Subsea
CWind Wins Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Cable Support Contract
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced that it has won a contract to support CT Offshore in the installation of 63 of the 161 inter-array cables at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. CWind’s role involves sending a team to
Seawork International Marine Exhibition and Conference Announced
From countries across the globe, including Australia, Canada, the US and Europe, over 500 exhibitors will be at Seawork International, the commercial marine exhibition and conference, opening on Tuesday 10 June for its annual three-day run in the ABP Port of Southampton, UK. Over 7,000 visitors are
Cost Modelling Highlighted at Decommissioning Summit
Cost modelling – called “the difficult final lap” in offshore infrastructure management – will receive a heightened focus this year at the biggest decommissioning and abandonment gathering in the world in Houston, organizers say. The 6th Annual Decommissioning & Abandonment Summit taking place 10-12
BioSonics and The Oceanscience Group Launch Z-Boat 1800MX
BioSonics, Inc. and The Oceanscience Group release a portable remotely-operated habitat-mapping survey boat, the Z-Boat 1800MX. This boat is a combination of Oceanscience’s remote hydrographic survey boat and BioSonics’ industry-leading MX echosounder. With Z-Boat 1800MX researchers can obtain quant
IHC EB Marks Record-Breaking Year
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), part of IHC Merwede, has been successful in winning export orders to the value of more than £200 million over the past year. These innovative projects are being managed from the company’s office in Stocksfield, Northumberland, with further expansion and recruitment
Shark Marine Introduces D.A.S. Boat with DiveLog Software
Shark Marine Technologies Inc. recently introduced its newest system for autonomous bathymetric surveying: The DiveLog Automated Survey Boat or D.A.S. Boat. The D.A.S. Boat is controlled by Shark Marine’s field proven DiveLog software. Originally designed to create an intuitive interface for Shark M
Irish Government Increases Marine Energy Commitment to Carnegie
Irish wave energy developer, CWE Ireland, a 100% subsidiary of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, welcomes the Irish Government’s commitment of €26.3 million through to 2016 to develop its wave and tidal resource released by Irish Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte in Dublin on Friday. The Offshore Renewab
Proserv Acquires UK-Based KRG Industries
Global-leading energy production technology services company Proserv has further bolstered its rapidly-expanding subsea manufacturing capabilities and specialist integrated services after completing the acquisition of major engineering player KRG Industries Ltd. Proserv has acquired the entire share
Ocean Installer Secures Dredging Services Contract for West Franklin Field
ELF Exploration UK Limited, an affiliate of Total E&P UK Limited, has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for dredging services at the West Franklin field. The work scope involves excavation/dredging services at 93 metres depth to remove the top three metres of earthwork at three drilling rig footpri
Kongsberg Vessel Arrives to Provide Surveys at Merowe Dam Reservoir in Sudan
The survey vessel Taharga, built on Hermann Barthel shipyard in Derben / Germany, has been completed end of last year. Just recently the 17,6 x 4,7m vessel arrived in her home port in Sudan. Soon it will be used for survey purposes in the Merowe Dam Reservoir, which covers an area of 476 km². It [&h
Solstad Announces Sale of Two Vessels
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF), a major player in deepwater, subsea and construction related activities, entered into agreement to sell two vessels to international buyers. Solstad is selling its construction support vessel (CSV) “Normand Tonjer” and an anchor handling vessel (AHTS) “Nor Sun”. The deli
2H Offshore Designs Lightweight Conductor Supported Tripod Platform for DP
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, was appointed by Dubai Petroleum (DP) to deliver an intensive, fast track design of an ultra-lightweight conductor supported tripod platform. The tripod platform, known as T-02, has been successfully installed in the Fateh field, offshore Dubai in 50m water depth. The
MacArtney Introduces New SubConn Coax Connectors
MacArtney announces the introduction of SubConn® coax connectors – a brand new series within the industry leading SubConn® underwater connector range. The new connectors will primarily be used for transmission of High Definition (HD) video signal underwater and for interfacing HD video based equipme
TGS Charters Two Seismic Vessels for Northwest Europe Projects
TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Award with WesternGeco to charter the high capacity 12 streamer vessel M/V Geco Eagle for 3D multi-client projects in Northwest Europe during the 2014 summer season. The charter will begin on or before 01 April 2014 and last for three months with an optio