ABB will deliver a package including electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems for a 5000T heavy-lift pipelay construction vessel. By integrating power and automation on the vessel, overall efficiency, safety and reliability will be increased, ABB has promised. This is the first ti
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chief Mohab Mamish yesterday inspected dredging works on the New Suez Canal project. Mamish hailed efforts exerted by the workers of the project and the progress they made so far. This development project is designed to enlarge the transit capacity and to increase industri
There were cheers all around when the final load of sand to form the base for Brisbane Airport’s New Parallel Runway was pumped onto the runway site over the weekend – some two months early. Julieanne Alroe Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) CEO and Managing Director said collaborative project manag
Parcom Capital and the management team of Barge Master announced today that an agreement has been reached on the participation of Parcom Capital as majority shareholder and investor in Barge Master Holding B.V. According to FD.nl, the Parcom Capital investment is valued at around 20 million Euro. Ma
Bill Dixon, Manager of the NJDEP Bureau of Coastal Engineer discussed beachfill operations with NJDEP Chief of Staff Magdalena Padilla at Oakwood Beach, N.J. on December 2, 2014. USACE and NJDEP have partnered to construct projects along the New Jersey shore designed to reduce damages from future st
Construction of a new offshore research and development center at Memorial University of Newfoundland is complete. According to Research & Development Centre, this will pave the way for increased collaborative research focused on solving technical challenges facing Newfoundland and Labrador industri
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 01 – December 07). Allseas’ flagship vessel, the 382 metres long and 124 metres wide Pieter Schelte, might be looking for a new job following the latest South Stream developments. Namel
New Suez Canal Project on Right Track The Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Department and the supervisor of the New Suez Canal project, Major General Kamel Al-Wazir, said yesterday that the digging rate at the project reached 142 million cubic meters. VIDEO: World’s Biggest Marine Excavator at W
SapuraAcergy, a joint venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from Total E&P Myanmar. The contract award is for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of the Wellhead Platform 4 and Lower Compression Platform, Pipelines and Cable (
Alewijnse Marine Systems, a leading marine technology expert, is playing a significant role in a program of electrical repairs and modifications to the Nordnes, a modern flexible fallpipe vessel. The vessel is owned by Van Oord, a leading contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore energ
Norwegian subsea operator, Reach Subsea has started the mobilization of Edda Fonn. In June this year, the company signed a three-year time charter agreement, plus option to extend, with Østensjø Rederi for the subsea IMR, survey and ROV support vessel. The vessel is equipped with ROV hangar and a 10
Swedish owner of offshore support vessels Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has cancelled a contract for aerial reconnaissance services with Blom ASA. Blom is a Norway-headquartered service provider within area of acquisition, processing and modelling of geographic information. According to Blom’s press rel
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has subcontracted the electrical repairs and modifications of Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel ‘Nordnes’ to Alewijnse Marine Systems. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by Van Oord to refit the Nordnes. The
Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for manned underwater operations until November 2015. The services are to be supplied by Technip and Subsea 7. Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent to perform manned underwater opera
