Ashtead Technology has appointed James Christie as a new regional director for Asia Pacific and completed the firm’s six-figure sum investment to double the size of its Singapore facility. Christie brings 20 years’ subsea industry experience to his new position following a career that has seen him a
Engineering and construction specialist Subsea 7 has seen recognised loss in the quarter ended March 31, 2019 on activity drop in renewables and heavy lift business units, forex expenses and tax charge against prior-year comparable period. The Oslo-listed firm posted quarterly loss of $19 million, o
Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has appointed Henriette Thygesen as a new chairman of the board of directors, effective June 01, 2019. Current chairman of Maersk Supply Service and vice CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk Claus V. Hemmingsen will leave A.P. Moller – Maersk end June having concluded on the separ
Recently, ZTT Submarine Cable (ZTTSC) completed the factory test and delivery of 500kV AC submarine cable for the second-circuit transmission line project for Zhejiang Zhoushan Networking North Passage. The leaders and experts from Zhejiang Electric Power affiliated to State Grid, China Electric Pow
Sonardyne is supplying long endurance acoustic sensing technology for a new seabed observatory that will provide critical information about earthquake and tsunami hazards is to be deployed offshore Vancouver, Canada. The new Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone Observatory (NCSZO) will use a “seafloor
Subsea Internet of Things (SIoT) specialists, WFS Technologies has developed new way to enhance operational effectiveness, while reducing risk and preventing interruption to pipeline production. The patented Seatooth PipeLogger is an integrated pipeline, umbilical, risers and flowlines temperature m
New home of UK Hydrographic Office was officially opened by the Princess Royal on Monday. For nearly 80 years UKHO has been based in Taunton, but the site and buildings it originally occupied were deemed unfit for 21st-Century hydrographic and geospatial information service, especially as it switche
Baker Hughes, a GE company, (BHGE) has reported profit of $32 million or 6 cents per diluted share on GAAP basis for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were 15 cents per share. The result compared with $70 million profit in Q1 2018, down 55%, and also down sequenti
Scotland’s new leasing round for offshore wind projects is likely to fully launch in October 2019, Crown Estate Scotland, the public body responsible for leasing Scotland’s seabed, has announced. There will also be a ‘pre-launch’ in the summer which will provide further details about the leasing and
Cortez Subsea has more than doubled its team across Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur after being awarded a contract to lay a subsea pipeline using mechanical connectors offshore Malaysia. “We are delighted to welcome so many new faces to the company and will continue to bolster our team in Aberdeen and at
Royal Niestern Sander and Geo Plus have signed a contract for the construction of a hydrographic survey vessel, ‘Geo Ranger’. This ship, yard number 864, has been designed together with Conoship International. The Geo Ranger will be rented by the client from spring 2020 to parties conducting researc
GCE Ocean Technology said that Jon Arve Sværen (OneSubsea) was re-elected as chairman of the board at its annual meeting in Bergen in April. In addition, a new board was elected. The GCE board structure in 2019-2020: Jon Arve Sværen, OneSubsea; Tove Ormevik, Aker BP; Tor Willgohs Knudsen, Equinor; T
Maritime Developments (MDL) has concluded a flexible installation project offshore West Africa. The work scope, commissioned by DeepOcean, saw the company’s third-generation Reel Drive System (RDS) used on board the Polar Onyx for installation of a 2.5 km flowline in the EN-09 field. The flowline wa
McDermott has been awarded a contract by ENI México for engineering, procurement and construction of wellhead platform one (WHP1) to be installed in the Amoca field offshore southeast Mexico. The four-deck topsides will have two main decks and will weigh approximately 2,924 tons. The four-legged jac
