Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for the construction of its newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel previously announced by Helix in February. Owen Kratz, Helix’s Chairman and CEO, sta
TERNA SpA has announced the invitation for tenders for subsea cable services in duration of 18 months from the date of contract award. The official language for tenders is Italian. The scope of work will be comprised of supplying and laying of the submarine and terrestrial 150 kV HVAC “Capri – Torre
Leighton Offshore announced that following the successful hydrostatic testing of the onshore and offshore pipeline systems and subsequent final commissioning of the offshore export facility, crude oil was now flowing to a single point mooring (SPM) installed under the $799m Iraq Crude Oil Export Exp
Long-term impacts of turbine noise on the marine life are still poorly understood and the lack of data might have unfavorable impacts on offshore wind projects, reports Vineyard Gazette. However, certain studies have provided some clues about how marine life might be affected by underwater turbine n
Nylacast has dived deep and exhibited at Subsea Tieback 2012 held from the 6th to the 8th of March in Galveston, Texas. Nylacasts dedicated Offshore, Oil & Gas technical engineers; Flavio Olivarez and Howard Bradfield, were on hand at the event to provide advice and technical information directly to
The annual Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) Business Person of the Year Award has been presented to Brendan Hyland, Founder and Chairman of WFS Technologies, by Peter French, Chairman of the Society of Maritime Industries (and Chief Executive of BMT Group Ltd). The award was presen
The protection of the Baltic Sea will be further expanded: this spring, Nord Stream AG intends to establish an international nature conservation foundation for the Baltic Sea. This is a further outcome of the agreement reached in 2010 between Nord Stream AG and the environmental associations WWF and
Spectrum, in partnership with CGGVeritas and GeoData Ventures, have commenced a broadband 2D Multi-Client seismic survey offshore West Timor, Indonesia, utilizing CGGVeritas’ state-of-the-art BroadSeisTM technology. The largely prefunded program will cover 3,340 km over the Timor trough, with CGGVer
Yan Kai, the chief engineer of China’s manned deep-sea submersible research vessel Jiaolong, confirmed that the craft will reach a depth of 7,000 meters below sea level this summer, thereby meeting its design goals. The submersible has successfully completed all of its previous trial runs, carrying
Sea Fibre Networks, owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecoms network CeltixConnect, announced the appointment of Carol Browne to the position of Head of Sales. Carol has over 10 years of sales experience, all of which is in the telecoms and technology sectors. She will oversee al
Tiny animals called zooplankton swarm like insects in the coastal waters of the ocean. They provide dinner for a host of larger animals, ranging from fish to whales. But these microscopic organisms also challenge the scientists who study them because they are constantly drifting with the movement of
Following on from an order in April last year, Cargotec has won a contract for two active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from the privately-owned Norwegian specialist operator, Volstad Maritime. The two cranes, a 250-tonne MacGregor AHC subsea crane and a 15-tonne MacGregor AHC offshore cra
BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, environmental and engineering consultancy, has recently been awarded a number of projects in Southeast Asia including metocean studies for Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd and its offshore development, east of Sabah in Malays
McDermott has awarded a major contract to Thrustmaster of Texas to upgrade its Derrick Barge DB30 with dynamic positioning capabilities (DP-2). Thrustmaster of Texas will provide McDermott with a turnkey DP solution for its heavy-lift and pipelay vessel which will include eight 2,000hp retractable h
