Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, celebrates its 20th anniversary of its fully owned subsidiary Unique System at the Le Meridian Airport, Dubai with their full UAE based team. Founded in 1993 with 3 employees, UMG through its
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been conferred the prestigious Investor of the Year award, made every year by the British Government and UK Trade & Investment to prominent companies for investment and strategic projects in Great Britain. The aw
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has published its new “Guideline for the Certification of Offshore Wind Turbines”. This guideline was compiled by GL Renewables Certification in cooperation with its Wind and Marine Energy Committee. The new guideline, which will be unveiled at EWEA 2013, provides
Atlantic Offshore orders a new ERRV vessel, based upon a new contract with Shell. Including this newbuilding, Atlantic Offshore has invested NOK 2.5 billion into its fleet modernization programme. New contracts with Shell Norway, Shell UK and ADTI UK amount to approx. NOK 500 million, of which NOK 3
TerraSond Limited has named Captain Rich Hendren as the new HSE and QM Director. Rich will be working out of the TerraSond corporate headquarters in Palmer, Alaska. Hendren has over 30 years of management experience in the military, maritime, and petroleum industries with a proven history of leading
A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have
Since 1988, scientists from the University of Hawaii have been conducting almost monthly deep-sea research expeditions to collect water samples for subsequent laboratory analysis. Originally designed to characterize subtle long-term changes in environments that were believed to be stable, the work h
Submarine cables are critical infrastructure for the modern world. Seabed access enables a subsea network such as Arctic Fibre to be built and operated to provide essential communications. Douglas Cunningham, Arctic Fibre CEO, emphasized that “The seabed is becoming more crowded. To ensure that ocea
Navy Divers at Naval Station (NS) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals Jan. 23 for helping save a life. Commanding Officer Capt. J.R. Nettleton presented the awards to four Navy Divers for their role in rescue operations that took place as a civilian diver was
“LOTOS Petrobaltic” Spótka Akcyjna has invited bidders to submit their offers for the dredging project at the Gdansk area. This plan icludes the dredging services in combination with the repair of subsea installations in B3 and B8 areas, located in the waters of the Polish international economic zon
RenewableUK has welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wind energy by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey and his Irish counterpart Pat Rabbitte. The MoU is the first step towards reaching a full inter-Governmental agreement on exporting clean electricity from onshore wind farms in I
Two subsea ready, Li Ion battery products announced by battery solutions innovator Southwest Electronic Energy Group (SWE), break new ground with 4x longer deployments and 8x more charge cycles than lead acid batteries while delivering uncompromising safety. SWE SeaSafe™ products will power the enti
Leighton Offshore announced that it has successfully achieved the transition of the IMS from Lloyds Register QA to ABS Quality Evaluation certification for: – ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management System – ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental Management System – OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupation Health and Safety Ma
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that they will produce a variation of the Knifefish UUV for the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Knifefish is a specialized Bluefin-21 UUV that is being developed for the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Under
