Well intervention specialist Subsea Technologies Ltd. (STL) has been named a finalist in the ‘New Enterprise’ category at the Subsea 2013 Industry Awards. The seventh annual awards ceremony will take place on the 6th February during Aberdeen’s biggest annual subsea event, Subsea 2013. STL became a m
ACE Winches, a global leader in the provision of winch and marine deck machinery has appointed Sam Morrison as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to strengthen the current Board of Management. Sam comes to ACE Winches from Baker Hughes where he was Region Controller Asia Pacific, a role he held for four
Australian Hydrographic Office in Wollongong announced that Commodore Rod Nairn, AM, RAN stepped down as Australia’s longest serving Hydrographer and was relieved by Commodore Brett Brace, RAN. “Hydrography has been my life” Commodore Nairn said, “I am immensely proud to have led such a professional
Emerald Networks, a new-build network submarine cable system that will connect North America to Europe and Iceland with extraordinary new capacity, announced the signing of a Landing Party Agreement (LPA) with multinational telecommunications provider AT&T. Under this agreement AT&T will provide fac
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, provided an update on its 100% owned and operated licences P1885 and PL 5/10 in the Rathlin Basin, offshore Northern Ireland. In 2012, Providence acquired a Full Tensor Gradiometry (FTG) and magnetic
Seatronics Ltd, an Acteon company, has expanded its equipment rental pool to include more iXBlue inertial and acoustic products in response to increasing market demand for inertial navigation technology to enhance positioning for deepwater projects in West Africa and Brazil. The order, which brought
State-of-the-art IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) vessel of SX148 design ‘Seven Viking’ was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Eidesvik Seven today, 23 January 2013. The vessel will now head for Stavanger, where she will be named on Wednesday 30 January, before starting operations for Statoil i
Vroon announced the order of a newbuilding subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China, with an option in place for a second vessel. The vessel follows the two SSVs built at the Shipyard in 2012 for Vroon Offshore Services (VOS Shine and VOS Sweet). The new vessel, to be named
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the operation of pipelines, subsea facilities on Ormen Lange and the onshore facility at Nyhamna during 27-28 Nov. 2012. The objective of the audit was to assess Shell’s compliance with requirements in regulations relating to health
UTEC, one of the world’s largest independent offshore survey companies, has announced a significant step forward in its growth plans with key appointments in Aberdeen and Naples. UTEC has recently appointed new general managers Jamie Laing and Andrew Stenson in Aberdeen, Scotland and Naples, Italy r
Hydroquip Ltd. has placed a major order with Sonardyne Inc. in Houston to continue upgrading its stock of Compatt acoustic positioning transponders to the latest 6G (Sixth Generation) specification. The latest order follows a similar contract in 2012 and now means Hydroquip’s rental pool kept at SES
DCNS is going to increase its holding in the capital of OpenHydro from 11% to 59.7%, taking control of the Irish start-up specialising in marine turbines. This operation is part of DCNS’ growth plan aiming to double its sales between 2010 and 2020. DCNS is going to increase its holding in OpenHydro
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Swire Seabed in August 2013. Swire Seabed is an established subsea support company based Near Bergen Norway, whose three vessel flee
Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1 divers, from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story ,Va., conducted semiannual training Jan. 16-17 in Key West, Fla., to hone their specialized skill set in variety of construction projects in the ocean environment. “This training is conducted every six
