Operations & Maintenance
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
WWT floating tidal turbine to be tested off British Columbia
Water Wall Turbine (WWT) is progressing well with the construction of its floating tidal energy turbine planned to be deployed for testing off Dent Island this year.
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
Vard Could Be Stuck with Harkand’s Newbuild
Following the financial crash of Harkand Group, that saw four charter deals terminated and over 170 jobs lost, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the newbuild DP3 dive support vessel the Harkand Haldane, which was scheduled for delivery in Q2 2016. Namely, the vessel is in an advanced s
Seatricity all set for Oceanus 2 deployment
Falmouth-based wave energy developer, Seatricity, is waiting for suitable weather conditions to redeploy Oceanus 2 wave energy converter off Cornwall, following the completion of the refitting operations on the device.
Siem Cancels Harkand Vessel Deal
Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has terminated the charter party for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish, due to non-performance of the charterer’s obligation, the company said on Monday. In November 2013, Harkand had entered into a charter agreement with Siem Offshore fo
COBRA Cable Gets Green Light
Dutch Tennet and its Danish partner Energinet.dk have received all the necessary approvals for the construction of COBRA subsea cable. The COpenhagen-BRussels-Amsterdam (COBRA) cable, with a length of 300 km, will directly link Eemshaven in the Netherlands to Endrup in Denmark. The approval for the
MSI Supports Shell Off Tanzania
Metocean Services International (MSI) has deployed a metocean mooring array offshore Tanzania for Shell (formerly BG). With water depths ranging from 53m to 2,620m, the array comprises 2 AXYS Technologies WatchMate metocean buoys as well as 12 subsea moorings, measuring waves, currents and water qua
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 02 – May 08). IMR and light construction player Harkand has entered into administration after it, earlier this year, defaulted on the payment of its senior secured bond issue and interest, due to
Northern HeliCopter Nets Global Tech I Crew Transfer Deal
Emden-based Northern HeliCopter GmbH (NHC) has won a contract to transport crews working on the 400MW Global Tech I far shore wind farm in the German Bight. NHC, an ambulance and air rescue services specialist, has bought an Airbus H155 helicopter specifically for providing the new service. Crew cha
Harkand North America and Africa to Relaunch as Ethos Offshore
A team led by AJ Jain, Harkand North America managing director, has agreed to a management buyout (MBO) of Harkand’s North American and African business. The new company, to be named Ethos Offshore Ltd, will continue to provide subsea engineering and construction services to Harkand’s existing US, M