As an industry that is responsible for managing a significant portion of the UK seabed, the marine aggregate sector recognises that it has an important role to play in protecting the biodiversity of the sea around our shores. The sector already has a well established sustainable development strategy
Continuing on the path of success, Welltec has recently completed another excellent clean-out job for a major operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. A well was experiencing problems with fill all the way up to surface of a popular resin often used instead of cement. Welltec quickly mobilized t
MMT Group announce its new ownership of a Kongsberg EM2040D. The EM2040 dual head system has recently been installed on MMT’s survey and ROV vessel IceBeam. This is the first highly developed multibeam echo sounder to combine all of the advanced features of deepwater echo sounders to the near-bottom
Ocean Alden has been delivered from China, and will begin its voyage to Norway in a few days. VS 465 represents a multi role FSV designed by V&S (Now WSDNO) and Wison Heavy Industries/Nantong China. The vessel was under construction by Wison/Nantong. VS 465 is on a 10 year contract for Gaz de [&hell
The Board of Directors of Saipem S.p.A. approved Saipem Group’s Interim Report as at September 30, 2011. Investments in the third quarter of 2011 amounted to Euro 257 million (Euro 371 million in the third quarter of 2010) and included: – Euro 76 million in the Offshore Engineering & Construction se
The medieval Swedish port of Visby has closed for the season. The wealthy party kids of Stockholm have long since left their summer playgro… (Bloomberg) mappress] Source: Bloomberg ,October 30 , 2011;
WFS Subsea, leading supplier of through-water (and through-ground) wireless technology for communication, navigation and power transfer and Monitor Systems Scotland Ltd today begin promoting the r-tTs (Real-Time Tension Sensor) for wireless load monitoring in the Offshore, Marine and Energy industri
A snapshot of people working world-wide with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) on two days in February and August 2010 – and the number of vehicles in use on the same two days – is revealed by the latest statistics produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). These show that
Nexans announced 2011 third quarter sales of 1,711 million euros (at current non-ferrous metal prices), or 1,127 million euros at constant non-ferrous metal prices, which corresponds to organic growth of 3.9%. For the first nine months of the year, the organic growth in sales was 6.8% compared with
Tidal Energy Limited announces that JHW Law Ltd has been awarded the Construction Legal Advisory Services Contract for the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will consist of providing legal contract support services to TEL during operation of the manufacture and constru
Aquaterra Energy has been awarded a fourth contract to supply a High Pressure Drilling Riser in as little as 18 months. The multi-million dollar contract firmly secures Aquaterra as the leading Drilling Riser supplier to the offshore industry. A brand new High Pressure Drilling Riser will be supplie
EPC Offshore has made a step-change in its management structure with the creation of three dedicated business streams to capitalize on growt… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 28 , 2011;
The underwater hull coating Ecospeed offers a TBT-free, copper free, biocide-free and silicone oil free solution for the protection of the underwater hull. The Ecospeed hull protection and performance system is today’s Best Available Technology for reduction of fuel consumption, GHG and other emissi
IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversio
