With the goal of enriching students’ educational experiences and enhancing the research capabilities of marine scientists on the Great Lakes, Collins Engineers, Inc. (Collins) has donated a Phantom-300 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee School of Freshwater Scie
IHC Engineering Business, part of IHC Merwede and leading supplier of innovative, high performance lay systems, has acquired an order from Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. for a 5,000t capacity basket carousel cable lay system. This is the first in a series of major cable and pipelay orders that IHC
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, today announced it has been awarded multiple contracts for subsea hardware and deployment equipment orders worth in excess of $2.6 million. Two ord
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Field Abandonment and Decommissioning Contract from an operator in the Gulf of Mexico which includes the abandonment of sixteen wells, seven pipelines, and the removal of eight structures. The contract is expected to generate total re
Thales Australia is demonstrating its innovative Fibre Laser Sensor technology in Sydney Harbour this week as part of the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Exposition. The company is a leader in underwater systems, operating a Centre of Excellence in Rydalmere, NSW. The Fibre Laser Senor (FLS) tec
Due to the success of the VENUS Coastal Network, originally built and deployed in 2006 and 2007, VENUS at Ocean Networks Canada with the support of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leading Edge Fund has entered into a contract with OceanWorks International to effectively double the capacity of
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, today announced two key projects, involving buoyancy systems provided by Seaflex Ltd. World’s Largest Offshore Windfarm The London Array is an offshore wind farm under construction in the out
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen presented important new research results in the Dreki Area at the 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík. Data was acquired from both the Icelandic and Norwegian sides of the ridge. The oldest samples collected from t
Sify Technologies Limited, a leader in Managed Enterprise, Network and ICT Services in India with growing global delivery capabilities, announced its consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011-12. Performance Highlights Q 3
Ocean Renewable Power Company Maine, filed on September 1, 2011, application for an 8-year pilot license to construct and operate its proposed Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project. The proposed Cobscook Bay Project would be using tidal currents of the Cobscook Bay to generate electricity via cross-flow
PanGeo Subsea Inc. (PanGeo) and Global Geophysical Services Inc, two leading geophysical service and technology providers, announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and commercialization of the Acoustic Zoom® product line. Acoustic Zoom® uses steered beams of acoustic en
VERIPOS has recently secured an extension of its contract with Siem Meling Offshore DA, the Stavanger-based specialist shipping concern jointly owned by Siem Offshore and OH Meling. The three year contract extension is for the continued provision of precision GNSS positioning facilities to support S
Sonardyne International has taken its first order for a Dynamic Positioning Inertial Navigation System (DP-INS). Vantage Drilling’s new 12,000 feet-rated drillship, Dragonquest, is set become the first deep water drilling unit in the world to be equipped with the new system when it begins operations
VERIPOS, world leaders for supply of high-precision GNSS positioning support to the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded an extension to its contract with BP under which it will continue to provide precision positioning for the energy company’s turret monitoring system aboard its floating
