Subsea
Agility to Lay Off 100 Staff
Norwegian manufacturer of subsea equipment Agility Subsea Fabrication will reportedly reduce its workforce by around 100 employees and temporarily move production to its yard in Tonsberg. In addition to Tonsberg, the company is situated on Rora in Skien, Norway. It is said that it currently has abou
TenneT Links Veja Mate OWF to BorWin2 Grid Connection
Transmission system operator TenneT has connected the offshore wind farm Veja Mate to grid connection system BorWin2. The connection between BorWin beta and Veja Mate’s substation is realized by two 11,4 km AC cables with a voltage of 155 kV. BorWin2 consists of the converter station BorWin beta, wh
Mooreast Anchors for Floating Offshore Wind Project in Japan
Mooreast will supply 9 units of 20-ton Mooreast MA5P anchor for a floating wind turbine demonstration project operating in the sea of Kitakyushu next year. This project is initiated by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Glocal Inc., a Japanese company, who
JFD Boosts UK Hyperbaric Rescue Portfolio
JFD has recently accepted the delivery of a portable 18-man hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) to expand its offer to offshore operators in the UK. JFD’s National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) houses the only land-based saturation diving complex in the UK, and the addition of the portable HRF means JFD can
Shell Starts Production from Deep-Water Project Offshore Malaysia
Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100 kilometers off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Located in waters up to 500 meters deep, Malikai is Shell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia, following the start-up of the Gumusut-Kakap platform
Subsea UK Unveils Finalists for 2017 Business Awards
Industry body Subsea UK has on Wednesday announced the finalists for its 2017 business awards. The awards dinner will take place on February 02, 2017 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, during Subsea Expo. Among the finalists, Hydro Group, JDR Cable Systems and N-Sea are in the running
ABS Reveals Guidance for Determining Subsea Pipelines Routes
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has published ‘Guidance Notes on Subsea Pipeline Route Determination’. The document presents a method for route determination that combines risk assessment techniques with Geographic Information System (GIS) technolog
Oceanteam Secures Another Turntables Contract
Oceanteam Solutions has won a contract for engineering and supplying a 4000T and a 2000T turntable for the splicing, storage and multiple loadouts of cables. Furthermore, Oceanteam will accommodate a professional cable handling crew, engineering services and equipment for the complete project. For t
JDR 66 kV Cables for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre
JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offsho
WATCH: Outfitting of Harvey MPSV Twins
The video above shows outfitting of the sister multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) the Harvey Sub-Sea and the Harvey Blue-Sea at Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding for Harvey Gulf International Marine. The Harvey Sub-Sea (Hull 249) is a first of two MPSVs, designed by VARD Marine and launched on N
Companies Present New Subsea Mapping Solution in Fort William
DOF Subsea together with subsea technology companies Sonardyne, 2G Robotics, and Seatronics demonstrated a new underwater surveying technique that could reportedly have an impact on the time needed to map underwater structures and offshore sites. The capabilities of the so-called ‘Dynamic Mobile Map
Boskalis Sells More Interest in Fugro
Royal Boskalis Westminster said it has reduced its holding in Fugro to 9.38 percent. This is the second reduction of interest in Fugro this month by the Dutch dredging and marine specialist. The new reduction was accomplished through a successful accelerated bookbuild via which 12,685,878 (15%) cert
Intertek Studies Impacts of Rock Dump from Decommissioning on Mobile Sandbanks
Intertek Energy & Water has been appointed by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to undertake a study of potential impacts on mobile sandbanks associated with rock dumping during the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure. The study will focus on the North Sea’s North Norfolk
Teledyne CARIS Introduces CARIS Onboard Software
Teledyne CARIS has released CARIS Onboard 1.1 software which enables users to process data from a range of sensors in near real-time. This release introduces several new processes including the incorporation of the SIPS Backscatter engine. Backscatter mosaics can now be generated alongside surfaces