The Harper Government announced, on February 22, a series of preliminary contracts valued at a total of $15.7 million for the joint support ships, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker polar icebreaker and the offshore fisheries science vessels. “The Harper Government created the National Shipbuilding Procur
Westermost Rough Ltd, London, and Nexans recently signed an agreement for the delivery and assembly of medium-voltage submarine cables for the Westermost Rough wind farm, which is to be built eight kilometres off the Holderness coast in Yorkshire. The order encompasses around 53 kilometres of submar
FoundOcean has completed the installation and grouting for a clamp repair to an 18” pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Saipem America awarded FoundOcean the contract to repair the damage caused by a vessel’s anchor being dragged along the seabed over the pipeline in bad weather, at a water depth of 750
UK Prime Minister David Cameron opened last week the new High Voltage testing laboratory at Prysmian Group’s Eastleigh manufacturing plant. Representing an investment of £2m, the laboratory will be a central resource for Prysmian’s worldwide manufacturing of high voltage power transmission cable. Al
On 25 February Statoil and its partners began production from the Hyme oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is the second of Statoil’s 12 fast-track projects. “The field came on stream one month earlier than we assumed in the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). The project
GC Rieber Shipping reports its best EBITDA in the company’s history for the fourth quarter 2012 and full year 2012. The company had stable operations, with high fleet utilization and solid contract coverage. The market outlook for advanced vessels in the seismic, subsea and ice/ support segments are
RV Investigator is a highly advanced research vessel with a broad range of scientific equipment to support marine scientists in the following disciplines: – oceanography and climatology. – fisheries, marine ecosystem and marine environmental research. – a wide range of marine geosciences. – multi-di
One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public by Rep. Ed Markey (
On March 26, 2012, Cameron reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. The recorded depth was 10,898.4 metres (35,756 ft) when the Deepsea Challenger touched down. It was the fourth ever dive to the Challenger Deep and the second manned dive (with a maximum rec
Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd. announces the release of the 1171-Series 650 metre multi-frequency mini sonar head. Ideally suited for use on observation, inspection and light work class remotely operated vehicles (ROV’s), the new 650 m mini head is equipped with new electronics for improved higher image qu
Ports & Maritime Organization announced that the head of National Oceanography Institute said that presently three oceanographic projects are being conducted in the Persian Gulf, Oman Sea and Caspian Sea. He also said that these projects are expected to be completed by the year end. Bordering Persia
Recently SGS held a presentation on quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) in wave and tidal projects at the Renewable UK (RUK) Health and Safety Conference in Sheffield. SGS Global Renewables QHSE Manager, Jim Green was a guest presenter at the January 2013 Renewable UK (RUK) Health and Saf
An underwater robot made a splash at a University of Delaware swimming pool recently in a test of the new equipment, which will soon be used in field research by College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) scientists. The device, called a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), can dive deep below the o
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a pipelay and subsea installation contract valued at approximately US$160 million from Statoil at the Oseberg Delta 2 field, located approximately 130 kilometres west of Bergen in the North Sea. The contract includes the design, fabrication and installation of tw
