Subsea
Cape Sharp Tidal Gets Nod for Turbines Deployment
Department of Environment has approved the proposed monitoring program for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) and Cape Sharp Tidal Venture. Approval on the plan allows FORCE to proceed with the initial phase of the tidal demonstration project, which is to deploy two turbines in the M
WATCH: Subsea Salmon Farming with Atlantis Concept
Earlier this year, Norwegian company AKVA group teamed up with Sinkaberg-Hansen and Egersund Nethas to establish Atlantis Subsea Farming to develop submersible fish-farming facilities for salmon on an industrial scale. Atlantis Subsea Farming has applied for six development licences to enable large-
Sonardyne Subsea Modems for KSIRO
Sonardyne Asia in Singapore, and its Korean agent, Insung have supplied underwater communications equipment that enables video transmission and untethered control of the unmanned vehicles to Korean Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO). Namely, Sonardyne’s BlueComm 100-series opt
Subsea 7 Extends with Xait
Seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor Subsea 7 has signed a three-year contract with Xait. Xait is Norwegian company behind the software XaitPorter. XaitPorter is a cloud based software that enables several contributors to work on the same document at the same time. “Su
AgileTek Wraps Up Walney Extension Subsea Power Cable Study
London based AgileTek has completed a multi-phase study on subsea power cables for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The 660MW wind farm is located in the Irish Sea, around 19 km west of the Walney Island coast in Cumbria. Working directly with project developer DONG Energy, the study involve
SEA-ME-WE 5 Subsea Cable Lands in Oman
Ooredoo has concluded the landing of the Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system in Oman. The cable was installed at the base station in Qalhat in the Governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South. The SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable has been designed with the upgradable 100Gbps
Ezra Bags USD 300M Worth of Contracts
Ezra has received the awards for several new deepwater projects from international oil majors valued at approximately USD 300 million. The awards will be executed in various offshore regions in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and West Africa. Furthermore, the awards include Ezra’s largest project
DOF Subsea and Technip Win Petrobras Contract
DOF Subsea and Technip joint venture has secured a contract with Brazilian oil major Petrobras for the vessel Skandi Niterói. The Skandi Niteroi is designed for pipelay, subsea construction, installation and maintenance work and can operate in up to 2,300 meters water depths. According DOF, the cont
Search Teams Find EgyptAir MS804 Black Boxes
Search teams have found and retrieved black box recorders of the EgyptAir flight MS804. According to Reuters, the cockpit voice recorder was retreived on Thursday following an extensive serch in the Mediterranean Sea, where the airplane crashed. The Airbus A320 crashed en route from Paris to Cairo o
Swiber Elects New CEO and President
Singapore-listed EPCI contractor, Swiber, has appointed Yeo Chee Neng as the chief executive officer and group president of the company with effect from June 20, 2016. Yeo Chee Neng, also known as Darren Yeo, will succeed Francis Wong Chin Sing, also know as Francis Wong, who has been re-designated
Ardmore Craig Nets Its 150th Contract
Ardmore Craig, a Darlington based company, has secured its 150th contract award. The award, from an existing customer, covers the design and build of cable handling equipment and upgrading of a previously supplied lay spread that will be used on an offshore wind farm, the company informed. Director
IMCA Makes Change in CMID Concept of Operation
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) intends to improve the integrity and quality of its common marine inspection document system (CMID) by adopting a greater degree of oversight of the system. According to IMCA, this will enable greater cooperation with the offshore vessel inspection
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 13 – June 19). Ezra Holdings, Chiyoda Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have entered into a binding agreement for NYK to invest in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (ECS), which is currently
Hilong to Install MDA-MBH Fields Jackets Off Indonesia
Hilong Petroleum Offshore Engineering has won a contract from TIMAS to provide a “Hilong 106”pipe-laying derrick barge to install jackets for the HCML Madura MDA – MBH offshore gas field development project jointly funded by China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Husky. This is Hilong’s first o