Subsea
Seatools Delivers Subsea Compensators for Bakker Sliedrecht
Seatools, a subsea technology company, has completed the development, manufacturing, and testing of two 250-liter subsea pressure compensators on behalf of Bakker Sliedrecht. The compensators will be applied to 1.7 MW submersible electric motors installed on a new hopper dredger currently under cons
Tekmar Scores Hornsea ONE Hat-Trick
Tekmar Energy (Tekmar) has been awarded three contracts for the Hornsea ONE offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea off the coast of England. Tekmar secured three separate contracts through different customers to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS), cable hang-off clamps (HOC) and cab
EIVA Launches New Subsea Data Processing Tool
EIVA, a Danish software engineering specialist, has released a new tool, NaviSuite Workflow Manager, for automatic data processing of large amounts of subsea data. With the Workflow Manager, repetitive tasks are automated and executed in parallel by the software. This means that data is processed fa
Offshore Achievement Awards Finalists Revealed
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has revealed finalists for the Offshore Achievement Awards, supported by principal sponsor TAQA. Over 100 entries were received, with particular interest in the Collaboration, Emerging Technology, Innovator and Young Professional categories, SPE
Swan Hunter Bags Van Oord Norther Export Cable Storage Deal
Swan Hunter has secured the Norther offshore wind farm export cable storage contract from Van Oord. The transpooling operations to store the cable are planned to start in Q2 2018, the company informed. Approximately 29 km of cable, weighing 3300 metric tons, will be transpooled from a heavy lift ves
UDS’ Picasso Vessel Heads to Sea Trials Prior to GoM Contract
Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has mobilized diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) ‘Picasso’ to perform deep dive trials offshore Hong Kong. The trials will have a duration of one week. According to the UDS, once the trials are finalized, the vessel will head to Singapore to mobilize for work in
EDS Bags Hohe See OWF Cable Termination and Testing Deal
EDS HV Group (EDS), a part of James Fisher and Sons, has received a contract from cable manufacturer Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) to complete cable termination and testing work at Hohe See offshore wind farm. EDS will be responsible for the installation, termination and testing of 155k
Oceanteam Finalizes Sale of KCI to IHC
Oceanteam has concluded the sale of its engineering and consultancy company KCI the Engineers B.V. to Royal IHC. The transaction, under the terms of which IHC acquires all of the outstanding share capital of KCI, has been closed on Monday, January 15, 2018. The transaction has been closed through si
Minesto to Develop Smaller Deep Green Device
Minesto has announced plans to develop a smaller Deep Green device, the DG100. The DG100 unit will open new markets and business opportunities for the company, including those in Asia. Minesto said the move to enhance the company’s product range had arisen from the significant customer demand for sm
MMT Appoints Acting CEO
MMT has appointed Peter Forhaug as acting CEO from January 01, 2018, while the recruitment of a new permanent CEO is on-going. Peter has a background in finance and has acted as a senior advisor to the board of MMT. He is also representing MMT at the board of the SMaRC research project. Johan Berg,
MaRINET2 Project Launches Second Call for Applications
The EU-funded MaRINET2 project has launched its second call for applications. Successful applicants will receive free access to a network of testing and research infrastructures. The call is open to offshore energy technology developers, including wind, wave and tidal energy at system and component
MMT, Reach Subsea Secure New Statoil Deals
MMT Sweden has, in cooperation with Reach Subsea, secured a renewal and expansion of a frame agreement with Statoil. The new frame agreement covers both survey and light construction for the next three years. The frame agreement is call-off based, which means that Statoil can award contracts for sur
DeepOcean and Level Personal Form New Company
DeepOcean and Level Personal have teamed up to create a new company to deliver personnel to the offshore business and marine industry. DeepOcean and Level Personal will each own 50 percent stake in the new company, named Level Offshore. The core business is staffing to the offshore industry and the
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 08 – January 14). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/01/09/kreuz-subsea-lands-historic-deal-with-lt/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/01/09/oceaneerings-umbilicals-for-statoils-johan-castberg/ h