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Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 23 – November 29). Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), will cut 70 to 80 jobs across its business, the company said Wednesday. The news comes a
Fugro Gets Survey Job for Ophir Off Equatorial Guinea
Fugro has won a contract with Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) for the provision of survey services for the development of large scale assets and infrastructure offshore Equatorial Guinea. Under the contract, Fugro will deploy three of its specialist vessels Fugro Searcher, Fugro Scout and Fugro Fr
Havila Harmony to Search for MH370
Fugro is providing an additional vessel, the Havila Harmony, to join the search for the missing flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. From the 93-metre multi-role vessel, Fugro will deploy the Echo Surveyor VII autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Echo Surveyor VII was used earlier this year in
Ezra Names New Independent Director
Singapore-listed offshore Oil & Gas contractor, Ezra Holdings, has appointed Tan Cher Liang as the company’s new independent director effective November 27, 2015. Tan Cher Liang, age 63, served as managing director and finance director of Boardroom Limited from September 2000 to 31 March 2013, to la
Global Marine to Lay New Cables for ONC’s Neptune Observatory
Global Marine Systems, the UK based subsea cable route design, installation and maintenance specialist, has secured a contract from Ocean Networks Canada, to upgrade the fibre-optic cables serving the Neptune observatory off the west coast of Canada. The subsea infrastructure of Neptune comprises an
PHOTO: Fuel Extraction from Oleg Naydenov Wreck
The Photos above show the extraction of fuel from the vessel Oleg Naydenov at a depth of 2,700 meters and the final sealing of existing leaks. The Russian trawler sank on April 14, after Spanish port authorities decided to tow the ship out to sea following the fire incident onboard the vessel, on Ap
Nautilus Meets with Its PSV Builders
Canada’s Nautilus Minerals have paid a visit to Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding to see the progress that has been made on its Production Support Vessel (PSV). As previously reported, the PSV is to be chartered by Nautilus and its PNG partner, Eda Kopa (Solwara) Limited, from Marine Assets Corporation. It
JOIDES Resolution to Kick Off IODP Atlantis Bank Expedition
The IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) Scientific Expedition 360, “Southwest Indian Ridge Lower Crust and Moho” will begin on December 1, with the JOIDES Resolution. This expedition aims to drill through the Atlantis Bank gabbroic massif to elucidate the nature of lower crust and Moho at s
New Seabed Monitoring Project to Aid Marine Habitat Protection
An Interest group has been formed for project looking at innovative technology to measure seabed scour, erosion and silting. Called ‘EXPOSURES’ the project, funded by EU, is working to establish a new marine information data collection system which can be exploited for the benefit of commercial mari
VIDEO: Fugro Shows Off New Geotech Ship
The latest addition to Fugro’s fleet, the geotechnical drilling vessel ‘Fugro Scout’, was baptized last week in Rotterdam by Marian Geise, wife of Joost Geise, commercial director of Fugro Offshore Geotechnics. Tebma Shipyards delivered Fugro’s new vessel, earlier this year at its shipyard at Malpe,
Airborne Lands TCP Downline and Jumpers Deal in West Africa
Airborne Oil & Gas has been awarded contract by a West African operator for the supply of a composite downline, jumpers and deployment system for acid stimulation. Airborne Oil and Gas’s Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) technology was selected as the preferred solution for injecting large volumes
GloMar Buys Fugro’s Geotech Vessel
GloMar Shipmanagement B.V. has purchased Fugro Commander, a Dynamically Positioned (DP) shallow draft geotechnical vessel. The vessel will be renamed Glomar Vantage, and will perform Diving and ROV operations for GloMar Subsea division. According to GloMar, it will be converted into a DSV with an on
WATCH: Seatronics ROV Triggers PAN Disrupter Subsea
Seatronics, an Acteon company specializing in marine equipment, has triggered a Percussion Actuated Non-electric (P.A.N.) disrupter subsea, with its Predator ROV, while maintaining station keeping during a live fire mission. Seatronics established the Predator ROV Elite System as a Bomb Squad Capabl
Nexans Appoints Kathleen Wantz-O’Rourke as Censor
The Nexans Board of Directors has appointed Kathleen Wantz-O’Rourke as censor with a view to proposing her candidature as member of the Board of Directors to the 2016 shareholders’ general meeting. As censor, Wantz-O’Rourke will attend Board of Directors meetings with a consultative role. The Intern