Operations & Maintenance
Oceaneering Continues with Ocean Intervention III
Oceaneering has extended the charter period for MV Ocean Intervention III vessel for one year, Island Offshore informs. According to Island Offshore, options for further extensions are included in the contract. Ocean Intervention III is performing subsea IMR work in Angola, and has been in service f
Image of the day: Anchors for BlueTec towed into position
Anchors for BlueTec tidal platform are being towed into position on May 28, 2015, ahead of the planned installation of the floating tidal platform. The platform will serve as a demonstration targeted at remote locations, and will be deployed off Texel island, after which it will be connected to the
Osiris Boosts Diving Capabilities
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons, has taken delivery of its new Bauer Enriched Air Nitrox diving system. The diving and subsea engineering specialist said that the system will be used for projects in the offshore renewable and oil and gas industries, the system is fully IMCA compliant and opera
Fendercare Completes UXO Project at Sandbank OWF
Fendercare Subsea Services have completed their UXO project on behalf of Sandbank Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München. The UXO project was conducted at the Sandbank offshore wind farm which is the second largest power generation project undertaken by Vattenfall a
Alun Griffiths wins £25 mln supply contract for Swansea tidal
Alun Griffiths has been named as preferred bidder for public realm ancillary works for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. Under the contract, worth approximately £25 mln, Abergavenny-based Alun Griffiths will provide ancillary civil engineering for the project’s public realm works, including breakwater surfa
Polarcus Secures TGS Extension
TGS has, upon completion of the initial survey in Barents Sea Southeast, elected to extend the charter with Polarcus to acquire a further 3,000 km square kilometers of multi-client 3D seismic in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Earlier in April this year, TGS’ hired Polarcus to acquire 3,000 square kilome
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 25 – May 31). OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a subsea production systems contract totaling more than $330 million for a gas project offshore North Africa. Under th
VIDEO: Sabella lays cable for D10 tidal
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, has completed the cable laying procedure for its 1 MW D10 tidal turbine on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The cable was installed using Bourbon’s Argonaut tugboat that is 69 m long and 14 m wide. The installation of the 2 km, 7.5 kVA cable started on Monday, May 25.
Re-opening of Dean Quarry raises environmental concerns
Plans to extract rock for the construction of the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon from Dean Quarry has raised concerns over the potential impact it could have on marine conservation area. The developer of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, Tidal Lagoon Power, plans to re-open Dean Quarry in order to extrac
Reach Subsea Slumps to Loss
Norwegian contractor, Reach Subsea, has plunged to a loss in the first quarter 2015 as its results were hit by weak market and low vessel utilisation. The Oslo-listed company booked a net loss of NOK 9.2 million ($1.2 million) for the period, compared to profit of NOK 3.8 million (approx. $0.5 milli
EMEC, CENSIS to aid development of new sensor technologies
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and CENSIS (Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems) have joined forces to support innovation and development of new sensor technologies. By helping innovative sensor technologies develop through technology readiness levels (TRL) and providing indepe
Huisman Buys into Fistuca
Huisman and the management of Fistuca BV have reached an agreement on the participation of Huisman as shareholder and investor in Fistuca BV. Fistuca is developing, according to the company, a revolutionary new pile driving technology, BLUE Piling Technology. Fistuca believes that this new technique
GC Rieber Sells CSV Polar Prince
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement to sell its multi-functional DP2 construction support vessel CSV Polar Prince. The vessel is designed in-house and was built by the Norwegian Flekkefjord Yard in 1999. The 94 meters long vessel has since its delivery been used for inspection, maintena
Bureau Veritas Sets Standards for Marine Renewable Energy
Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conve