Subsea
NOC’s RRS Discovery and James Cook Project Officer Awarded MBE
The National Oceanography Centre’s project officer for both RRS Discovery and James Cook, Edward Cooper, has been awarded an MBE for services to marine science. The announcement was made in the Queen’s birthday honours list this month. For the past 35 years Edward’s work has revolved around NERC shi
IHC Merwede Launches World’s First Four-Tracked Subsea Trencher
IHC Merwede has officially introduced the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher, specifically developed for shallow water operations and targeted towards cable burial in offshore wind farms. The Hi-Traq was presented at a special event at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, which was attended b
DMC Enhances Its ROV with BlueView Sonar
The Danish company DMC/Drechsler Marine Consult has invested in a BlueView sonar to one of their underwater robots which gives even better search options. The sonar is a high performance 2D imaging sonar specially engineered for underwater tasks. It operates while in motion delivering real-time imag
CGG Presents Deux Survey Results in Gulf of Mexico
CGG has released the Fast Trax processed data from its Deux multi-client survey covering 357 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico. The Fast Trax seismic images have been delivered on schedule less than seven months after completion of the survey. Deux is the second of a three-survey multi-client program tha
CIS Wraps Up Its First Subsea Piling Gig (Norway)
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, has successfully completed its first subsea piling services contract. CIS used its new remotely operated Subsea Piling System, which makes it possible to drive piles as l
Oceaneering Acquires Spectrum Sales & Services (USA)
Oceaneering International, Inc. has acquired Spectrum Sales & Services LLC, a nondestructive examination (NDE) company that has developed subsea pipeline inspection technology based on the use of Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) technology. Spectrum currently serves the oil and gas, petro
DeepOcean Wins Subsea IRM Job for Dong Energy
DeepOcean AS, subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has been awarded the contract for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) and ROV Inspection services on Dong Energy’s subsea assets in Danish and Norwegian waters. The Contract is for two years firm plus options and confirms DeepOcean’s stron
VIDEO: GUE Divers Inspect Bahamas Dredging
GUE divers visit three popular dive sites in Bimini, Bahamas where dredging is currently underway at a new resort. The divers are working on the initiative of Project Baseline under the nonprofit organization Global Underwater Explorers. GUE. As can be seen in the video, the first dive site. Sharksh
Jersey Electricity: Normandie 3 Subsea Cable Installed
Normandie 3 is Jersey Electricity’s 10-year, £70 million project to lay a third interconnector to France, in partnership with Guernsey Electricity (GEL) as part of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG), to secure imported supplies of low carbon, lower cost electricity for decades to come. A ve
US Department of Defense Awards Xtera Subsea Cable Gig
Xtera Communications, Inc., a leading global provider of submarine optical networking cable systems, has been awarded a contract on a turnkey basis by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), an agency of the US Department of Defense, to build a new undersea fiber optic cable system to be perf
NIWA to Study Deep Ocean’s Effects on Climate
NIWA scientists are this month launching some cutting-edge technology capable of finding out what’s going on at the bottom of the ocean. Two plastic-encased glass balls, measuring 35 cm in diameter, will be deployed from NIWA’s flagship research vessel Tangaroa east of the Kermadec Trench in a scien
Gwynt y Môr Cable Installation Underway
Cable laying vessel Sia, owned by CT Offshore, is continuing inter-array cable installation at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm site. Some 48 cables are now left to be installed. All 160 wind turbine generators at the offshore wind farm are now installed. A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Worker, support
Subsea 7 Appoints HRG as Global Travel Management Company
Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has been awarded a global travel contract for Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading global contractors in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore industry. The award covers 14 markets across Europe, North America, South America, Asia Pacific
SeaBotix LBV300-5 Achieves 4000 Working Hours
ROVas, a Norway based underwater inspection and service company, has been using SeaBotix MiniROVs since 2006. Their LBV300-5 has logged over 4,000 hours and is still very active in their operations. ROVas uses SeaBotix MiniROVs to perform a variety of functions from inspection of nets, water treatme