AMSA completes subsea operations, successful recovering 63 shipping containers of YM Efficiency containership.
MOJO Maritime France SAS has won a contract to investigate potential unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets along the export cable route connecting the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. MOJO Maritime will, through the use of ROVs and/or divers, investigate and identify the nature of th
Underwater technology firm EdgeTech has recently promoted Gene Andella to the role of customer service manager. Andella has worked with EdgeTech for over seven years. He started on the factory floor building EdgeTech products and then moved into a customer support role six years ago. Andella has wor
The Covid-19 pandemic could see demand for umbilicals fall by 32 per cent this year, Rystad Energy impact analysis reveals. According to Rystad, expected demand could fall to just 713 kilometres of lines in 2020, from 1,041 kilometres last year. Umbilical demand will not match or exceed 2019 levels
Subsea technology specialist Sonardyne has introduced new Vigilant forward looking sonar (FLS) for naval, commercial, passenger and private vessels. Vigilant FLS provides 3D bathymetry out to 600 metres and automated warnings of unseen collision hazards on and beneath the waterline out to 1.5 kilome
WesternGeco has completed an ocean bottom nodes multiclient survey in the North West El Amal block, offshore Egypt, for Neptune Energy.
University of Bath researchers have developed an AI model that can automatically classify underwater environments directly from sonar measurements. Sonar is commonly used to map the ocean floor, and seabed composition affects the way the sound is reflected back. Salinity, depth and water temperature
Nigeria-based Geocadinal Integrated Services, has ordered a Saab Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicle, fully fitted for survey work. The customised survey suite on Geocadinal’s ROV includes a Digital Edge HDD dual channel recording and eventing system. It also comes with a dual laser system for v
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has seen its first-quarter loss widened on impairment of DeepBlue source system. The Oslo-listed firm booked Q1 2020 loss of $9.6 million or 7 cents, versus loss of $6 million in Q1 2019. Revenues for the quarter rose at $11.3 million from $10.8 million sa
Construction support vessel Bourbon Oceanteam 101 has completed work in Angola under its charter agreement and is preparing for its next contract.
PLOCAN has collected its autonomous submarine glider near the island of Gran Canaria after sailing around 1800 km in three months. The glider sailed from Nazaré, near Lisbon, in Portugal to Taliarte, Telde, on an ocean observation and research mission in Macaronesia, as a part of the European iFADO
Star of the South Wind Farm has partnered with Curtin University and Deakin University to assist with offshore site investigations for Australia’s first offshore wind project. Curtin University’s Centre for Marine Science and Technology is helping understand marine mammals in the project area, while
Thailand’s PTTEP has submitted a plan for the suspension of three wells to Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA).
Subsea 7 has secured a contract from Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan satellites field development in the UK Southern North Sea. The SURF contract follows the recent approval of the Phase 1 Field Development Plan by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. It includes 35 kilometres of fl
