The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced the procurement of six Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). These small, remotely controlled, underwater robots will be provided by Aurora ROV Systems Ltd. of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, at a cost of
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, ConocoPhillips was completing pressure testing and pre-deployment checks of the BOPs on surface. Since the last report, the BOPs and marine riser were run to the sea floor, and after failing to function satisfactorily they were pulled
University of Gdańsk has announced a tender invitation for the supply of a research vessel. This specialized research vessel would be used for operations in the Baltic Sea. The vessel should be a specialized catamaran for scientific research, inter-disciplinary marine research and training students.
Norman ASA, a global security leader, enters an OEM agreement where it will supply the Norman SCADA Protection (NSP) system to Kongsberg Maritime. KONGSBERG will use the NSP security solution in its maritime systems that it supplies worldwide. Kongsberg Maritime is a leading global supplier of marit
M3Wave announced that the company has surpassed the $500,000 mark in grant awards in the last 18 months. M3 Wave Energy Systems LLC was formed to commercialize the DMP ocean power device. Funding for M3 Wave Energy Systems LLC is predominantly a combination of US Government grants and private invest
Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, announced its collaboration with the LION2 consortium on the recently inaugurated second phase of the LION (Lower Indian Ocean Network) submarine cable project in Africa. As part of the project, Ciena’s intelligent optical switching solution – already depl
NERC is considering a merger of the scientific and logistics management of marine and polar science delivered through its National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS). A marine and polar headquarters would deliver a single management function whilst retaining the identity of
Hydratight’s Asia Pacific operation has made major structural changes to meet the region’s accelerating demand for its expertise. The company has grown significantly in the past two years – and expects to double in size every three years, to keep pace with demand for its core joint-integrity experti
CGGVeritas announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Aramco for collaborative research and development of geophysical acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation technologies. The MOU creates a framework for Saudi Aramco and CGGVeritas to identify opportuni
WFS Technologies, leaders in through -water and through -ground communication products, announce the appointment of Gerry Watt as General Manager for operations in Livingston, Scotland and Belfast, N. Ireland. Prior to joining WFS, Gerry held senior management roles with Electronics Scotland, where
Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts from Island Offshore to provide well intervention services for Statoil in the North Sea. Scope of work is to deliver downhole well intervention services from Island Offshore’s two riserless well intervention vessels Island Frontier and Island Wellserver.
Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects has successfully installed all 27 monopiles for the Teesside Wind Farm. Foundation installation began on the 6th of February 2012 and the last monopile has been installed last weekend. This means that the installation of the Monopiles has been completed ahead of sched
Port of Ramsgate will host PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) “Blue Energy” workshop on 22 June 2012, reports MaritimeJournal. Seeports strategist Howard Holt is the organizer of the workshop which is similar to the event held in September 2010. The ‘Blue Energy’ workshop will focus on the opportuni
Millions of users of the submarine cable SEA-ME-WE-4 in Bangladesh were affected after the cable experienced a cut on Wednesday afternoon off the coast of Singapore, Channel News Asia reported. Managing director of the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company stated that it may take a week for the system
