Operations & Maintenance
OceanGate’s Cyclops Maps Andrea Doria Shipwreck
OceanGate, together with a team of explorers, conducted the mapping and the first manned submersible operation to the Andrea Doria shipwreck since 1995. The Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria sank in 1956 about 50 miles from Nantucket. The 697-foot-long wreck, often referred to as the “Mt. Everest
Polarcus Scores Another Deal
Seismic contractor Polarcus has received a letter of intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for an additional broadband 3D marine seismic survey offshore South America. According to the Oslo-listed company, the project is planned to start in early Q4 2016 and run for approximately three months. The
AWI Scientists to Deploy New Equipment in Arctic Study
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are setting out with the research vessel Polarstern towards Spitsbergen, to use newly developed equipment in the Arctic Ocean. Autonomous instruments on the seabed, in the water column and in the air w
Next Geosolutions Presents Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline Survey Findings
Next Geosolutions, an independent geoscience and engineering service provider, has shared lessons learned from the company’s involvement in the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline inspection activities. In 2014, Next Geosolutions completed the first of a two campaign project of nearshore survey and inspect
Fugro Wins More South Holland Offshore Wind Zone Work
Fugro has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation survey contract for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone. This follows previous contracts awarded earlier this year for geophysical survey and metocean monitoring at the same site. The work will be performed using geotechnical DP2 vessels
Inuktun MaggHD Magnetic Crawler Reaches New Heights
MaggHD™ magnetic crawler developed by Inuktun, a Canada-headquartered manufacturer of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and modular robotic systems, has recently delivered a wind turbine inspection of an 80m high tower in France. “When you consider the options for wind turbine inspection, the MaggHD
Mermaid Recharters DSV for Indonesia Ops
Mermaid Maritime’s Indonesian business unit, Seascape, has entered into a one-year charter-in contract with Nusa Perkasa Permai for a DP2 dive support vessel, the DSV Mermaid Nusantara. Formerly known as ‘Windermere’, the vessel comes with a 15 man built-in saturation diving system and air diving sy
Norway Approves Oseberg Vestflanken 2
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has sanctioned the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Oseberg Vestflanken 2. Reserves projected at 110 million barrels of oil equivalent the investments are estimated at NOK 8.2 billion (2015). The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development consists of an unmanne
Seatricity tackles wave testing challenges
Seatricity has repaired the damage on the moorings on the Oceanus 2 system, and is continuing with the device trials at Wave Hub.
MMT Bags COBRA Cable Route Survey
Marine survey specialist MMT has been awarded a cable route survey contract for the COBRA subsea cable, connecting Denmark with the Netherlands. The survey contract, awarded by Prysmian, includes inshore and offshore parts, consisting of geophysical, geotechnical and visual surveys including cable t
Tideway Scoops Hornsea One Cable-Laying Job
Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has been awarded a design and build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. For this project, Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 subsea cable-layin
Eidesvik Finds Work for Viking Poseidon in Wind Sector
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik has secured another contract from Siemens Wind Power for the offshore construction vessel Viking Poseidon to support its operations in the German offshore wind sector. The contract, scheduled to start in June this year, is the second contract the company has been awar
Aquatic – JFO Alliance Wraps Up Ocean Installer Project
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore Ltd (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The project scope includes recovery and reinstallation of moorings lines on a G
Kreuz Subsea Delivers Project Off India
Singapore-based Kreuz Subsea recently undertook a hot tapping project on live pipelines, completing three hot taps and interconnecting spools for an EPC contractor and an undisclosed oil and gas major, on the West coast of India. Oceaneering’s smart taps (2 x 12” + 1 x 14”) with furmanite tooling, w