CARIS has released its new hydrographic data processing and bathymetric data management and analysis solutions. The latest releases of HIPS and SIPS 9.0 and Bathy DataBASE 4.1 feature significant enhancements, as well as providing streamlined connectivity and smart utilization of shared functionalit
Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. (Huawei Marine), a global submarine cable networks provider, has started manufacturing the cable for the Far East submarine system and will also shortly start manufacturing other wet plant for this system. This is a direct result of the turnkey system design and devel
Chiyoda Corporation, Xodus Group and Saipem International BV, a subsidiary company of Saipem Spa, have joined forces to set up a subsea engineering company named Xodus Subsea. Xodus Subsea plans to challenge the largest tier-one subsea engineering companies for a share of the global market. Xodus Su
Chiyoda has, in partnership with Xodus Group and Saipem, announced the launch of a global subsea engineering company to be named Xodus Subsea.
The Asia America Gateway (AAG) consortium has selected Ciena for a 100G expansion to enhance its trans-Pacific cable network to address the growing demand for anywhere, anytime broadband access. Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions will add multi-terabit data capacity, and enable AAG’s network
Ross Offshore AS has announced a contract award with the Colombian national oil company, Ecopetrol. The contract consists of total well management of Molusco 1 in RC-9, area hired with the Colombian national oil agency ANH by Ecopetrol and India’s ONGC, in front of La Guajira. This well is part of E
Rolls-Royce has won a $11.2 million (£7 million) order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an offshore service vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore. The offshore service vessel will be built at VARD shipyard in Brevik, Norway and is due for deliver
The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) and the International Association for Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), in cooperation with Lindblad Expeditions, have found a way for cruise operators to share years of depth soundings from the Arctic and Antarctica. AECO and IAATO have
Recently Turkish Navy demonstrated its underwater search and rescue capabilities by using an atmospheric diving suit (ADS). According to the training scenario the Atılay class submarine TCG Dolunay at a dept of 100 meters, released her distress buoy 13 miles off the coast of Mediterranean city Mersi
Mermaid Subsea Services (MSS) has increased its shareholding interest in Subtech Saudi Arabia from 70% to 95%. This consolidation took the form of an acquisition by MSS of 30% of the shares in Subtech Saudi Arabia from General Technology & Systems (Gentas) followed by the sale of 5% of the said shar
Rolls-Royce has won a £7 million ($11.25 million) order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an offshore service vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore. The offshore service vessel will be built at VARD shipyard in Brevik, Norway and is due for delive
Atlantic Petroleum, together with Iona Energy UK Limited, has signed all necessary agreements with CNR International (U.K.) Limited, the Operator of the Ninian Central Platform (NCP) securing the offtake arrangements for the Orlando field development . Atlantic Petroleum has a 25% interest, and Io
The Institute of National Petroleum (INP), on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique, has informed that Mozambique’s fifth licensing round will be announced in London shortly. INP’s competitive bidding round will be open for hydrocarbons exploration in the offshore areas of Rovuma,
Royal IHC’s Hi-Traq subsea trencher has entered the competition for the Mechanical Product of the Year Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards, which takes place tomorrow in London. The four-tracked subsea trencher has been designed and developed specifically for shallow water operations
