Subsea
Wärtsilä Supports WaveRoller Wave Energy Device Development
Wärtsilä will support the development of the latest WaveRoller wave energy convertor, designed by Finnish company AW-Energy, with a series of sub-assemblies for the prototype. The patented WaveRoller is a device that harnesses the energy of ocean waves and turns it into electricity. The project itse
Oceanteam Secures Cable Storage Deal
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a long-term contract to supply a company that provides cables and systems for energy and telecommunications with port facilities, loadouts and storage of cables at Oceanteam’s own cable storage facility in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands. Furthermore, Oceanteam wil
Semco Maritime Wins Culzean Hook-Up Job
Maersk Oil UK has selected Semco Maritime to participate in the installation and preparation (hook-up) of the new gas production field Culzean, which is located 240 kilometres east of the coast of Aberdeen in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is the largest ever for Semco Maritime’s Aberd
Equinix, Eastern Light Collaborate on New Submarine Cable
Equinix has started working with Eastern Light on its new international fiber optic cable route in northern Europe. The new cable system is non-amplified and designed to let customers use their own equipment on their own dark fiber and will go from Stockholm in Sweden to Hanko, Helsinki and Kotka in
RETN Taps Aqua Comms’ AEConnect to Deliver Transatlantic Connectivity
RETN, a provider of international data transmission services, has partnered with Aqua Comms, the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, to deliver transatlantic capacity on Aqua Comms’ America-Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea ca
Motive Offshore Launches Spooling and Inspection Division
Motive Offshore Group has, in partnership with Ally and Claire Forbes, established a new spooling and inspection division, situated in the Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce. Mr Forbes has joined Motive Spooling and Inspection as general manager, with Mrs Forbes taking on the role of operations coordi
Gotland Link Gets ‘IEEE Milestone’ Award
Vattenfall and ABB have been awarded the ‘IEEE Milestone’ for the high-voltage DC transmission cable built between the island of Gotland and the mainland in 1954 – the first of its kind in the world for commercial operation. The Milestone award, which has been called the Nobel Prize for Electricity,
VBMS Supplies Inter-Array Cables for Albatros OWF
VBMS, a subsidiary of Boskalis, has been awarded an inter-array cabling contract by EnBW Albatros GmbH for the 112MW Albatros offshore wind farm. The contract includes the supply, installation and burial as well as termination and testing of nineteen 33kV inter-array cables. The cable installation a
Heerema to Build Peregrino II Jacket
Heerema Fabrication Group has received a procurement and construction contract for the Peregrino II jacket by South Atlantic Holding, on behalf of Statoil. The Peregrino jacket will be approximately 135 meters tall, with a footprint of 66 x 53 meters and will weigh 9,300 tonnes (excluding the 12 pil
WATCH: Saipem Hydrone ROV/AUV
The animation shows a new hybrid ROV/AUV technology as a permanent subsea infrastructure for Life of Field management services. The so-called Hydrone, developed by Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem and its Sonub division, was born as an evolution of the Innovator 2.0 remotely operated v
Minesto Hires Doosan Babcock for Deep Green Testing
Minesto, a marine energy technology developer, has contracted Doosan Babcock to carry out fatigue testing of their Deep Green technology. Testing will be carried out on two wing sections at the Renfrew Test Facility. The project will run for around two months and will include accelerated life testin
Seaway Heavy Lifting Sets Up Galloper OWF Substation
Seaway Heavy Lifting, wholly-owned subsidiary of Subsea 7, has completed installation of the Galloper offshore wind farm substation and associated jacket foundation. The company’s heavy-lift vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ executed the job last Friday, May 12. Heerema Fabrication Group has manufactured the
Wood Group Nets Shell Brent Bravo Decom Deal
Wood Group has secured a contract to support Shell in the decommissioning of the Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea. Effective immediately, Wood Group will prepare the platform for removal via single lift methodology. This includes conductor removal, structural strengthening and installation of u
Boskalis Drops 230 HQ Staff
Dutch marine services player Royal Boskalis Westminster has said it plans to make redundant around 230 employees at its head office in Papendrecht. The headcount reduction is a result of the previously initiated study into the costs of its head office organization, due to as the company said deterio