A stalwart vessel of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm fleet has left the Greater Wash after reaching another project milestone, the completion of the undersea works to prepare the site for the installation of the cables that transport the power generated by the wind turbines. The 77m vessel S
TenneT Offshore GmbH announces a tender for subsea cabling survey services in Germany. Subsea survey work will be comprised of geophysical and geotechnical explorations of pipeline routes, including: *Preparation and submission of plans and procedures regarding route surveys. *Route surveys regardin
Cefas, executive agency of Defra acting on behalf of the UK Government, has been tasked with delivering a programme of R&D data collection to support implementation of Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) within the UK Continental Shelf. MCZs are intended to conserve or improve the UK marine environment
Ocean Installer announces receipt of a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Xcite Energy Resources Ltd (“XER”) for the installation of two oil export pipelines from the Rowan Norway jack-up to a shuttle tanker. The LOI received for XER for the Bentley fields is for the installation of two oil export pipeline
Aegir Wave Power, in collaboration with the Shetland Islands Council and the Shetland Charitable Trust, have produced a new information document giving an overview of the Aegir Project. The short, ‘Aegir Project Introduction’, is intended as a guide to all interested parties and gives an overview of
Gardline Hydro, an operating division of Gardline providing seabed-mapping services, has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate on behalf of the Norwegian Government. This is under an agreement on financial and technical co-operation with seven coastal states to perform a geo
PGS has over 10 000 km relevant data for Colombia’s Ronda 2012, launched February 21 in Bogota. Bid Round announcement Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency has announced preliminary terms and timing for the upcoming Bid Round, Ronda 2012. The official launch of Ronda 2012 took place in Bogota on t
Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy of tidal streams, Tidal Generation Limited has surpassed the 200 megawatt hours (MWh) mark of electrical power generated and fed into the national grid with its 500 kilowatt (kW) tidal turbine prototype, which operates subsea off the Orkney Islands, Sco
From the Oceanology International exhibition and conference in London, Hemisphere GPS announces the Vector V103™ GPS compass and Vector V113™ GPS compass designed for professional, commercial marine, and machine control applications. Powered by Hemisphere GPS’ proven Crescent® Vector II technology,
Recently the owners of a Container vessel consulted FN Diving regarding heavy vibrations of the vessel’s propeller. FN Diving team attended the vessel for an underwater inspection while offloading in Amsterdam port. The underwater inspection revealed 4 damaged propeller blades due to ice damage on a
InterMoor, an Acteon company, can now demonstrate that its facility in Morgan City, La., complies with environmental management legislation and continuously works to minimize the environmental impacts of its work. The facility was accredited in February to the ISO 14001 standard for environmental ma
Gardline will again be exhibiting at the Oceanology conference and Exhibition at ExCel in London from 13th to 15th March. However this time, following extensive market research, and in order to present a more coordinated look both internally and to the customer base, they have re-branded the constit
Octanex N.L announces that the last of three new 3D seismic surveys, the Ascalon 3D survey in WA-407-P, has been completed and the acquisition vessel, “Voyager Explorer”, has been demobilised. These new 3D seismic surveys have been acquired within three of the Company’s six Southern Bonaparte Basin
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announces its participation in Oceanology International, being held at London Excel, from the 13th until the 15th of March 2012. Harry Gandhi, CEO of Unique Maritime Group, commented on UMG’s
