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Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 25 – December 31). Saipem has signed a contract with Eni in relation to the West Hub Development project in Angola, which incorporates the work orders previously assigned and communicated in
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!
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Ocean Yield in Talks Over Additional Ship Ventures
Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner Ocean Yield has said it is currently in negotiations regarding further investments in modern vessels with long-term charters. The investments are still subject to board approval and agreement on documentation, the Norway-based company said. Ocean Yield said it expec
Ultra Deep Solutions Inks DSCV Picasso Charter Deal
Ultra Deep Solutions has gone into a long-term charter for the DSCV Picasso. The vessel is the sister ship of the Lichtenstein. This is a DNV GL class 120 m x 25 m vessel and comes with an 18 men 300 msw Twin Bell, Twin 18 men SPHLs. The vessel will go on contract Q1 […]
EMGS Names Alternate Board Members
Ragnhild Gaupen Gåsø, Ellen Trolid and Joseph Fletcher have been elected by the employees of Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) as new alternate employee elected members of the board of directors of the company. Following this, the employee elected alternate board members will be Ragnhild Gaupen Gås
BSEE Presents Revisions to Offshore Production Safety Rule
In response to a Presidential Order to reduce undue burden on industry, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) completed a comprehensive review of the Production Safety Systems regulations. The proposed regulations will be published Friday in the Federal Register. The announcement
Tender Open for Hollandse Kust Noord Geotechnical Survey
Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) have issued call for tenders for the provision of geotechnical investigation services at the Hollandse Kust Noord Wind Farm Zone. This soil information will be made available to the participants in the concession tenders
Atlas Professionals Integrates Programmed Marine
On December 18, 2017, the four Programmed Marine offices in Houston, Aberdeen, Dubai and Singapore became official Atlas offices. The Joint Venture in Australia and New Zealand will remain as Programmed Marine. On July 10, 2017 Atlas Professionals signed the final agreement with Programmed Marine fo
WATCH: DeepOcean Simultaneously Loads Two Nemo Link Cables
The video shows DeepOcean’s Maersk Connector simultaneously spooling two 59 kilometer long 400kV HVDC XPLE cables from a cable freighter onto its 7,000 tonne split capacity duel concentric carousel in the port of Blyth. The cable loading was for the first phase of the Nemo Link interconnector. DeepO
WFS and EERS Develop Diver Wireless Core Body Monitoring System
WFS Technologies has partnered with EERS Global Technologies to develop Seatooth, the world’s first underwater wireless ear-based core body temperature monitoring system for divers. Seatooth eers comprises a custom earpiece with integrated temperature sensor wirelessly enabled by a Seatooth wPAN (wi
UKHO Maps Cayman Islands Seabed
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has chartered two boats to survey the waters off Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac as part of the UK’s Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme (OTSMP) commitments. The survey data gathered will be used to produce more accurate navigation charts and guid
EMGS Books $5.9M in Multi-Client Sales
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with one of its clients related to the client’s licenses to CSEM data from EMGS’ multi-client library in Norway. The agreement covers the client’s merger with another entity and the merger fees payable as a result of this, as well as a
Nautilus Chairman Steps Down
Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company Nautilus Minerals said that Russell Debney has resigned as chairman and director of Nautilus and as director and officer, as applicable, of each of the company’s operating subsidiaries. The resignation became effective on December 27, 2017. Nautil
Wello Strikes Wave Energy Deal with GEU in Indonesia
Gapura Energi Utama (GEU), an Indonesian infrastructure construction company has ordered a 10 MW Wello Penguin wave energy park from the Finnish clean energy company Wello. The park will be located next to Nusa Penida Island in Bali and it will be the largest wave energy park globally. The delivery