Subsea
PCCW Global Picks AEConnect
PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong’s HKT, has partnered with Aqua Comms to deliver transatlantic capacity on Aqua Comms’ America Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea fiber optic cable system, which would enable PCCW Global to obtain additional route diversity. With more than
Hess Hires Fugro for Survey Work Off Australia
Fugro has been awarded a combined geophysical and geotechnical project by Hess Exploration Australia to assist in Hess’ activities in the Northern Carnarvon Basin offshore NW Australia. Fugro’s work will include seabed and shallow geological investigations including areas of difficult terrain. For t
Xtera Wraps Up 2nd Repeatered Subsea Cable Project in Atlantic Ocean
Xtera Communications has completed marine installation of its second repeatered submarine cable system that was deployed in the last quarter of 2015 in the Atlantic Ocean. The approximately 1,500 km long cable system is built with Xtera’s Raman-based repeaters. “This new repeatered project has been
PGS Begins Seismic Shoot for Chariot Off Namibia
Chariot Oil & Gas, in conjunction with its partners AziNam (20%), NAMCOR (10%) and Ignitus (5%), has started a 3D seismic acquisition of approximately 2,600 square km in Blocks 2312 & 2412A (Central Blocks) offshore Namibia. The survey is being conducted by PGS Exploration (UK) Limited and will fulf
Bordelon Marine Wins Tidewater Charter
Tidewater Subsea has chartered Bordelon Marine’s recently delivered ultra-light intervention vessel the MV Brandon Bordelon for sixty days plus options. Tidewater Subsea is mobilizing two FMC Technologies Schilling HP 150 ROVs to the vessel, capable to perform a variety of operations, including IMR,
Van Oord Gets Submarine Wreck Counter Filling Job Off Norway
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has awarded a contract to Van Oord Norway AS for counter filling in the wreck area for the submarine U-864, outside the island of Fedje on the west coast of Norway. The German submarine U-864 was sunk by the British submarine Venturer in 1945 while it was h
Port of Barcelona Seeks Vessel for Hydrographic Work
Port Authority of Barcelona has invited tenders for the supply of vessel capable of conducting hydrographic and topographic work. The work will be conducted in the Port of Barcelona for the period of 48 months, from 2016 to 2019. The value of the contract is EUR 576,000. The deadline for the submiss
Infinera, Telstra Validate ACT on Endeavour Subsea Cable
Infinera and Telstra announced validation of Infinera’s Advanced Coherent Toolkit (ACT) for super-channels. This technology would cover the Telstra Endeavour subsea cable stretching 9,000 kilometers between Sydney, Australia and Oahu, Hawaii and extract the maximum capacity from subsea and long haul
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 11 – January 17). The deepwater pipelay construction vessel “Jascon 18” was arrested last week on behalf of a shipyard in Singapore. The vessel, formerly owned by the marine contractor Sea Tru
Chevron Becomes Corporate investor in Airborne Oil & Gas
Dutch-based composite pipe manufacturer, Airborne Oil & Gas, has secured an investment from Chevron Technology Ventures, the technology investment arm of Chevron Corporation of the USA. With this investment, Chevron Technology Ventures joins Shell and Evonik as corporate investors in Airborne Oil &
WATCH: IHC Launches Subsea 7’s Seven Cruzeiro
Royal IHC has named and launched Subsea 7’s 550t pipelaying vessel, Seven Cruzeiro, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming ceremony was performed by Sally Rosa, wife Subsea 7 CFO Ricardo Rosa. The Seven Cruzeiro is the last of four vessels in total, ordered by Subsea
Aker Solutions to Cut Up to 900 MMO Jobs
Aker Solutions today notified employees in its maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) unit across Norway of necessary steps to reposition the business and enhance competitiveness in a market with unprecedented challenges. The company is streamlining the Norwegian MMO business to one regiona
DeepOcean to Continue Ghana Job for Tullow
DeepOcean Ghana Limited has secured charter extension for the vessel Rem Forza to work on Tullow Ghana TEN project, the company said on Friday. The subsea construction vessel will provide accommodation support, commissioning support, and construction and survey support. The first 6-months contract w
ORCHIDS Project to Enhance Subsea Cable Monitoring
Fraunhofer UK has joined forces with Synaptec and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to develop a solution to address cable and electrical infrastructure integrity within the marine renewable energy industry. Funded by the UK Government’s business innovation experts InnovateUK, the ORCHIDS pro