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Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 21 – January 27). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/01/21/oceaneering-scores-80m-umbilicals-hat-trick/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subs
IKM Gains Tyra Work
IKM Testing has been awarded a contract by Total for the work on the Tyra field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. The contract includes cleaning and preparation for the removal of existing platforms and associated subsea pipelines. The contract will mainly be carried out in 2019 and parts of 20
Hawaiki and PacketFabric Ink Strategic Pact
Hawaiki and PacketFabric have signed a strategic partnership to provide transpacific capacity on the Hawaiki submarine cable system and extend the reach of PacketFabric’s Software-defined Networking (SDN) platform into APAC. Launched in July 2018, the Hawaiki transpacific cable is a 15,000 km fibre
Over 900 Jobs at Risk as Nexans Restructures
Nexans has moved forward with restructuring of its operations in Europe that could result in the elimination of 939 positions. The French cable specialist also said it will at the same time create 296 positions in Europe as part of its reorganization. The main social impact would be in Germany, Fran
IPG Photonics Buys Padtec Submarine Networks Division
IPG Photonics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the submarine networks division (SND) of Padtec, a communications equipment company based in Brazil. Padtec SND is a provider of submarine networking technology and systems. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of each
Proserv Makes Aberdeen Move
Proserv said it has moved a major portion of its Field Technology Services business unit from its previous location at Birchmoss, near Echt, to a Westhill-based facility. The base, located on Enterprise Drive, Westhill, will be known as the Skene Facility and boasts 72,000 square feet of yard space,
Aquabotix Appoints New Company Secretary
UUV Aquabotix has informed that Anand Sundaraj has resigned as company secretary effective January 25, 2019. Aquabotix has appointed Jonathan Swain to replace Sundaraj as company secretary. Swain is a qualified lawyer with over 20 years’ experience and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Aust
Unique Group Dives With POSH Subsea
Unique Group has entered into a contract with Singapore-based POSH Subsea to offer integrated diving solutions. As part of the agreement, Unique Group will design, manufacture and deliver Classed Air and Saturation Dive systems for integration on POSH’s vessels. Under this partnership, Unique Group
Wärtsilä in New Fishing Vessel Deal
Wärtsilä has secured a deal to provide the ship design, as well as the main engine and other propulsion equipment, for a new fishing vessel. The ship will be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain for Castlehill, the Fraserburgh, Scotland based owners. The 69.8 meters long ‘Resolute’ will replace
Magseis Fairfield Defeats Seabed Geo’s Patent Challenge
The Patent Trial and Appeal board of the U.S. Patent Office denied a petition for inter partes review challenging the validity of the ‘589 Patent that had been brought by Seabed Geosolutions. Magseis Fairfield is asserting that Seabed’s MANTA system infringes the ‘589 Patent in a case brought in the
Contract Extensions for SeaBird
Oslo-listed SeaBird Exploration has secured extension of two existing contracts, the company said on Thursday. Namely, the contract for the Voyager Explorer, which is working on an ocean bottom node survey in the Far East, has been extended by approximately 90 days until March 2019. The client also
McDermott Bags bpTT EPC Deal for Cassia Compression Project
McDermott has secured a significant contract award by BP Trinidad & Tobago (bpTT) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Cassia Compression Platform, located 57 kilometers southeast off the coast of Trinidad. According to McDermott, a significant contract is defined between $
Xodus Names Social Impact Specialist
Xodus Group has appointed Karen Nash as a new social impact specialist. Karen Nash, who will be based in the company’s London office, will be responsible for developing and enhancing social performance, including social impact assessment and management approaches, stakeholder engagement and communit
DOF Subsea Wins Layang Field Work
Yinson Energy has awarded DOF Subsea Asia Pacific Region a contract to provide transportation & installation services to position and moor the FPSO Helang on the Layang field, Sarawak, Malaysia. The award includes project management, engineering, towing and mooring services and is expected to be com