Subsea
AIM to Get New Research Vessel
Shadow industry minister Kim Carr has announced an investment in a new research vessel for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIM), as a part of the policy to help protect the marine environment. The new vessel will join the existing fleet of RV Solander and RV Cape Ferguson operated by AIM
MacArtney in Chinese Business Partnership with Jessn Marine
MacArtney Singapore has entered into a distributorship agreement with Jessn Marine Equipment Company to cover the ocean science industry for the Chinese market. MacArtney Singapore, Asia Pacific Operations, recently established a MacArtney base in China located in ZhuHai. “The many years of experien
C-Kore’s Subsea Monitoring Tools for Statoil’s North Sea Field
C-Kore Systems has been awarded a contract to supply Statoil with subsea electrical monitoring tools. Statoil will be using the tools to monitor the insulation resistance and continuity of a new control umbilical during its installation at a field outside Bergen in the northern part of the North Sea
Bladt to Build Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Jackets
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Bladt Industries an order for 30 jacket foundations for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Fabrication of the jackets will take place at Bladt’ production facilities at Lindoe Industrial Park, Denmark. Bladt will provide 30 four-legged jacket foundations for the wind f
DOS Vessel Locates Wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804
Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee has confirmed the discovery of several main locations of the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month. Survey vessel ‘John Lethbridge’, contracted by the Egyptian government to join the search, has identif
Oceaneering Adds to Its Board of Directors
Oceaneering has elected William B. Berry to its board of directors. Berry served as executive vice president, Exploration and Production, of ConocoPhillips from 2003 until his retirement on January 1, 2008. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Continental Resources, Inc. and Frank’s Int
Liquid Robotics Boosts Strategic Advisory Board
Liquid Robotics has expanded its Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) with addition of three new members. The new members will be joining an existing advisory board comprised of eighteen industry experts across the defense, foreign fffairs, communications/technology, and science industries. The new adviso
Delmar Acquires InterOcean
Delmar Systems, a supplier of offshore mooring and subsea services, is expanding its products and services with the acquisition of privately owned InterOcean Systems, which will be operated as an affiliated entity of Delmar. InterOcean Systems designs and manufactures oceanographic and environmental
VBMS Gets Horns Rev3 Inter-Array Cabling Contract
VBMS has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall Vindkraft for the installation of 33kV inter-array cables for the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm. The farm, located in the eastern North Sea off the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark has a planned capacity of 400 MW and will produce the equivalent of the electri
TransCanada, IEnova JV to Build Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline
TransCanada’s joint venture with IEnova, Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), has been chosen to build, own and operate the USD 2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline in Mexico. The project will be supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation service contract for 2.6 billion cu
Forum Sets Up Deep-Water Test Tank at Aberdeen Base
Forum Energy Technologies UK has unveiled a deep-water test facility and received industry accreditation for the calibration laboratory at its new European Operational Centre in Aberdeen. The indoor test tank is one of the largest in the North-east of Scotland and is dedicated to testing subsea tool
OceanGate’s Cyclops Maps Andrea Doria Shipwreck
OceanGate, together with a team of explorers, conducted the mapping and the first manned submersible operation to the Andrea Doria shipwreck since 1995. The Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria sank in 1956 about 50 miles from Nantucket. The 697-foot-long wreck, often referred to as the “Mt. Everest
Polarcus Scores Another Deal
Seismic contractor Polarcus has received a letter of intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for an additional broadband 3D marine seismic survey offshore South America. According to the Oslo-listed company, the project is planned to start in early Q4 2016 and run for approximately three months. The
Eelume Recognized for Its Snake-Like Robots
Trondheim-based Eelume has won the “Subsea Upcoming Company of the Year” award for its resident autonomous intervention vehicles. The award is granted by Sparebanken Vest, CONNECT Vest, the Underwater Technology Foundation and GCE Subsea, and is presented at the Underwater Technology Conference in B