Subsea
Minister Mizzi Visits Artemis Atlantic Before Start of Seismic Survey Off Malta
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Joe Mizzi, visited the seismic vessel Artemis Atlantic while it was berthed at Valletta Harbour on 26th March. Following the visit, the vessel commenced a seismic survey to the North of Malta. The seismic survey is part of the contractual obligations of Cap
Top News of the Week of Mar 24 – Mar 30, 2014
1. BREAKING: No Survivors in Flight MH370 Crash In an emergency press conference held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Minister Najib Razak informed that no one survived the Flight MH370 accident. 2. CNRI Hires Harkand Da Vinci Vessel in North Sea Fast-Growing international subsea inspection, repair and ma
Briggs Presents New Diving Division
Briggs has continued its expansion of specialist services by launching a new in-house commercial diving division. Briggs Marine has appointed Alistair Blue as Dive Superintendent to head up the new division. Alistair, an ADC certified Air Diver, has a broad range of experience in the industry. Alist
Nøtterøy Looking for Subsea Sewage Pipeline Maintenance (Norway)
Nøtterøy, a municipality and island in Vestfold, invites tenders for diving services with a value of 2,8 million NOK. The tender is for diving services associated with the inspection and maintenance of water and sewage pipelines in the sea, as well as assignments for other purposes and being availab
Rolls-Royce Delivers Unique Equipment for Volstad’s Offshore Construction Vessel
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to deliver a unique package of advanced ship equipment for a new offshore construction vessel currently being built in Turkey for the Norwegian ship owner Volstad Shipping AS. The contract is worth approximately £13.5 million to Rolls-Royce. The package includes the ne
DRASSM Announces Tender for Supply of Echo Sounder
Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines (DRASSM), which aim is to manage all subaquatic and submarine archeological activities, announced a tender procedure for the supply of an echo sounder. The contract, with a value of 165,000 EUR, is for the provision of a multi-b
Seaway Heavy Lifting Extends DOF Subsea’s Positioning Services Contract
DOF Subsea, provider of integrated subsea solutions, has been awarded a Master Service Agreement (MSA) extension with Seaway Heavy Lifting for the provision of positioning services onboard its Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov crane vessels. DOF Subsea offers services to third parties across the gl
Reach Subsea Secures New Contract for Dina Star
Reach Subsea has signed a contract with a first class charterer on British sector for the vessel Dina Star. The contract has a duration of 30 days + option period of 30 days. The vessel will be equipped with two WROVs and survey equipment as well as offshore personnel. Total turnover under the fixed
Dolphin Deploys Sanco Sword for 3D Seismic Acquisition in Barents Sea
Dolphin Geophysical’s newest high capacity 3D seismic vessel, the Sanco Sword has mobilised to commence acquisition of 2 new and highly prefunded Multi-Client 3D projects in the Barents Sea. The Gohta North and Maud Basin South 3D surveys, totalling almost 6,200km2, will be acquired using the SHarp
Metflex Introduces MetflexSubsea NRX
Metflex Ltd introduced a new range of high performance rubbers designed specifically for demanding subsea applications. Called MetflexSubsea NRX (Natural Rubber Extreme), the API 17 compliant, natural rubber materials are available as moulded shapes for pipeline pigging connectors, protective shield
Dolphin Takes Delivery of New Seismic Vessel Sanco Sword
Dolphin Group ASA has taken delivery of the newly built seismic vessel M/V Sanco Sword, on an initial 5-year Time-Charter agreement with the Norwegian vessel owner Sanco Shipping AS. The Sanco Sword is the sister vessel of the Sanco Swift, also delivered from the Kleven Myklebust yard, located on th
Video: PSA Seminar on Subsea Installations
PSA held a subsea facilities seminar with a focus on integrity, learning, experience exchange, continuous improvement and the prevention of major accidents. The seminar was held against a backdrop of major technological developments in the subsea domain. Subsea wells have been used in the oil indust
Niels Winther Supports Cable Installation at DanTysk Wind Farm
Niels Winther supports on-going preparations for the inter-array cable installation work at DanTysk wind farm. Planning and cable installation are carried out by Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC). Most recently the barge Stemat 87 arrived at the Danish port of Esbjerg. The barge carried cables
NOC Licences RSI for Probe Guard Manufacturing
The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has signed a licence deal with Canadian company, Rockland Scientific International (RSI), giving RSI the rights to manufacture and sell a novel probe guard designed and tested by NOC engineers and scientists. The probe guard is designed to protect RSI’s Micr