AquaComms Loads Cable for AEConnect Subsea System
AquaComms Limited announces that cable for its America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic system is being loaded for deployment. TE SubCom designed, manufactured and is loading this cable system from its factory in Newington, New Hampshire, U.S., onto its cable ship Reliance, one of eight
Marina di Pisa project to make waves off Italy
Elements Works and 40South Energy, Italy-based tidal and wave energy players, are working together to advance Marina di Pisa wave energy project off Tuscany, Italy. When fully completed, Marina di Pisa project will comprise two 40South Energy’s H24 devices that can work both as wave and tidal units,
Subsea in July
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of July has seen companies forging alliances, industry majors announcing market-adjusting plans, new job cuts, fleet reductions and contract cancellatio
Sabella’s D10 cable connection stalls. Retry end of August
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has delayed the connection of its D10 tidal turbine with Ushant island, France. As reported earlier, Sabella planned to connect the 1 MW tidal turbine with the Ushant island during the neap tide, between July 24 and 27, but the company stated it was unsucces