Subsea
Mermaid Nets Two Subsea Deals
Mermaid Maritime has recently been awarded two subsea contracts with a combined estimated value of USD 4.6 million. The first contract award, with work scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2017, will involve a short ROV campaign for pipeline touchdown monitoring for an international EPCIC cont
ION Below NYSE Listing Standards
ION Geophysical has received a written notice from the New York Stock Exchange that it is not in compliance with the continued listing standards. The company is considered below criteria established by the NYSE for continued listing because its average market capitalization has been less than $50 mi
UDS Splashes ‘Van Gogh’
Singapore-based Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has launched its new DP2 multipurpose diving support construction vessel (DSCV) ‘Van Gogh’ at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Shenzhen. The launch follows recent delivery of the diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Lichtenstein by the
Vroon Christens ‘VOS Start’ in Amsterdam
Vroon’s newest addition to fleet, VOS Start, was named yesterday, July 20, at Damen Shiprepair in Amsterdam. The vessel was named by Tracie Moyes from MHI Vestas Offshore. VOS Start, Vroon’s first subsea-support walk-to-work vessel has been purpose built to support offshore operations in today’s Ren
Subsea 7 Bags $250M Extension for 3 PLSVs in Brazil
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract extensions for three pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil. These extensions have a combined value of approximately USD 250 million, the Oslo-listed firm said on Friday. The firm contract periods for the Seven W
VIDEO: Ocean Infinity SeaWorker ASVs on Sea Trials
The final sea trials of the SeaWorker autonomous vessels have taken place in the Solent before mobilisation to Ocean Infinity’s mothership, the Seabed Constructor. Ocean Infinity will use the ASVs for positioning and monitoring of the HUGIN 6000 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) as part of wide
Boskalis to Use Gap EOD’s Tech for Borssele Zone UXO Hunt
Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) has invented the technology for Dutch dredging giant Boskalis to find the unexploded munitions from WWII in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone in the North Sea. The project is part of a multi-million dollar deal between Fugro and Boskalis for the Dutch transmissions s
Blue Water in Shipwreck Recovery Off North Carolina
Swordfish Partners, a Florida joint venture comprised of Endurance Exploration Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, EXPL Swordfish, and Deep Blue Exploration have contracted Blue Water Ventures to recover potentially valuable artifacts and coins from a shipwreck site off the coast of North Carolina the
Modulus Launches Submersible GPS Receiver
Modulus Technology, based in Great Yarmouth, UK and part of the AAE Technologies Group, has recently introduced its new, submersible GPS receiver with integrated L1 + L2 antenna to the marine survey market. The so-called MiniPod 101G provides streamer head and tail positioning, source positioning fo
Final Culzean Jacket in Place
The jacket for the utility & living quarter platform (ULQ) has been installed on the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean development field, Heerema Fabrication Group informed through social media. The third and the final jacket follows the installation of the central processing facility (
MacGregor Bags Order for Moheshkhali FSRU
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for on-vessel equipment, product fabrication, engineering and project management for a complete mooring and riser system that will serve Moheshkhali floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The delivery will be completed in the second quarter 20
Oceanteam Closes Refinance of Two CSVs
Oceanteam said it has closed refinance of CSV Bourbon Oceanteam 101 and CSV Southern Ocean for a period of five years at market terms. After delivery in December 2007, Bourbon Oceanteam 101 was chartered by Oceaneering for field support work with BP offshore Angola. The contract was terminated at th
AgileTek Sees AELCloud in Action for Fugro
Subsea engineering analysis consultancy, AgileTek, has completed the first use of its AELCloud system on a project for Fugro. The work required simulations of subsea power cable installation operations to be performed to verify procedures, component sizes and weather windows. Some of the results wer
Huawei Marine Connects Ambergris Caye with Belize Mainland
Belize Telemedia Ltd (BTL) and Huawei Marine have delivered Strategic Evolution Underwater Link (SEUL) project, bringing fiber-optic submarine cable connectivity to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Stretching over 23 kilometers from the Belize mainland to the Caye, this fiber optic connectivity will be in