Subsea
NOC Participates in European Commission’s AtlantOS Project
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is to play a leading role in the largest marine science project that the European Commission has ever funded. The €20 million AtlantOS project, due to start in January 2015, will bring together a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines from over 60 research org
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 17 – November 23). French oil services provider Technip has announced that, on Monday, November 10, 2014, it approached CGG to create a first tier oil and gas services provider. The pro
Fugro Lands Hornsea Geotechnical Survey
DONG Energy has awarded a contract for one of the largest seabed investigation campaigns in the history of the offshore wind industry to a UK company. Worth £13 million, the contract has been won by Wallingford-based Fugro GeoConsulting, part of the Fugro Group, the integrator of geotechnical, surve
Dolphin’s Polar Empress Gets Its Helideck
The newest edition to Dolphin’s fleet, high-capacity purpose-built vessel M/V Polar Empress, owned by GC Rieber Shipping, had its helideck installed this week. The seismic company Dolphin Geophysical has contracted the vessel for a fixed period of five years, and the high end vessel will enter this
TenneT Seeks Contractor for DolWin3 Underwater Ordnance Removal
TenneT Offshore GmbH has invited tenders for the underwater ordnance removal on the planned DolWin3 offshore submarine cable connection of approximately 42 km. The starting point will be KP 43 north of the island of Borkum, Germany. The route is within the German EEZ and the final destination is the
Statens Vegvesen Invites Tenders for Subsea Tunnel Initial Survey
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has been assigned to review the E39 as a ferry-free road connection along the coast of Vestlandet, Western Norway. This includes, as one of the main priorities, the construction of an underwater tunnel that crosses the Romsdal Fjord. The c
Harkand Nets Southern North Sea Deal
Harkand has won a multi-million pound dive support contract from an undisclosed client. The contract award is for the Southern North Sea region and it’s expected to start later this month. Under the contract, Harkand will mobilise its dive support vessel the Harkand Atlantis to excavate and remove e
Liebherr Delivers New Subsea Crane
On the premises of Liebherr in Rostock a single lift of the new RL-K 7500 subsea crane has taken place in the course of its loading for shipment to Asia. The lift was executed by four Liebherr cranes. In the beginning of September, two LHM 600 mobile harbour cranes and two LG 1750 lattice boom [&hel
Deltares to Test Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Design
Deltares will be testing the design for the Tidal Lagoon Plc’s planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic ef
Technip Moves to Buy CGG
French oil services provider Technip has announced that, on Monday, November 10, 2014, it approached CGG to create a first tier oil and gas services provider. The proposed transaction would take the form of a public tender offer in cash for CGG’s shares at a price of 8.30 euros per share. This indus
Seahorse Ready for Gwynt y Môr Scour Protection Works
Rock dumping vessel Seahorse will start scour protection operations at various locations within and around the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in late November 2014, AWJ Marine informs. A Notice to Mariners issued regarding the work recquires all vessel traffic to keep at least 500m clear of Seahorse
IMarEST Acquires Plymouth University’s Hydrographic Academy
IMarEST announced its acquisition of Plymouth University’s Hydrographic Academy (HA). The new venture – Marine Learning Alliance Ltd. – sees IMarEST experts and HA academics develop a new suite of e-learning courses to run alongside existing Hydrographic Academy programmes. IMarEST will build on the
MacArtney in Longest Subsea Water Pipeline Project
MacArtney has provided the underwater connectivity solutions for various instrumentation systems mounted on the transnational water pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus, currently under construction. MacArtney has supplied SubConn® connectors to interconnect 145 cables of approximately 1000 metres len
ShawCor Nets Another Shah Deniz 2 Contract
The Shah Deniz consortium has awarded a further two contracts key to the progress of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. The two contracts have a combined value of $226 million and have been awarded to ShawCor Nederland B.V. (Bredero), part of the Bredero Shaw pipe coating division. Together