Ocean Power Technologies, a company planning to build the nation’s first commercial wave energy operation offshore Oregon, announced that it is undertaking studies which will probably cause the delay of a test buoy installation, Winnipeg Free Press reports. CEO Chuck Dunleavy stated: “This process c
With 8 more booths added the exhibition area offers opportunity to more companies and organisations to showcase their newest products and services to the dredging world. World Dredging Congresses (June 3-7, 2013, Square Meeting Centre, Brussels, Belgium) are organised once every three years by WODA,
Egypt’s coastguard caught three divers cutting an undersea internet cable and causing disruptions to online services on Wednesday, Telegraph reports. The damage was caused on South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable which links France to Singapore, with branches connecting telec
Work is in progress at Mair’s Yard, Lerwick on Lerwick Port Authority’s new quay as the site of a future fishmarket building. Contractor Tulloch Developments has completed installing the piles for the quay wall of the 151 metre long berth. An extensive area of land reclamation has been created and t
Welsh marine energy company Tidal Energy Ltd is preparing to deploy a prototype of its DeltaStream device in the Ramsey Sound off St Davids Head, southwest Wales. Tidal Energy, which is controlled by principal shareholder Eco2, a company committed to financing and developing renewable energy project
Belov Engenharia has ordered a second Saab Seaeye Lynx ROV for its operations in Brazil’s vast oil fields. General Manager, André Weber Carneiro explains why he favours the Lynx. “It’s powerful for its type, with a good depth rating that enables us to perform a wide span of services.” He says that t
Belov Engenharia has ordered a second Saab Seaeye Lynx ROV for its operations in Brazil’s vast oil fields. General Manager, André Weber Carneiro explains why he favours the Lynx. “It’s powerful for its type, with a good depth rating that enables us to perform a wide span of services.” He says that t
Yesterday, Van Oord held a ceremony commissioning crane vessel Titan and accommodation pontoon Astrachan. The honours were done by Mrs E. (Lily) de Wit – wife of Area Director F. (Freek) de Wit – and Mrs M. (Michele) Kamsteeg, wife of Area Manager M.C. (Ries) Kamsteeg. The order to build Titan and A
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of 12 kilometers of eight inch subsea pipeline and associated tie-ins on four existing platforms located in the Abkatun-
Yemen LNG has installed five Tideland SB-285P lateral mark buoys equipped with SolaMAX 140/6 self-contained LED lanterns to mark the exclusion zone around its facilities at the port of Balhaf. YNLG has been using Tideland’s smaller SB-138P buoys to mark the exclusion zone since 2007 but have now cho
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that Tesla Offshore LLC has purchased a Bluefin-21 AUV. Randall P. Bergeron, President and CEO of Tesla Offshore stated that, “In the highly competitive and evolving field of AUV
For submarine cable and flexible product installation, trenching and seabed dredging activities, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical (RSPU) owns and operates a state-of-the-art jet Trenching ROV that was delivered end of Q3 2012, and went into service in October. The Q1000 is a high performance jet trench
MacGregor has secured a further order for two 100-tonne AHC offshore MacGregor cranes from a shipbuilding group in Malaysia. A leading Malaysian shipbuilding and chartering group has taken up its option for two more 100-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from MacGregor, part of Car
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Petrobras for the supply of the first subsea manifold systems for its pre-salt fields, located offshore Brazil. The value of the contract is approximately $130 million in revenue. This initial award includes three manifolds, t
