Subsea
Sonardyne-Led Project Aims to Advance Ocean Autonomous Systems
Underwater positioning and communications technology provider Sonardyne has initiated a collaborative project for long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The ambition of the Innovate UK-supported Precise Positioning for Persistent AUVs (P3AUV) project is to enable AUVs to operate at hi
DEME’s New Installation Vessel ‘Orion’ Launched in China
DEME’s new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ has been launched at the COSCO Qidong shipyard in China on Wednesday. Orion will be deployed for the construction of the offshore wind farms, to service the oil and gas industry and for the decommissioning of offshore installations. With a total instal
SubCom Inks Manatua Submarine Cable Deal
SubCom and the Manatua Consortium announced the contract is in force for the supply and installation of the Manatua submarine cable system. The Manatua Consortium is composed of: The Office des Postes et Télécommunications (OPT), the telecoms operator of French Polynesia; Avaroa Cables Limited (ACL)
Sapura Nets $417M in New Contracts
Sapura Energy has secured new contracts in Mexico and Malaysia valued at approximately $417 million (RM1.75 billion). Among the latest wins is a contract from Hokchi Energy for Sapura Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Mexico to undertake offshore engineering, procurement, transportation, installat
Inyanga-Tech Launches HydroWing Tidal Energy Project
Inyanga-Tech, based in Penryn in Cornwall, has launched a tidal energy project called HydroWing. HydroWing is Inyanga-Tech’s patent-pending tidal energy technology which is based on a full-systems approach targeted at subsea tidal energy arrays. Richard Parkinson, managing director of Inyanga-Tech s
TDI-Brooks Joins Blue Hole Belize Expedition
TDI-Brooks International has said it will soon deploy the research vessel Brooks McCall to Belize and join the Blue Hole Expedition. The Blue Hole Belize expedition brings together Ocean Unite co-founder and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson; documentary filmmaker and ocean conservationist Fabien
Polarcus to Shoot Seismic in North America
Polarcus has received a contract award to perform a high resolution 3D marine seismic acquisition project in North America. The project is expected to have a duration of approximately 45 days. According to the company, the work will start in Q2 2019. Polarcus did not reveal the name of the vessel th
NKT Names Anderson Interim CEO
Denmark-based subsea cables specialist NKT has appointed Roland M. Andersen as interim CEO. Effective November 16, Andersen replaced Michael Hedegaard Lyng who stepped down from NKT CEO position. Chairman of the board of directors, Jens Due Olsen, says: “I would like to thank Michael Hedegaard Lyng
Heerema Fabrication Group Makes More Cuts
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) said it intends to divest a significant part of its activities in the field of design and fabrication of complex steel constructions for the offshore market. “HFG has been struggling for some time with insufficient project volume and marginal profitability. In additio
JAMSTEC Orders New-Gen REMUS 6000 AUV from Hydroid
Kongsberg’s US-based AUV manufacturer, Hydroid, has received an order for a ‘New Generation’ REMUS 6000 AUV from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC). The AUV order is a part of the strategic innovation promotion program (SIP): Innovative Technology for Exploration of Deep
Subtech Group Nets Middle East Work
Subtech Group, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has recently secured a multi-million dollar contracts with a major oil and gas contractor, supporting a number of offshore and subsea projects across the Middle East. The contracts cover a range of works from installation and maintenance to demolition
C-Job and Glosten in New Partnership Agreement
Two naval architecture firms, Glosten and C-Job Naval Architects, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create more value for their clients. The executives from the two firms met at Glosten’s newly opened East Coast office to sign the MOU defining the firms’ shared goals and objectives.
Allseas Delivers Offshore Section of TurkStream Pipeline
The construction of the offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea has been completed, Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Monday. The command to weld the final joint of the gas pipeline’s second string was given by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Recep T
RTS Takes Delivery of iXblue Products
RTS has taken delivery of three new iXblue Octans 3000 survey-grade fiber-optic gyrocompasses. The units are specifically intended for integration with the RTS CUBE SDM systems which is the principal solution used for deflection and attitude monitoring during integrated template structure (ITS) inst