iXblue has launched new SeapiX-C solid-state 3D multibeam sonar which offers real-time georeferenced static bathymetry capabilities to marine works operators for instant monitoring and decision-making. Offering a new static 3D imagery solution able to display the seabed in real-time during jack-up b
ROV tooling manufacturer ROVQUIP has recently made a significant investment in its ROV tooling and manipulator rental fleet. The investment is part of the Aleron group’s company ongoing commitment to expanding its rental division and supporting its global customers. New equipment in the rental pool
Engineering group Sandvik has completed the divestment of Sandvik Drilling and Completions (Varel) to the private equity firm Blue Water Energy and its co-investor, the privately owned Nixon Energy Investments. Sandvik will remain a minority owner of 30% of the company and hold a position on the boa
Stress Engineering Services (SES) has developed a digital flex joint angle measurement system for monitoring real-time drilling operations. The digital flex joint system uses the core technology of the real-time fatigue monitoring system (RFMS) and subsea vibration data logger (SVDL) system. SES sai
Tekmar Group companies Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy have secured contracts in India. The award will see the two companies supply subsea technologies for a major deep-water oilfield development project in the Bay of Bengal. Specifically, Subsea Innovation will provide pipe-in-pipe water stop s
Seatronics, an Acteon company, is relocating its headquarters to Westhill, Aberdeen, after over 40 years based in Bridge of Don. The facility spans over a total of 55,000 square feet footprint including a calibration lab, electronic test lab, development office and a 6m x 5m x 4.5m test tank. “The r
Chevron and The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) have signed an agreement that will support research at the NDC through to 2023. The anchor partnership will fund a portfolio of research projects that will aim to better quantify the environmental impacts of decommissioning and provide guidance o
Alternative lender ThinCats has provided a £5.25 million funding facility for Peterhead-based Maritime Developments Limited (MDL). The funding will be used to refinance existing loans and create additional working capital to support MDL in its long-term development plans. The funding represents the
Proserv has appointed Julie Thomson as its new group chief financial officer (CFO). Last October, Proserv completed a corporate realignment that saw the formation of two standalone divisions: Proserv Controls, based at the firm’s Aberdeen head office, and Gilmore, a Proserv company, which operates o
A Chinese Academy of Sciences’ research ship Tansuo-1 with a submersible named Shenhai Yongshi or Deep Sea Warrior set sail from South China’s Hainan province for the first deep-sea scientific research mission this year. With 60 scientific researchers on board, the 20-day trip will complete the para
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has completed subsea power cable load-out for the Taiwan Power Company offshore wind project ‘Changhua’. The vessel and cable is now on route for Taiwan, JDR informed through social media. JDR has been selected by Jan De Nul to supply subsea power cables and accessories f
Subsea technology specialists SMD has come one step closer to rolling out its electric work-class Quantum EV ROV. The Newcastle-based firm has completed the first phase in a series of stress-tests on the full range of components that make up the innovative modular EV ROV design. The electric ROV was
Van Oord has been conducting final tests of its remotely controlled-trencher Deep Dig-It as part of the preparation for the subsea cables installation on the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm project in The Netherlands. TenneT awarded the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium in 2018, to build
The newest addition to German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) fleet – survey, wreck-search and research vessel Atair – is equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. Currently under construction at Fassmer in Berne, Germany, the vessel is said to meet the highest environmental standard
