Subsea
Saab Seaeye Gets New Orders for Falcon ROV
Saab Seaeye has secured seven orders in seven weeks for its Falcon remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in several sectors including oil & gas, renewables, scientific, security, hydro and aquaculture. Its success comes from a design measuring 1 x 0.5 x 0.6 meters that has the power to undertake many task
EIB Supports AW-Energy’s WaveRoller Commercialization
European Investment Bank (EIB) announced investment up to EUR 10 million in AW-Energy, a start-up company from Finland which developed WaveRoller wave energy technology. This is the first project to be supported by the InnovFin Energy Demonstration Project (EDP) programme. EU commissioner for resear
Rotech Subsea in Management Buyout
Rotech Subsea has completed a management buyout (MBO) in a move that should see the company strengthen its position in subsea mass flow excavation. Following the MBO, the group’s three operating companies, Rotech Subsea, Rotech Engineering and Rotech Fabrication, will be headed up by continuing dire
Kleven Completes Aker Wayfarer Upgrade
Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, has completed modification of the Aker Wayfarer to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV), Ocean Yeald informed on Thursday. The modification contract was inked in October 2014 with Ocean Yield, a ship owning company with investments wi
Keppel to Revamp Castorone Pipe Laying Vessel
Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract to carry out upgrading work to the pipelay vessel, Castorone, for Saipem Offshore Norway (Saipem). Keppel Shipyard previously undertook the completion and integration works for the newbuild Castorone in 2011. Keppel Shipyard’s job scope includes the re
Kongsberg’s Clariscan Sonar Ready for Delivery
Following the introduction at the beginning of this year Kongsberg informed that its Clariscan domed scanning sonar is now available. Clariscan combines wide bandwidth composite transducer technology, developed by Kongsberg Maritime’s Canadian subsidiary Kongsberg Mesotech, with a patented acoustic
Technip Charters Polar Onyx for Angola Work
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has reached a time charter agreement with Technip Angola for the vessel Polar Onyx. The 130-meter flexible piplay and subsea construction vessel will be engaged in a SURF and construction campaign offshore Angola. According to GC Rieber, the c
Saipem Lands Contracts Over EUR 1.5 Billion
Saipem said it has been awarded new contracts and variation orders in E&C offshore, for an overall amount in excess of 1.5 billion euros. The most significant contract relates to the field development project for the Zohr gas field, located off the Egyptian coast in the Mediterranean sea. Petrobel h
FMC Technologies Opens Subsea Services Support Center in Nigeria
FMC Technologies recently hosted the official opening of its subsea services support center in Onne, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The subsea services support center should ensure full life-of-field support for customers’ offshore developments. The facility features a warehouse, two test pits, office area
Zwerver II Supports Jan de Nul at Burbo Bank Extension
HvS Dredging Support’s multipurpose DP2 vessel ‘Zwerver II’ has supported Jan de Nul on an offshore wind farm project in the Irish Sea. Jan de Nul chartered the vessel to install mattresses, along with pre-lay and post-lay services, at the Burbo Bank 2 offshore wind farm. The vessel installed 100 ma
Oceanteam CEO Steps in as CFO Resigns over Health Concerns
Oceanteam, the Oslo listed offshore service provider, announced that CEO Haico Halbesma is assuming the tasks of CFO until further notice. Current CFO Torbjorn Skulstad has been forced to relinquish his tasks due to illness, the company stated in a press release. Haico Halbesma, who previously worke
DeepWell Wins with Statoil
DeepWell, the Norwegian well intervention company, has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed NOK 1 billion over a four-year period, or more than NOK
Fincantieri Delivers Pietro Venuti Submarine to Italian Navy
The ‘Pietro Venuti’ submarine was delivered from Fincantieri’s shipyard of Muggiano (La Spezia). It is the third in a series of four sister units of the U212A Todaro class, which the Central Unit for Naval Armament – NAVARM has ordered from Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. Venuti has a surface disp
MDL’s Reel Drive System Concludes Its First Assignment
The latest addition to Maritime Developments’ hire fleet has completed its first mission, two years since delivery to its original client. The equipment in question is a 400-tonne reel drive system (RDS), originally purchased by Ceona Offshore. Although delivered to client in mid-2014, the system re