Subsea
Havyard Gets New CFO
Norwegian ship technology firm, Havyard, has appointed Pål Aurvåg as the Group’s CFO and should start his position on July 1 this year. Pål Aurvåg replaces Karl Eirik Frøysa Hansen who resigned from his position as CFO of Havyard Group earlier this month. Aurvåg is 41 years old, business economist w
Drydocks World to Build Turret for FPSO Layang
Drydocks World has secured a contract from Orwell Offshore to fabricate an external Turret for FPSO Layang. The external turret for Orwell Offshore will enable Layang FPSO operations in water depths of up to 90m. “Constructing this turret for Orwell offshore is a milestone in marking the next phase
Carnegie: CETO 6 Geophysical Survey Starts Off Australia
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited informed that the offshore geophysical survey activities started this week on its CETO 6 Project off Garden Island, Western Australia. The findings of these activities will influence elements of the CETO 6 Project, such as foundation selection, cabl
Atkins in Decommissioning Contract with Centrica
Atkins has been awarded a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy. The agreement applies to any fields Centrica decides to decommission in the UK or Netherlands during the contract period. Alex Campbell, managing director of Atkins’ oil
Unique Group’s Daughter Craft for Vertech
Unique Group has delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5 million to services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel, named the Vaila, is nearly 50ft long and designed for air diving activity. The hull is designed to provide an enhanced stability, opti
Sonomatic Expands Its Team
Sonomatic has welcomed Tracy Anderson to the company as RAIS Division Manager (Rope Access and Inspection Services) and UK Business Development Manager. Tracy will be responsible for the continued development and management of the RAIS division which provides conventional NDT, specialised non-core N
DNV GL Bags Polarled Pipelay Surveillance Contract from Statoil
DNV GL has been awarded another offshore pipelay surveillance contract by Statoil to monitor quality assurance throughout the installation campaign. Statoil is installing the 480km long Polarled gas pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and the Nyhamna gas processing facilit
GC Rieber Slips on Strong Dollar
GC Rieber Shipping has posted a net loss of NOK 36.3 million ($4.9 million) in the first quarter 2015, versus a net profit of NOK 41.2 million ($5.5 million) in first quarter 2014. According to the company, weakening of NOK against USD in the quarter resulted in unrealised currency loss of NOK 72.7
Vard Down on Forex, Aims to Streamline Cost Structure
Shipbuilder and designer of offshore and specialised vessels, Vard Holdings has seen its profits slip into the red on unrealized foreign exchange losses, despite increase in turnover. Vard generated revenues of NOK 3.06 billion for the first quarter of 2015, up from NOK 2.67 billion in the correspon
Eni to Conduct Manned Underwater Ops at Goliat
Eni Norge AS has received consent for manned underwater operations connected with the Goliat facility. Eni Norge AS (Eni) is the operator of the Goliat field, which is located on the Tromsøflaket bank around 85 km north-west of Hammerfest. The field is being developed using a floating production, st
New Cross Pacific Subsea Cable Construction Starts
The NCP consortium, comprised of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation, Microsoft, SoftBank Mobile Corp, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company, announced that the New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable Network has started construction. Spanning more than 13,000 k
iSURVEY Singapore Nets EMAS AMC Contract
iSURVEY Pte Ltd, Singapore, has been awarded a contract from EMAS AMC for the provision of positioning and survey services on board its pipe lay vessel, the ‘Lewek Centurion’. The work is in support of Chevron’s 2015 pipeline installation campaign in the Gulf of Thailand. The project started in Q1 2
Kongsberg Hydroacoustic Package for New Polar Research Vessel
The new ‘RV Kronprins Haakon’, the first Norwegian Icebreaker built for Polar research, will start regular science cruises in 2017 with a complete hydroacoustic systems package from Kongsberg Maritime. Builder Fincantieri has selected a combined delivery of Kongsberg Maritime survey technology, incl
SRP Rocksteady Provides Seabed Connection for CETO Units
Subsea Riser Products (SRP), an Acteon company and part of its risers and moorings business, has completed the third and final installation using the SRP Rocksteady mooring connector for the Perth Wave Energy demonstration project, offshore Western Australia. Summarising the original sourcing decisi