FN Diving was called upon to perform an inspection and eventual repairs on a vessel’s propeller which encountered severe vibrations after passing the thick ice on the Baltic sea. A team of FN Diving technicians was deployed immediately and travelled the night with all necessary equipment to be able
Ocean explorers have finally achieved one of their most alluring but elusive goals: video footage of the legendary giant squid (Architeuthis dux) in its natural deep-sea habitat. Scientists say that the spectacular film, captured during an expedition off Japan’s Ogasawara archipelago, answers enduri
Offshore Marine Management (OMM), an independent services provider to the renewables, telecoms and hydrocarbon industries, has completed a contract for Telmex, Latin America’s largest telecommunications organisation to supervise and assist with repairs to the shore-end section of an existing fibre o
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) announces that its business units Mermaid Offshore Services Limited (“MOS”) and Subtech Qatar Diving and Marine Services LLC (“Subtech”) has been awarded a series of contracts from existing clients for the provision of subsea services to support of
The start of the first two-day scientific workshop at the MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen next Monday heralds the beginning of the operative phase of the new Helmholtz research alliance “Robotic Exploration under Extreme Conditions” or ROBEX for short. In this project – uniq
NOAA’s Fisheries Service is seeking comments for a proposed rule requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities off the coasts of California and Hawaii and on the high seas of the Pacific Ocean to reduce the chances of harming marine mammals.
New Year’s Eve 2011, 19.00 hours: the rest of Denmark is gathered for their celebrations. The installation vessel ‘Svanen’ is hammering a foundation pile into the seabed approximately 20 kilometres north east of Grenaa. The pile marks the beginning of construction of DONG Energy’s new facility, Anho
IHC Merwede has extended its product range with the introduction of a new series of IHC Packhorse™ offshore support vessels at an official launch event in Singapore, organised by IHC Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede. This latest development reinforces the company’s internationalisation stra
Leading independent offshore survey company UTEC has consolidated its presence in the Middle East and has completed another significant contract for a major international pipelay contractor. This is the second year in succession that UTEC has provided support to the contractor in the region. The UAE
NOAA’s Fisheries Service is seeking comments for a proposed rule requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to reduce effects on marine mammals. The Navy has requested an authorization under the Ma
NCS Survey has expanded its growing autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) fleet with the purchase of two Teledyne Gavia AUVs. These vehicles are the latest in the Gavia Offshore Surveyor series and are equipped with high-resolution side scan sonar, a multi-beam echo sounder, a sub-bottom profiler, an
Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Aberdeen-based Enovate Systems Limited – a leading technology company within subsea well control equipment. The financial details of the acquisition are undisclosed. Enovate, which currently employs 62 people, has developed a wide range of uni
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has completed its first contract for the recently launched Q1000 Trenching ROV. The contract, for Lincs Offshore Wind Ltd. – a joint venture between UK energy c
Van Oord high-precision Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) activities are vital for the stabilisation and protection of offshore pipelines, cables and other installations such as GBSs (Gravity Based Structures) and offshore wind farm foundations. As a market leader in this industry, with more than four
