Subsea
Inchcape Shipping Supports Saipem in Gulf of Mexico Pipe Laying Project
Inchcape Shipping Services has successfully supported Saipem, the leading international contractor to the oil and gas industry, with a major pipe laying project in the Gulf of Mexico. Providing marine agency and logistics support for Saipem’s newest pipelay vessel Castorone during its first project
Blyth Workcats to Build New Catamaran for Mevagh Dive Centre
Blyth Workcasts of Canvey Island, UK is to supply a new 11-metre dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Centre for use in the Western Atlantic off County Donegal, Ireland. The catamaran, to be named the Laura Dean, is scheduled for delivery in April 2014. It will then begin work transporting groups of up to 1
Anthony Gleeson Joins Sonardyne as New Vice President for Asia
Sonardyne International Ltd. announces the promotion of Anthony Gleeson to the position of Vice President Sonardyne Asia Pte, based in Singapore. Anthony joined Sonardyne in 2009 and brought with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from his previous sales and offshore engineer roles at Teledyne
Trelleborg Showcases Subsea Solutions at Underwater Intervention 2014
Trelleborg’s offshore operation will showcase its comprehensive range of high performance solutions at the 22nd annual Underwater Intervention Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Located on stand 816, the company will present visitors with its portfolio of subsea innovations, including its pioneer
UK: GE Oil & Gas Invests in Subsea Manufacturing Facility, Creates New Jobs
GE Oil & Gas has invested £4m into its subsea manufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, leading to the creation of 20 new jobs across 2014. This follows the recruitment of 30 new employees at the site last year, with the investment also expected to contribute to an increase in output, allowing t
Cargotec’s MacGregor Secures New Subsea Cranes Order
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order worth around EUR 23 million for six active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea cranes from the Dutch IHC Merwede. The cranes will be installed on three pipe-laying ships destined for the UK-headquartered global offshore specialist, Subsea 7. Delivery of the c
Nexans Submarine Cables Boost BKK’s Power Supply Network in Norway
Norway’s power supply network will get a crucial boost in reliability and capacity with the installation of Nexans’ state-of-the-art submarine cables as part of a major new connection for the utility BKK Nett AS. The new 420 kV connection between Mongstad and Kollsnes will cross two fjords – Hjeltef
Baker Consultants Gets Marine Noise Monitoring Contract from GeoSea
Baker Consultants’ marine acoustics team has won a contract to provide a noise and marine mammal monitoring service during the construction phase of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The construction work for the 77 turbine DONG Energy project was won by GeoSea which is using the vessel Pac
Hydroid Provides REMUS 100 Training Schedule for 2014
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), announced its open enrollment training schedule for 2014. Training will focus on basic operations and maintenance as Hydroid’s highly-experienced technicians walk participants thr
VIDEO: Shell Starts Production from Mars B Through Olympus Platform
Shell announces that it has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus – the company’s seventh, and largest, floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first deep-water project in the Gulf to expand an existing oil and gas field with significant new infrastructur
CRC-Evans Opens Offshore Division Headquarters (UK)
CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. (CRC-Evans), an international leader in pipeline construction technologies and product development, celebrated the official grand opening of its new Offshore Division Headquarters in Alness, Scotland on the morning of Tuesday, January 28. Guests included CRC-Ev
Removal Operations on Costa Concordia Resumed
Costa Crociere and the Titan Micoperi Consortium informed that removal operations on Costa Concordia wreck have resumed on Monday morning. The area of the diving accident that happened on Saturday is excluded from the activities due to investigation which is currently underway. The diving operations
EIVA Presents New Wide-Sweep ROTV Solution
A new intelligent wide-sweep ROTV solution from EIVA is specially designed to optimise magnetometer surveys in terms of reduced operation costs and high data quality. The offshore survey solution specialist EIVA a/s adds a new model to its popular product range of Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle (RO
Two ULSTEIN Designed Vessels Nominated for OSJ Awards
The deepwater construction vessel ‘Aegir’ and the installation support vessel ‘Siem Moxie’ are nominated for OSJ Awards. Both are designed by ULSTEIN. The two ULSTEIN designed vessels are listed as nominees for the Offshore Support Journal 2014 Awards. Additionally, 3 of the 4 nominees for the OSJ S