Subsea
Telecom Egypt Buys 50% of EISCC in $15M Deal
Telecom Egypt board of directors has approved the acquisition of 50% of its subsidiary Egyptian International Submarine Cable Company (EISCC) at a value of USD 15 million. EISCC had recently completed the acquisition of Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) from Orascom Investmen
Sapura Energy Secures New Deals; Enters Nigerian Market
Sapura Energy Berhad has secured three new contracts and a contract extension valued at approximately RM815 million in Australia, Brunei, Malaysia and Nigeria. Carving a new global footprint with an entry into Nigeria, Sapura Offshore has been awarded a subcontract by Saidel to undertake engineering
Ciena to Boost Hawaiki Submarine Cable Capacity
Hawaiki Submarine Cable has selected Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution based on Waveserver Ai and various packet-optical networking platforms to deliver connectivity to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and the United States. Hawaiki cable began commercial operations in July 2018, deliverin
SAEx Partners with Sparkle to Expand Reach from South Africa to USA
SAEx International plans to expand its reach to the US East Coast through Sparkle’s Pan-American network. The initial phase of the SAEx project provides for crossing the Atlantic Ocean by linking the South Atlantic section of the SAEx cable from Cape Town to Brazil and then reaching the US East Coas
Bibby Offshore Utilizes C-Kore Testing Units for East Irish Sea Campaign
C-Kore Systems recently delivered C-Kore subsea testing units to Bibby Offshore for use on a fault-finding campaign in the East Irish Sea. The units were used to locate the source of low IR on the field and reduce the testing time. According to the company, its testing units are becoming the tool of
Fugro Names New CEO
Fugro has appointed Mark Heine as CEO and chairman of the board of management. He will succeed Øystein Løseth who has decided to resign per the end of 2018 due to personal reasons. Løseth will step down as CEO and chairman of the board of management on October 01, 2018, and act as an advisor [&helli
Boskalis to Install Borssele Export Cable in Sustainable Way
Royal Boskalis will use a biofuel blend on the project to install the export cable to the Borssele offshore wind farm resulting in a more sustainable realization of this renewable energy project. The Borssele Alpha project is being executed on behalf of TenneT and is aimed at connecting the Borssele
ASV Global Becomes Part of L3 Technologies
New York-based L3 Technologies has acquired unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous vessel control systems company ASV Global. This acquisition should enhanced L3’s unmanned maritime capabilities, including integrated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions, future surface combatant unmanned off
CWind Provides Cable Repair Services for Vattenfall
CWind has secured a five-year cable repair framework agreement with Vattenfall, covering their European assets. The framework, which covers cable repair, fault-finding and diving operations, is supported by Global Marine Group’s fleet of cable ships and crew transfer vessels. Several wind farms will
Prysmian Wraps Up Wikinger Subsea Cable Project
Prysmian Group has completed commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Wikinger offshore wind farm, located within the West of Adlergrund cluster in the German Baltic Sea. Prysmian secured this project in February 2015 with a contract awarded by Iberdrola, the world-leading renewable ene
Petrolis Gets Kaombo Sul FPSO Mooring and Hook-Up Job
Saipem has hired Petrolis for the provision of mooring and hook-up services on the Kaombo Sul (South) FPSO, located in Block 32 around 260 kilometers off the coast of Luanda, Angola. The contract comes following the completion of the hook-up and mooring activities of the Total’s Kaombo Norte FPSO. T
SeaBird to Mobilize Two Vessels for Americas OBN Survey
SeaBird Exploration said it has recently received a letter of intent from a repeat client to provide two source vessels for an OBN seismic survey in the Americas region. The ocean bottom node survey is expected to start in Q1 2019 with an expected combined duration of three to four vessel months. Th
EMODnet Introduces Digital Terrain Model for European Seas
EMODnet, an initiative of the European Commission, has launched a high-resolution, 3D underwater terrain model for the European Seas. The model is said to be a significant upgrade of the “bathymetry DTM”, a service that visualises the beds or floors of water bodies, in this case the European Seas. T
Archer Names New Board Members
Archer has elected Kjell-Erik Østdahl as chairman of the board and James O’Shaughnessy as a new board member in the company to fill a vacancy on the board. Kjell-Erik Østdahl has had a tenure of 21 years at Schlumberger in a number of senior positions within operations, business development, marketi