Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. “This investment is in line with our strategy of
Norway based subsea specialist Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. This investment is
Cygnus Instruments (stand B15), the leading manufacturer of Multiple Echo Ultrasonic Underwater Thickness Gauges, displays and demonstrates its latest Underwater model, the Cygnus DIVE at Seawork 2012. Packed with new features, it has been designed to be worn on the diver’s wrist, freeing a hand whi
The AXYS Ocean Renewables team announced that they will be exhibiting at Offshore Wind China 2012 in Shanghai, China between 30th May and June 1st, 2012, at stand E7-A057. As one of many world class exhibitors, the services offered by AXYS Ocean Renewables will be presented throughout the exhibition
Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they have supplied a vision system, to assist the installation
Developers of marine energy devices will soon be able to benefit from a wave and current test facility being built in Scotland. The facility’s circular 25-metre pool will be able to simulate combinations of waves of up to 28 metres high and currents up to twelve knots at up to one-tenth scale – cond
Statoil has awarded contracts for new light well intervention (LWI) vessels. These “category A” units will contribute to increased recovery from Statoil’s approximately 500 operated subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Statoil has on behalf of relevant licensees awarded a contract
Four underwater vehicles feature on the Saab Seaeye stand (D16) at Seawork 2012, including the new double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV, which offers twice the operational duration of last year’s single-hulled Sabertooth. It can have a range of over 40 miles, has 14 hours’ duration and can be depth rate
The Chelsea UV AquaTracka in-situ fluorometer has long been the industry standard for hydrocarbon detection, a reputation proven during the Macondo Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Chelsea continues to supply significant numbers of these fluorometers to oil spill areas around the world. Sele
Technip was awarded by Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) two subsea contracts in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico, worth a total amount of €105 million. Technip’s contracts scope includes the procurement and construction of two 16’’ rigid pipelines (9.2 and 8.6 kilometers) for the first project, and the develo
Honeywell announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding will use Honeywell’s Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels commissioned by ship owners in Norway, Russia and the United States. The projects are valued at more than US$8 million. DS
SHOAL, the pan-European ICT project, part funded by the EU, has successfully developed and delivered intelligent robotic fish capable of working together to detect and identify pollution in ports and other aquatic areas. Luke Speller, Project Leader of SHOAL and Senior Research Scientist at BMT Grou
Tideland Signal Limited, a British-based member of the Tideland group of companies, has won another major contract to supply buoys and lanterns for the port at Mombasa. Previous orders have come from the Kenya Ports Authority, but the current order was placed by Van Oord of the Netherlands, which ha
Tocardo International, the leading producer of hydro-power turbines, will make the case for tidal power at the international All-Energy conference in Aberdeen on 23 & 24 May. The Dutch hydro-power specialist is one of the first companies in the world to deliver a complete tidal technology and sell i
