MainOne has landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Cote D’Iviore, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire. The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing in Dakar Senegal will extend the reach of the cable into Cote D’Ivoir
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
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 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
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
Veteran energy industry association executive Erik Milito has been named as the new president of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). Milito will take the helm of the offshore energy association effective November 1, 2019. “Erik is a strong leader and an effective communicator, qualitie
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
WASSP Multibeam has launched its new rapid deployment multibeam sounder – the W3 Rapid Deployment System (RDS). The W3 RDS has been designed for Navy’s, Maritime Police and Search & Rescue organisations for use where depths are unknown and to find safe navigation routes for larger vessels. When a fi
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)
Maersk Supply Service has secured a one-and-a-half-year contract with Blue Marine Group to support Pemex from subsea support vessel Maersk Installer. Joining Maersk Implementer, the vessels will will operate in the Bay of Campeche performing general support duties, well stimulation as well as inspec
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
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has made available first data of the MegaSurvey targeting the extensive prospective acreage of the Ghanaian offshore area. The Ghana MegaSurvey consists of 24 000 sq. km of 3D seismic data extending from the prolific Tano Basin in the west, through the Salt Pond Basin an
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
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
