Incat Crowther announces the launch of a 24m Catamaran Scientific Research Vessel. Built by Baltic Workboats in Estonia, Vėjūnas is a demonstration of the yard’s experience, capability and build quality. Vėjūnas also demonstrates Incat Crowther’s expertise in designing a vessel with a large, practic
The Submarine System for Inspection (SUSI) ROV, which was developed by AREVA, is a device used for ultrasonic inspection of nuclear reactor vessel baffle bolts. The ROV’s positioning system is required to document time and exact location of each measurement taken as the ROV examines numerous bolts t
Specialist Subsea Services (S3) has seen off tough competition to be named as finalists in an impressive two categories at the prestigious Subsea UK Awards. S3, the only company to reach the final in more than one category, is in the running for both the New Enterprise and Global Export awards. Grae
Aquaterra Energy, the leading provider of technically-advanced offshore drilling equipment and support services, is delighted to announce that Patrick Phelan will join the company as Managing Director on 16th January 2012. Patrick joins from JDR Cable Systems Limited, where he was Managing Director
Lundin Petroleum Norway, as operator for PL501, has completed the appraisal well, 16/5-2S located approximately 8.5 km south of the Avaldsnes discovery well 16/2-6, and 4 km south of the appraisal well 16/2-7. The objective of the 16/5-2S well was to delineate the southern flank of the Avaldsnes dis
Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (Huawei Marine) announced the signing of a construction contract of Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network (GFN) Project Express. Huawei Marine recently completed the first phase of the project’s marine survey work and is now commencing the manufacturing of the
Posidonia Oceanica is a seagrass species endemic in the Mediterranean, where it plays an important role in the ecosystem. Its presence indicates low water pollution levels. Its acoustic properties allow it to be distinguished from backscatter response of the seabed and make it possible to map it wit
Caley Ocean Systems has supplied two, large capacity, 2,500 tonne turntables to Global Marine Systems Ltd (GMSL) to handle deployment of non-coilable cables from their vessel CS Sovereign. Caley has worked closely with GMSL, and their naval architects, to design the two turntables such that they can
Shetland Islands Council has announced a tender procedure for underwater cable laying works. The Council intends to place an underwater fiber optic telecommunications cable in Clift Sound from the Trondra Bridge to Maywick. The works consist of laying a cable from an existing manhole adjacent to the
Bjørn Jalving has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea division and a member of the Kongsberg Maritime management group, effective 1st January 2012. Jalving will succeed Rolf Arne, who is moving to a role working with strategic projects in Kongsberg Maritime. Jal
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has received £260,000 funding from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (‘Maersk Oil UK’), a leading independent oil and gas
A global subsea engineering firm is working on a major North Sea contract worth in excess of £2million. Rotech Subsea, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and owned by Norwegian firm Reef Subsea, is involved in a subsea excavation project with marine construction firm Red7Marine on what will be the U
Technip was awarded two contracts by the international energy company Statoil, worth a total of around €55 million, for the Vilje South field and Visund North developments located in the North Sea at water depths of 120 and 385 meters respectively. These contracts cover: * welding and installation o
The government is to invest over £10 million in new research and development to help demonstrate that wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale, and with lower energy production costs. Marine Energy – Supporting Array Technologies is a competition for collaborative R&D funding that will suppor
