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Subsea Supplies Agrees Partnership with Innerspace
Subsea Supplies has become the UK distributor of Innerspace Corporation, a US-based designer and manufacturer of thrusters and motors for applications on ROVs, AUVs and submarines. For more than 65 years Innerspace has provided propulsion technology for submersible vehicles for industrial, commercia
SAL Presents ‘Marine Projects’ Division
SAL is launching its Marine Projects department, a team dedicated to heavy lift shipping and marine installation support. The team will be headed by Sune Thorleifsson (Head of Projects) who explains: “Marine Projects is a natural evolution of services for which SAL is already well known. For more th
Work Begins on UK Floating Tidal Demonstrator
Work has started on the design of Instream’s floating tidal stream energy device. The fullscale demonstrator which features multiple vertical axis turbines mounted on a single floating platform will be deployed and tested in early 2019, the company informed. The £1,48 million Instream Tidal Energy R
Applied Acoustics’ Nexus 2 for Baltic Sea Survey
Contractors working in the Gulf of Finland in the eastern Baltic Sea have selected Applied Acoustics’ Nexus 2 USBL system to carry out sidescan sonar surveys in advance of engineering works as well as for use in marine archaeological operations. The award of this contract is notable as it marks the
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 25 – October 01). TechnipFMC has been awarded by Statoil an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract. It covers the execution of the subsea pipeline connection for th
Seaborn and Aqua Comms Establish New Subsea Link
Seaborn and Aqua Comms have formed a strategic alliance to provide a new subsea route between South America and Europe. Seaborn’s Seabras-1 subsea fiber network between São Paulo and New York now directly interconnects with Aqua Comms’ America-Europe Connect-1 (AEConnect), Ireland’s first subsea fib
Partrac Collects Data for Scottish Aquaculture Project
UK marine survey company Partrac has recently provided sea bed erosion data to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), for a project aimed at upgrading a fish waste dispersion model (NewDEPOMOD). Used by the Regulator to underpin the consenting process for the domestic aquaculture indust
WATCH: PSW Demonstrates Its Well Control Response
PSW Group has taken a strategic step to provide operators with a capping stack as part of Norwegian oil & gas emergency response plans. PSW Group’s capping stack was mobilized and deployed in Fensfjorden on the 22nd of August, as demonstration of the company’s ability to immediately respond to a wel
RRS Sir David Attenborough Gets Its Engines
Another milestone has been reached on the journey towards the completion of Britain’s new polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough, designed by Rolls-Royce and being built by Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird. The last of the vessel’s Bergen B33:45 engines /gensets have been craned into
Video: Vryhof Trials Its New Anchor Offshore Australia
Vryhof, anchoring and mooring specialist, said it has completed field tests with its Stevshark Rex anchor in Australian waters, proving its suitability for hard soils and carbonate rocks. In 2016 a total of 15 tests were carried out at three locations in the North Sea famed for their anchoring probl
Royal IHC Tests Its New J-Lay System at Port of Blyth
Northumberland based engineering firm Royal IHC Limited, a Port of Blyth client and the UK arm of Dutch parent company Royal IHC, has released some details on the soon to be completed 2000-tonne offshore oil and gas pipe laying system. The 80-metre structure, dubbed the J-Lay system due to the shape
NPD to Host Seminar on CO2 Capture and Storage Standards
New international standards for storage (CCS) and transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be presented at a seminar at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in Stavanger on November 1, 2017. The seminar is a cooperation between the institution Standard Norge, Gassnova and the Norwegian Petroleum
LR Class for DeepFlight Submarines
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has classed the DeepFlight Super Falcon 3S in accordance with its Rules for the Construction and Classification of Submersibles and Diving Systems, making it the first personal, composite submarine to enter into LR class. Although not explicitly covered by class rules, LR has a
CGG Wraps Up Barents Sea Survey with Its New Acquisition Solution
CGG has completed acquisition of the first-ever full-scale commercial survey using TopSeis, its latest offshore broadband seismic acquisition and imaging solution. The inaugural TopSeis survey was commissioned by Lundin Norway over the Loppa High in the Barents Sea. TopSeis has been designed to imag