Subsea
Cordia Supports Oceanteam Restructuring and Re-Vitalizing
Oceanteam has reached an agreement with Keesjan Cordia to take a substantial shareholding in the company and to strengthen the board of directors. Keesjan Cordia, former owner and CEO of Seafox, has agreed to commit NOK 20 million in shareholders’ equity, which is to be voted on during an extraordin
Fraunhofer IWES Gets Soil Investigation Job in German OW Cluster
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to conduct preliminary assessment of soil conditions before contracts can be awarded for new offshore wind farm clusters in the North and Baltic Sea. Researchers will compile 3D seabed models based
Tiburon Subsea Discovers WWII Submarine Wreck Off Hawaii
Tiburon Subsea has found a wreck of WWII submarine USS S-28 (SS-133) off the cost of Oahu, Hawaii. Utilizing Kongsberg Maritime’s Hugin autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and hydro acoustic technology the USS S-28 was located in 2650 meters of water . The survey expedition was part of Tiburon Sub
KD Marine Strengthens Asset Portfolio
Aberdeen-based commercial diving and underwater intervention contractor, KD Marine, has purchased a nitrox diving system and a daughter craft system from Vertech. KD Marine said it intends to retain these assets and add them to its existing fleet of air diving capabilities. The nitrox dive system co
Huisman Names New CEO
Huisman has appointed Theo Bruijninckxas the company’s new chief executive officer, effective immediately. This appointment follows the decision of Joop Roodenburg to step down as the CEO to fulfill the role of president. Theo Bruijninckx is overall responsible for the daily operation of the company
Hydroid and OIP Ink Belgian Mine Counter Measures Deal
Hydroid, a Kongsberg company, has signed a teaming agreement with Belgian defense company OIP Sensor Systems (OIP) to work jointly and exclusively on competing for the Belgian Ministry of Defence mine counter measures (MCM) toolbox program. Senior officials from the two parties participated in a sig
Aquabotix Rolls Out ‘SwarmDiver’ Micro USV/UUV
Aquabotix has launched the SwarmDiver – a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that operates in a swarm. According to the company, multiple SwarmDivers can function simultaneously as a single coordinated entity, be controlled via one operator on the surface, and
Seatec Grabs New Orders
The Netherlands-based technical solutions provider Seatec Subsea Systems said it has recently secured several new orders. The first order is for design and delivery of a special purpose davit skid. The skid will be used onboard an offshore vessel to deploy a CTD sensor up to 250 meters water depth.
Tendeka Appoints Canada Sales Engineer
Tendeka has appointed Paul Guilfoyle as its sales engineer for Canada as the independent completions and production optimization specialist grows its presence in the country. Guilfoyle started his career with Schlumberger and progressed through a variety of downhole monitoring, sand control and comp
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 02 – April 08). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/04/03/reach-subsea-secures-work-for-three-vessels-in-north-sea/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/04/04/dcn-set-for-middle-east-job/ https://subse
STL Presents New 3D Visualization Service
Subsea Technologies Limited (STL) has introduced a new service that gives customers access to 3D animations of their own products before they are developed and launched to the market. STL will allow oil and gas companies the opportunity to enable interdisciplinary teams to review, understand, assess
Intertek and N-Sea in Viking Link UXO Hunt
Energinet and National Grid have selected N-Sea Survey to provide UXO survey and inspection on the Viking Link subsea power interconnector between Denmark and UK. In addition, Intertek was contracted for UXO client representative services. The services are related to UXO risk mitigation activities w
SMD Curvetech Thrusters for Louis Dreyfus TravOcean Trencher
Curvetech engineers at Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have completed the build and test of range of hydraulic thrusters for French subsea cable installation engineering firm Louis Dreyfus TravOcean. SMD’s Curvetech HTE_500BA and HTE_430-63 thrusters are destined for use on a large subsea trenching vehi
DOF Secures Work for Skandi Commander in Brazil
Norskan Offshore and DOF Subsea Brazil have been awarded RSV contracts for the Skandi Commander and one ROV. The news follows DOF Subsea‘s announcement from earlier today that it had been awarded various contracts in the Atlantic region. The contracts in Brazil have a duration of 150 days with start