Fast-growing offshore company Red7Marine Offshore has expanded its subsea services to North Sea clients by investing in a fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The eight observation class ROVs add a new strand to the portfolio offered by the ambitious marine offshore and subsea contractor. The
James Fisher Defence (JFD), the subsea operations and engineering company, has opened a new facility in Vaxholm, Sweden, JFD’s international base for the manufacture and maintenance of the company’s SEAL Pod range of Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs). The new facility is the headquarters of JFD Swede
Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project’s christmas tree systems touched ground in Australia.
Vroon has announced that, during ceremonies held today, November 25, at Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China, five of Vroon’s newbuilding vessels have been named. The vessels christened were VOS Pride and VOS Prime, two multi-purpose platform-supply vessels (MPSV), plus VOS Glamour, VO
In October 2014 the first phase of the pile testing campaign for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project was launched after the site’s geotechnical investigation on the Baltic Sea had been completed. German engineering and services group Bilfinger was awarded the test pile contract and chose SAL Hea
The final array cable has been installed at RWE Innogy’s flagship 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast, completing the construction phase of the project. The project is now progressing towards its ultimate milestone, the final commissioning and operation of all remaining 4
Two years ago in 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the northeastern United States and went down in history as one of the most destructive storms on record, damaging homes and businesses and causing billions of dollars in damage to vital infrastructure, electrical power transmission, transportation and wa
The Teledyne Marine Systems group, providers of undersea vehicles and subsea infrastructure, have announced that SeaBotix, part of the recent Bolt Technology Corporation acquisition by parent company Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, will join the Marine Systems group of companies. SeaBotix is a m
Spectrum ASA has started a 3,600 km Multi-Client 2D seismic survey offshore Uruguay. According to the company, the new acquisition program will infill Spectrum’s survey acquired in 2013 and cover open, ultra deep water acreage in the Oriental del Plata and Pelotas basins, anticipating the third lice
A highly anticipated stage of the £36 million Clacton and Holland on Sea Coastal Protection Scheme started yesterday, with the first beach recharge to create new sand and shingle beaches. The recharge hails an exciting new stage in the project, as the beaches start to take shape. The hopper dredger
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces that the first of its new generation CETO 5 wave energy units has been successfully installed and is operating at its Perth Wave Energy Project site off Garden Island, Western Australia. The CETO 5 unit was successfully installed on the fi
A new tool to guide restoration and protection actions to sustain priority habitats in the Hudson River estuary is now available for community groups, government agencies, scientists and conservation organizations, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Marten
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previously too difficult to access. The results, publish
Oceaneering International, Inc. has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International AS. The vessel was delivered to Island offshore from Vard Brevik yard in April this year. Oceaneering expects it will
