C-Job Naval Architects has revealed its concept design of an Autonomous Underwater Maintenance Dredger (AUMD) in Trondheim, Norway. The AUMD concept design developed by C-Job’s Research and Development department is specifically created for maintenance in port environments. This design requires sign
Impact Subsea has signed a distribution agreement with Geotech System in South Korea. Geotech System is a key supplier of equipment to the Civil Engineering, Ocean Research and the Offshore sectors within South Korea. Geotech System will provide users support for Impact Subsea sensors and systems in
Saipem has secured a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana (EEPGL) for the proposed Payara development project located in the Stabroek block. The contract scope includes the supply of subsea structures, risers and flowlines. Saipem was awarded earlier subsea
Oilfield services firm RMEC has appointed an oil and gas industry veteran to boost its operations as it prepares for its next stage of international growth. Vic Allan has joined the company from American multinational corporation, Halliburton, where he spent 28 years working his way up through the s
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) said it will be closing its Norwegian wholly owned subsidiary, Swire Seabed, and its three associated companies, namely Swire Seabed Subsea, Swire Seabed Shipping and Swire Seabed Sea. This change will take effect from the end of February 2020. SPO’s managing director, P
i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, has completed an underwater inspection in lieu of dry-docking (UWILD) project for Borr Drilling in the North Sea. Borr Drilling required a hull inspection for its Paragon MSS-1 mid-water semi-submersible, to meet ABS intermediate survey certification
The National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), a part of Senaat, owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, has expanded its fleet with a new offshore and subsea construction vessel. The new vessel, Delma 2000, marks an investment of more than AED 330 million by NPCC to strengthen its service offeri
Fugro’s collaboration with Areté to develop the Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System (RAMMS) has resulted in improved maritime domain awareness for the US Navy. RAMMS is based on Areté’s Pushbroom Imaging Littoral Lidar System (PILLS), an airborne seabed mapping capability developed through a US
Flexential is expanding its FlexAnywhere offering with providing customers direct access to Seaborn Networks’ transoceanic platform for the low latency, high-speed, 72-terabits-per-second connection to Latin America. The Latin American subsea cable, called Seabras-1, links New York/New Jersey, U.S.
Balmoral recently made a seven-figure investment in ACE Winches which will be used to strengthen ACE’s equipment fleet. The investment follows Balmoral’s previous boost of some £10 million at ACE Winches in 2017, aimed at expanding its international reach in the offshore heavy lifting, renewables an
Prysmian has delivered the HVDC offshore grid connection project DolWin3, off the German North Sea coast. The Italian subsea cables specialist had secured this project in February 2013, with a contract awarded by Alstom Grid (now GE Grid GmbH) on behalf of the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT. DolW
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Vår Energi and its pipe and subsea portfolio on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The audit, from October this year, included inspection of Vår Energi and its portfolio of pipelines, risers, control cables and subsea facilities on th
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a long-term contract with Global Offshore, part of the Global Marine Group for the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Clipper. The contract is scheduled to start in the first quarter 2020 and have a duration of 3 years. In addition to the fixed term, the deal
Tritech International, a Moog company, has appointed Seatech China as a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) in China. Seatech China is a distributor of high-technology and high-reliability marine equipment in China and provides a wide range of products including acoustic products, underwater camera systems a
