Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract with Total Denmark for its Stingray-class subsea support vessel Maersk Involver. The charter deal has been fixed for 161 days to support maintenance of the DAN F platform located offshore Esbjerg for walk-to-walk and accommodation services. The contract i
ACE Winches has delivered a new product for the installation and pull-in of two steel catenary risers (SCR) on the Buckskin deepwater development, located in the Gulf of Mexico. The client required a significantly smaller riser pull-in equipment package than the traditional model to be incorporated
TCarta Marine has been contracted by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to provide a baseline dataset of water depths and seafloor classification around the Republic of Kiribati. Located in the Pacific Ocean, the island nation is threatened by rising sea levels. “Most of Kiribati’s island
SeaBird Exploration has sold a seismic data license over Rio Grande Rise in Brazil. SeaBird’s share of the sale is approximately $0.8 million. The license sale relates to assets which previously have been written down to $0.2 million on the balance sheet, the company explained. The company will ther
L3 Technologies has been awarded a contract for an Iver3 EP unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The Iver3 UUV will be used by the Division of Marine Science within the School of Ocean Science and Engineering. The Division of Marine Science offers the
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Scientists from the University of Plymouth are leading new research using acoustic tracking technology to explore the importance of offshore aquaculture and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to commercially important species. The research will focus on Lyme Bay, off the south coast of England, which is
Siem Offshore has secured a contract from an undisclosed contractor for its subsea construction vessel ‘Siem Spearfish’. Siem Offshore agreed agreed the 3-year frame agreement for the vessel. The vessel has started the operation for 2019, the company informed through the press statement. The Siem Sp
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis Fairfield has informed that chief financial officer, Tom Henrik Sundby, has resigned from his position. Tom H. Sundby joined Magseis Fairfield in April 2018, from the position of finance director of BerGenBio. Following the resignation of Sundby, the
AML Oceanographic has secured a deal to supply Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) systems for Fugro’s unmanned surface vessel (USV). The USV solution, designed for medium- to large-scale hydrographic survey applications, is currently in development with L3 ASV, and the first unit is scheduled for delivery
Frontera, in cooperation with Maritime Developments Ltd. (MDL), has secured cable lay scope from Sapura Energy for Eni Amoca Miztón project offshore Mexico. The contract is due to begin in March 2019, Frontera informed. The Frontera-MDL scope includes provision and operation of the cable lay equipme
Bristol Community College and JDR Cables, supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals and a part of the TFKable Group, have launched new collaboration to train the future workforce for the global offshore wind industry. President Laura L. Douglas, Ph.D., of Bristol Community College, and business
Nord Stream 2 has released an updated draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) report following finalization of detail design, as well as optimization of engineering solutions and construction methods for the Russian section of the pipeline. Nord Stream 2 is developing a new natural gas pipeline
University of Malta has been awarded a Statement of Feasibility by the independent certification body DNV GL , for its offshore energy storage system (FLASC). FLASC is an energy storage solution that is suited for use in the offshore environment, and which can be integrated within large-scale renewa
