Subsea
Fugro Secures Borssele OWF Contract
Fugro has been hired by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to execute the geotechnical site investigation and geological modelling of sites I and II of the future Borssele wind farm park. The 1,400MW wind farm zone is located off the Zealand coast at the sou
TTS Nets New Crane Orders
TTS Group ASA has, through its Business Unit Offshore, entered into three new agreements for delivery of offshore and deck cranes with a total order value of approximately 105 MNOK ($13.2 million). The main contract is with Singapore’s Triyards Marine Services for delivery of two active heavy compen
Will Primavesi Moves from S3 to Neptune
Neptune announces the appointment of Will Primavesi as Survey General Manager for its European, Mediterranean and African Operations (EMA). “This appointment compliments our currently expanding ROV & Survey division within the EMA and forms part of the company’s strategic ‘One Neptune’ growth plan t
MacArtney’s Winch for RSI
Rockland Scientific Inc. (RSI), has ordered a small instrumentation winch from the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group (MacArtney) at Ocean Business 2015. The winch system is specifically designed for use with the RSI VMP-250 vertical turbulence profiler. MacArtney and RSI delivered the first VMP-
Kongsberg Subsea Package for RV Marion Dufresne
L’Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV, the French Polar Institute) has chosen Kongsberg Maritime subsea hydroacoustic package for the mid-life upgrade of the R/V Marion Dufresne. The delivery includes new Kongsberg Maritime hydrographic equipment in addition to a Simrad EK80 scientific
Amec Foster Wheeler Gets BP Forties Pipeline Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by BP to provide operations, maintenance and project support for the Forties Pipeline System (which includes the Unity offshore platform and onshore pumping stations in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire) and the Central Area Transmission System terminal in
OSRL, SWRP Deliver Subsea Containment Toolkit
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) announce delivery of a containment toolkit which can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a subsea well incident. This news builds on the successful delivery of four subsea well capping stacks in 2013-14, design
Kongsberg Delivers Seaglider Equipped with RSI MicroPod Sensor
Kongsberg Underwater Technologies, Inc. (KUTI) has delivered the first Seaglider™ vehicle equipped with a Rockland Scientific International (RSI) MicroPod™ turbulence sensor. The vehicle was commissioned by the University of East Anglia in the UK (UEA). The MicroPod package is the result of extensiv
Bluestream Boosts ROV Fleet
Bluestream Offshore has ordered a fourth Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV to undertake tasks normally performed by hydraulic vehicles. “Our clients want high-spec equipment to take on more complex construction work at a lower cost,” says Bluestream’s managing director, Rolf de Vries. “For instance, w
Catherine Hughes Resigns from Statoil’s Board of Directors
Catherine Hughes has informed that she will resign from her position as member of the board of directors in Statoil ASA with immediate effect in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest following a recent change of circumstances. The nomination committee in Statoil will start its search for a
SSCS Provides Mats for Bibby’s Pipeline Project
Norfolk-based, Seabed Scour Control Systems (SSCS), has supplied a quantity of Weighted Frond Mats to Bibby Offshore’s Singapore division for installation along one of the pipelines on the Yadana field in the Andaman Sea. The Mats, delivered on behalf of Total Myanmar, are meant to provide freespan
FoundOcean Bags Gemini OWF Grouting Contract
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. FoundOcean proposed the materi
Bibby Athena Gets Mini-Ranger 2 Tracking System
Bibby HydroMap, a seabed survey company, has upgraded the Sonardyne Scout acoustic positioning system installed on its coastal survey vessel, Bibby Athena, to the new Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 USBL system. Mini-Ranger 2 is the latest addition to Sonardyne’s family of sixth-generation (6G) Ultra-Short
Hydro Group, EnerMech Jointly Develop New Product
Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has teamed up with mechanical engineering group EnerMech to launch new product offering to the market. Hydro Group and EnerMech have combined expertise to deliver a new hydraulics hose product, offering lay-up and over-sheathing of hydraulic hoses fo