Forum Energy Technologies Inc., (Forum) announces the recent sale of a Sub-Atlantic™ Mojave observation ROV to GeoTeam S.r.l. in Rome, Italy. GeoTeam is a solutions based marine survey, construction support and geotechnical contractor with operations in the United Kingdom, Italy and the United Arab
BOURBON Offshore has ordered over one hundred engines and generator sets from Caterpillar Marine Power Systems for anchor handling tug and supply vessels currently being constructed in China. 60x Cat® 3516C diesel electric propulsion (DEP) engines will be packaged with Kato generators for twenty anc
EnerMech AS, a mechanical engineering specialist, has been selected by Reflex Marine as the Accredited Service Centre in Norway for FROG and TORO personnel carriers. Reflex Marine’s FROG personnel carrier has become widely adopted in Norway. Customers of FROG & TORO personnel carriers in Norway now
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, announces that it has been awarded the MAAPS 2011 Geospatial Excellence Award for Technology Innovation. The award was given to the ALTM Aquarius, an innovative compact solution for mapping coastal
On 30 November 2011, Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new Damen Multi Cat 3213 ‘Oceanus’. The Oceanus is the biggest Multi Cat ever built by Damen Shipyards and the first of its type. A sister vessel ‘Cronus’ is to be delivered April 2012, one month before the contractual delivery date
Located on mid-ocean ridges, hot vent ecosystems are characterized by extreme environments and unique organisms, which don’t depend on sunlight – a rare feat! Photosynthesis is the way plants convert energy to food, but deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities are sustained by microorganisms, which ca
ShawCor’s pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a 45 milliona contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide corrosion protection and concrete weight coating for the Barzan pipeline project in the Qatari sector of the Arabian Gulf. The contract will be executed at Bredero Shaw’s facili
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), today announced that the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon. Michael O’Brien MP, has awarded the company conditional funding support of $5 million under the Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program. The funding will be applied tow
The Statnett Grid Development Plan 2011 launched Wednesday upholds Statnett ambitions and specifies the investments to be implemented by 2021. The aim is to ensure supply of energy to Norwegian consumers, facilitate Norwegian climate policy and economic growth. The planned investments amount to betw
EBI Cranes LLC offers a unique marine crane for the offshore oil & gas industry. The Hammer Head Hose Handling Crane is different in that it’s blocks are side by side allowing for better hose handling specifically with regard to hose-end alignment. With the Hammer Head Hose Handling Crane, one may m
As port and other infrastructure developments gear up in Vietnam to handle a strongly-growing economy, foreign investment in the manufacture of construction products continues apace. In its first production base for infrastructure materials outside of Japan, Nippon Steel has set up a company for the
Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced it has improved upon its popular Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue™ Drive Plus C system, a new diesel electric propulsion system now available in the United States. Developed by Siemens Marine Solutions Global Center of Competence in Trondheim, Norw
As organizations within the subsea industry develop more applications with hybrid optic connector technology in mind, there has been a dramatic increase in the quantity and complexity of hybrid optic connector configurations needed to fit these applications. As fiber optic communication continues to
Marine Well Containment Company will for the first time exhibit at the Clean Gulf Conference in San Antonio. In addition, MWCC Chief Operating Officer Dan Smallwood will address attendees during a subsea containment panel, as part of the Deepwater Prevention and Response conference track. The confer
