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Damen to Build Angola’s Fishery Research Vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has received an order for a 74-meter fishery research vessel from the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries. The vessel, designed by Skipsteknisk (FRV 7417), will be the forth Damen delivers to the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries following the two 62-meter fishery inspection surveillance
Technip Bags IRM Contract in North Sea
Technip has been awarded a contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited for inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works on its North Sea subsea infrastructure. The frame agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK will see Technip provide diving support and IRM services for 2016, with possible
Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 Aids Eggers’ UXO Clearance in Baltic Sea
Marine salvage specialists, Eggers Kampfmittelbergung GmbH, has completed its first project using underwater acoustic tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne International, UK, during an operation to dispose of unexploded ordnance lying off the German coast in the Baltic Sea. The Mini-Ranger 2 Ult
Protean Plans Further WEC Deployments
Protean Wave Energy informed that it is planning to proceed with further deployments of its Protean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) during this quarter after an independent review of results is completed from the recent offshore trial. In addition, the company informed that it has now prepared and provi
Prysmian Hires CSV Normand Pacific
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into a contract with Prysmian Powerlink Srl for hire of the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific. The contract is for a period of one year firm with further one and a half year option, the company informed. The vessel, of Skipsteknisk ST 256 L CD
Saab Seaeye Hosts Member of Parliament at Fareham Facilities
Saab Seaeye, an underwater robotic systems manufacturer, hosted a visit of the member of Parliament for Fareham, Suella Fernandes. During the visit Fernandes toured the facilities at Fareham with Saab Seaeye’s managing director, Jon Robertson. Along with viewing the range of robotic systems and engi
Oceanteam Names New Company Captain
Oceanteam Shipping recently welcomed Holger Reurslag as company captain, with 25 years experience in the offshore construction, drilling and production sector. Before accepting new role, Reurslag worked among others for Seadrill and for various international owners and operators of FPSOs around the
Subsea Industries Launches Ecofix
Subsea Industries, based in Antwerp, has introduced a filler coating, Ecofix, for use with its Ecoshield hard coat system. Boud Van Rompay, executive director of Subsea Industries, said: “We are seeing an increasing number of propulsion and steering equipment suppliers apply tough hard coatings to t
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 18 – July 24). FMC Technologies, has recorded a sharp profit drop in the second quarter 2016 as the weak market drove its revenue down, especially in the surface technologies division. The Housto
Van Oord Wraps Up Burbo Bank Extension Foundations Installation
Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen has completed the last of the 32 foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension project. With a total of 32 Vestas wind turbines of 8 MW each to be installed, the offshore wind farm will have a total capacity of 258 MW. The offshore wind farm will provide el
Atlas Gets Nord Stream 2 Service Agreement
Atlas’ Offshore Management & QC team has secured a frame agreement with Nord Stream 2 to supply offshore vessel representatives for survey vessels. The service agreement will last until the end of 2018, the company informed. Business manager, Offshore Management & QC, Grant Johnston said: “We are ex
Navantia Delivers Jackets for Wikinger OWF
Navantia has delivered to Iberdrola the first jackets for Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 75 km from the German mainland. The jacket foundations have been built in Navantia’s Fene shipyard by the Navantia-Windar consortium. The contract between the companies invo
Ocean Installer Secures FSU Mooring Deal in Malta
Ocean Installer has been awarded a turnkey project for procurement and installation of a spread mooring chain system for a floating storage unit (FSU) in Malta. The mooring installation and hook-up takes place in Marsaxlokk Bay, where the FSU will be providing re-gasified LNG for the fueling of elec
Boskalis Bags Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The project will consist of eleven wind turbines with a capacity of 92.