KVH, Asia’s information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, announced a new backhaul service in Japan that connects Shima Cable Landing Station (CLS) with Tokyo and Osaka through KVH’s Ethernet backbone network. This new backhaul service, commercially available from December 15, 2014, w
Transfield Services has signed a master services agreement with Woodside to provide multidiscipline implementation services at the Woodside – operated North West Shelf Project offshore facilities. The new contract is for two years, with two one – year extension options. The contract’s scope incorpor
Searcher Seismic in conjunction with project partner MAGE, has announced the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey in Ireland. The Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey comprises of approximately 9,000 km of high quality, long offset broadband 2D seismic data and will be the first comp
Dutch company Alewijnse Marine Systems, has been awarded the contract for the full electrical refit of the 114 metre diving support vessel Seawell, owned by Helix Energy Solutions Group. The Seawell is currently in the North Sea and is expected to arrive at the Damen Shiprepair Yard in Vlissingen in
TTS Group’s subsidiary TTS NFM GmbH in Hamburg, Germany has entered into an agreement with South China Marine Machinery, controlled by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to establish a new joint venture company. TTS Group says that this new joint venture company was established for develop
The International Seabed Authority is calling for applications for the training programme to be provided by China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (COMRA) in 2015 pursuant to the contract for exploration for polymetallic sulphides between the International Seabed Authorit
The Liebherr P 995 Pontoon is one of the biggest Marine Excavators in the World. Möbius, from Hamburg, Germany, is a specialist hydro engineering company. With years of experience, Möbius relies upon Liebherr marine excavators. With their second Liebherr P 995 Pontoon Excavator (based on the Liebher
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has announced plans to downsize its business. Commenting on the news, Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Officer John Malcolm, said: “Following a strategic review the Board of Aquamarine Power has decided to significantly downsize the business. “This will involve r
Baltimore Port Alliance has just released a video about Masonville, an innovative environmental project that utilizes dredge material to create new usable land for the port and cleans up natural space that is used by the community. Construction of the Masonville Dredged Material Containment Facility
Homes in Much Wenlock, Broadway, Childswickham and Murcot will be better protected from floods thanks to an unprecedented six-year £2.3 billion flood defense program, benefiting Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire to the tune of over £12 million. Improvements
SETS, a north-east subsea engineering firm has developed a new generation of re-usable, environmentally neutral subsea mats. Available in the UK for the first time, the mats are meant to eliminate the use of permanent concrete mattresses to land equipment on during subsea operations and can also be
The second phase of an ambitious project to gather valuable information on ocean processes and marine life using a fleet of innovative marine robots has just reached its conclusion. Co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Exploring Ocean Fronts project took place off southwest En
Caterpillar Marine’s Cat® power and propulsion solutions have been selected to power four AHTS vessels for Grupo CBO, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Each AHTS vessel will be equipped with 4 x 6 M 32 C propulsion engines rated at 3000 bkW and Cat Propulsion controllable pitch propellers. Ad
McDermott Internationa has concluded the transportation and installation of a Yoke-type Single Point Mooring tower and hook up to a Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) vessel for PT Rekayasa Industri offshore Indonesia in the Banyu Urip field. PT Rekayasa Industri was appointed by Mobil Cepu Limited,
