Subsea
CSA and MMT Team Up in Americas
CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and MMT have entered into strategic alliance to provide combined services for the Americas offshore markets. Kevin Peterson, CSA’s chief executive officer, stated: “The combined offerings from MMT and CSA delivers a comprehensive solution for operators looking for integrated
Subsea 7 Picks Shawcor Coating for Two Offshore Projects
Shawcor’s pipe coating division has entered into contracts with Subsea 7 to provide coating services for two offshore pipeline projects, the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project offshore Norway and a subsea tieback project offshore Australia. These projects will be executed at Shawcor’s Norwegian and Asia
Wärtsilä Hybrid Package for Viking Neptun
The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by Eidesvik to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for its Viking Neptun construction vessel. This latest order follows two similar hybrid upgrade contracts awarded to Wärtsilä in recent months. Built in 2015, the Viking Neptun
MacArtney Delivers Equipment for R/V Polarstern’s Arctic Research Expedition
MacArtney Germany has designed and delivered an underwater ice camera system for the research vessel, the R/V Polarstern, a German icebreaker, embarking on a global climate mission to investigate and research previously inaccessible regions during an Arctic winter. The MOSAiC International Arctic Dr
NKT BoD Employee Representative Resigns
Subsea cables specialist NKT said that Peter Wennevold has resigned from his position as the company’s finance business partner. Wennevold is employee elected member of the NKT A/S board of directors. His resignation will become effective as per December 31, 2019, and consequently he will also step
Fugro Appoints Group Director for Europe and Africa
Fugro’s board of management has appointed Erik-Jan Bijvank as group director for Europe and Africa, effective January 01, 2020. Erik-Jan Bijvank worked at Stork, a Fluor company, for over 20 years, where he fulfilled several senior management roles both in the Netherlands and the UK. From 2012 to 20
Lankhorst Offshore Achieves Rope Production Milestone
Lankhorst Offshore has reached a milestone with over 2,000,000 meters of mooring lines produced over the past 10 years at its factories in Portugal and Brazil. This milestone was achieved during production of the mooring lines for the Energean Power Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)
Green Light for Scottish Marine Technology Park Phase 1
Malin Group, a Glasgow-based engineering company, has been granted a planning consent by West Dunbartonshire Council for Phase One of the Scottish Marine Technology Park (SMTP) in the shadow of the Erskine Bridge. Phase One includes a large fabrication facility, consent for a deep-water jetty with a
Petrofac Supports JOG’s Greater Buchan Development
Petrofac has secured a contract to support the concept appraisal and selection phase of Jersey Oil and Gas’ (JOG) Greater Buchan Area development in the North Sea. Under the terms of the agreement, Petrofac will provide facilities and well support to JOG, an independent upstream oil and gas company
MBES Commercial Training with USV
Swathe Services, a Hydrographic survey support company in Hayle, Cornwall (UK) recently ran what it calls the world’s first multi-beam echo-sounder training course using a remotely operated unmanned surface vessel. As part of the training, the delegates mapped Hayle Harbour in Cornwall using an USV
European Commission Invests in Celtic Interconnector
European Commission has invested €530 million in the Celtic Interconnector, a link between Ireland and the Europe’s energy grid. An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton have confirmed the investment on Wednesday. The €1 billion Celti
Equinor Starts Production from Johan Sverdrup Field
Equinor and its partners consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, have started production from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea on Saturday. The field came on stream more than two months ahead of schedule and NOK 40 billion below the original estimates in the Plan for d
AGR on Draugen Reservoir Modelling Task
AGR will be assisting Norwegian operator OKEA by building a new full field reservoir model for the Draugen asset in the Norwegian Sea. André Sæthern, AGR’s VP of Reservoir Management, said: “We are excited to deliver this project as part of our long-term relationship with OKEA. “We’ll be applying ou
Outland Picks Up Tritech’s New Gemini Sonar
Tritech has recently sold the first Gemini 1200ik dual frequency multibeam sonar to Outland Technology for use on their Outland 2500 ROV. The sonar was sold to an existing Outland Technology customer who already had an Outland 2500 with the single frequency Gemini 720ik fitted. As the Gemini 1200ik