Subsea
Vissim Wins Johan Castberg Contract
Statoil has awarded Vissim a contract for a sea surveillance system to be installed on the Johan Castberg FPSO. The contract includes ATEX certified radar domes and software for sea surveillance and radio communications around the FPSO. “This contract reflects Vissim’s strong market position on the
Cordia Supports Oceanteam Restructuring and Re-Vitalizing
Oceanteam has reached an agreement with Keesjan Cordia to take a substantial shareholding in the company and to strengthen the board of directors. Keesjan Cordia, former owner and CEO of Seafox, has agreed to commit NOK 20 million in shareholders’ equity, which is to be voted on during an extraordin
Fraunhofer IWES Gets Soil Investigation Job in German OW Cluster
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to conduct preliminary assessment of soil conditions before contracts can be awarded for new offshore wind farm clusters in the North and Baltic Sea. Researchers will compile 3D seabed models based
KD Marine Strengthens Asset Portfolio
Aberdeen-based commercial diving and underwater intervention contractor, KD Marine, has purchased a nitrox diving system and a daughter craft system from Vertech. KD Marine said it intends to retain these assets and add them to its existing fleet of air diving capabilities. The nitrox dive system co
Huisman Names New CEO
Huisman has appointed Theo Bruijninckxas the company’s new chief executive officer, effective immediately. This appointment follows the decision of Joop Roodenburg to step down as the CEO to fulfill the role of president. Theo Bruijninckx is overall responsible for the daily operation of the company
Hydroid and OIP Ink Belgian Mine Counter Measures Deal
Hydroid, a Kongsberg company, has signed a teaming agreement with Belgian defense company OIP Sensor Systems (OIP) to work jointly and exclusively on competing for the Belgian Ministry of Defence mine counter measures (MCM) toolbox program. Senior officials from the two parties participated in a sig
Seatec Grabs New Orders
The Netherlands-based technical solutions provider Seatec Subsea Systems said it has recently secured several new orders. The first order is for design and delivery of a special purpose davit skid. The skid will be used onboard an offshore vessel to deploy a CTD sensor up to 250 meters water depth.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 02 – April 08). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/04/03/reach-subsea-secures-work-for-three-vessels-in-north-sea/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/04/04/dcn-set-for-middle-east-job/ https://subse
STL Presents New 3D Visualization Service
Subsea Technologies Limited (STL) has introduced a new service that gives customers access to 3D animations of their own products before they are developed and launched to the market. STL will allow oil and gas companies the opportunity to enable interdisciplinary teams to review, understand, assess
Intertek and N-Sea in Viking Link UXO Hunt
Energinet and National Grid have selected N-Sea Survey to provide UXO survey and inspection on the Viking Link subsea power interconnector between Denmark and UK. In addition, Intertek was contracted for UXO client representative services. The services are related to UXO risk mitigation activities w
SMD Curvetech Thrusters for Louis Dreyfus TravOcean Trencher
Curvetech engineers at Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have completed the build and test of range of hydraulic thrusters for French subsea cable installation engineering firm Louis Dreyfus TravOcean. SMD’s Curvetech HTE_500BA and HTE_430-63 thrusters are destined for use on a large subsea trenching vehi
EMGS Vessel Utilization Drops
Norwegian geophysical services company Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has recorded a drop in vessel utilization for the first quarter 2018. Vessel utilization for the first quarter 2018 was 37% compared with 92% for the first quarter in 2017. In the first quarter of 2018, the company’s vessels w
VNG Gets Green Light for Fenja
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operations for the Fenja field. The approval was announced during the Minister Terje Søviknes speech at the Energy Change conference in Stjørdal. The Fenja field is located at Haltenterassen in block 6406/12, about
DOF Subsea Wins Offshore Work
DOF Subsea said it has been awarded various contracts in the Atlantic region. The new contracts should secure utilization for vessels and personnel in the subsea/IMR projects segment, the Oslo-listed company said. Namely, a subsidiary of DOF Group, has landed a contract for several decommissioning c