Trevor Uptain, Adam Simko, Michael Filimon and Zachary Miller have been selected as recipients of the Marine Technology Society’s 2011 ROV Committee Scholarships. In addition Russell Ives, Houston Fortney, Kip Hacking and Sebastian Baca received MTS ROV Committee MATE Center Scholarships. Trevor Upt
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide open ocean gliders supporting the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). WHOI, an
ENI NORGE has chosen technology from AGR Drilling Services for multi-well projects in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The Cutting Transportation System (CTSTM) from AGR will be used on 24 wells drilled by the Norwegian arm of Italian energy company Eni. The system will mainly be deployed on t
ISE Ltd. announces that Fukada Salvage and Marine Works Co. Ltd. has placed an order for an Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will be used for commercial survey operations and is equipped with an EdgeTech 2200M sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler, an R2Sonics 2022 multibea
Spectrum has secured a significant 2D seismic acquisition capacity with Seabird for expansion of their Multi-Client library, together with a re-let agreement for Spectrum’s vessel, the GGS Atlantic. As part of the continued growth of Spectrum’s Multi-Client library, the company has now committed to
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, announces the appointment of John Meaden as Chief Operating Officer reporting to Andy Gray, President. John will assist NCS Survey with the next stage of its growth following the recent acquisition of NCS by Acteon Group Ltd. Andy Gray stated “We are delighted to have
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, announces that Fugro Survey Pty Ltd (Fugro) has successfully broken the current world record for the longest uninterrupted pipeline inspection using a low-logistics AUV. The SeeTrack AutoTracker software was utili
The world’s largest pipelay vessel Allseas’ Solitaire completed the construction of Line 2 of the Nord Stream Pipeline in Russian waters and has resumed pipe laying in Finnish waters. Over 230 kilometres of Line 2 have now been laid in the Baltic Sea, 124 kilometres of which are in Russian waters. S
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took the first step towards installation of its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter last week with the arrival of the „Excalibur‟ jack-up barge in Orkney. The vessel is now stationed at the European Marine Energy Centre‟s (EMEC) Billia Croo site, where
Saudi Arabia has begun laying stress on hydrography, knowing fully well that exclusion of this science for a maritime nation like the Kingdo… (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, June 21 , 2011;
A new exhibition – Immerse: Exploring the Deep – which takes visitors on a journey deep under the ocean to explore undersea technology, will… (etravelblackboard) [mappress] Source: etravelblackboard, June 21 , 2011;
SAS’ partner from Norway AXTech AS announces the award of a contract for Module Handling / Subsea Winch System. Subsea 7 awarded this contract for design and delivery of a winch system that will be installed in a new vessel currently being fabricated at Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The vesse
Norske Shell AS is extending its use of AGR’s deepwater excavation technology and expertise on the Ormen Lange field. Originally, a £9m (NOK84m) deal announced in February between the Aberdeen-based Excavation & Trenching arm of AGR Drilling Services and Norske Shell was to last until June 2, 2011.
All three sections of the first of Nord Stream’s twin 1,224 kilometre natural gas pipelines have now been joined together underwater by hyperbaric tie-ins. The completed pipeline through the Baltic Sea will now be prepared for connection to the landfalls in Russia and Germany later in the summer. Th
