In Europe, many offshore projects are planned for deeper waters further from the shore, which requires sailing speeds of up to 13 knots and jacking capabilities for water depths of up to 60 m. Most of the specialised vessels now in operation are classed by GL. GL has accumulated an unrivaled pool of
Rock has been used for ports and coastal protection purposes for centuries – for dikes and breakwaters, groins and scour protection. Yet in the past several decades the uses of rock have taken on new dimensions in the execution of maritime infrastructure construction. Previously referred to as rock
Dundee-based Caledonian Geotech (CG), a provider of near shore hyrdographic, geophysical and geotechnical services in the oil and gas, civil engineering and ports industries, has announced the appointment of a new general manager. James Hailstones, , takes up the role at the company, which is a subs
With worldwide demand for oil, natural gas and minerals rising, and recent discoveries of sources located in the deep sea, new machinery will be needed to harvest these resources from increasingly harsh environments. Rexroth is the first to adapt numerous standard components to fit the special requi
Liebherr-Components has developed a gear ring rope winch for the RL-K 7500 offshore crane, which is specially designed for heavy lifting tasks at sea. With a tare weight of 180 tonnes the ZSW 2400 is the largest and heaviest rope winch offered by Liebherr. It is particularly noted for its high avail
Polarcus has selected Marlink’s Sealink customized VSAT services to provide high levels of connectivity aboard two advanced new X-bow design seismic vessels – Amani and Adira, which are currently under construction at Ulstein Verft in Norway. The Dubai-based marine geophysical company with a pioneer
Over the last 16 months, Sonardyne International Ltd’s acoustic positioning technology has been used by Subsea 7 during the tow-out and installation of over 40km of pipeline bundle for multiple contracts. Subsea 7 was awarded multiple EPIC (Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning) c
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has, at the SMM 2012 in Hamburg, presented its new Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel design, the AHTS 200. The anchor handler, a 200 ton bollard pull vessel, is one of several designs presented by Damen at one of the biggest maritime industry events in the world, th
AGR Group appoints Åge Landro as EVP of its global Petroleum Services division as it refocuses its growth strategy on key divisions. Åge Landro returns to AGR after a brief break. He has been with the company for seven years, during which he successfully grew the Field Operations Division into a dyn
Gas flow has increased at the longest subsea pipeline in the world before Nord Stream. 71 million m3 Langeled pipeline has seen its flow increased by 8 million m3 to 28.3 million m3. “The increased Langeled flows are likely to be a result of re-routing of gas from Belgium and we expect lower Langele
Godwin Eton is joining Coastline Surveys as a Geotechnical Engineer responsible for preparation of geotechnical reports from offshore and nearshore geotechnical projects, running the soil logging facility and increasing the company portfolio to include pipeline geotechnics and soil-structure interac
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) announced that Voyager Explorer has received a letter of award from an oil company in South East Asia. The contract value is approximately USD 7.5 million and contract duration is estimated to 50 days. The Voyager Explorer has mobilized from East Africa and work w
A key challenge facing the UK offshore renewables industry – how to monitor subsea cables that bring energy onshore – is set to be tackled by researchers at Heriot-Watt University. An intelligent monitoring system which will safeguard underwater cable networks is being developed, with funding from S
Fortum and Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund have increased their funding in the wave energy technology developed by the Finnish company AW-Energy Oy. With this funding AW-Energy commences the development of the commercial scale WaveRoller device as well as ensures the completion of operational tes
