FG International Holland BV, the Dutch Special Lifting company, has recently applied a brand new construction called FG Single Pole Lifter. Willtéco was awarded the high profile job to construct and exchange gearboxes on a jack-up platform in IJmuiden, The Netherlands. While the jack-up does have 2
Today, amid great public attention, the DEME Group named and launched its 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger BREUGHEL. The ceremony took place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands. At exactly 2 pm, the ship was successfully launched after its naming by Mrs B
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, announces the award of the Kumang Cluster Project by PETRONAS Carigali to Subsea 7 Malaysia Sdn Bhd. This award further cements Subsea 7’s position in Asia Pacific and Middle East Region. The project involves the
SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
In four years, Carrollton High School went from not having an ROV team to being confident enough in their underwater robot they feel they… (times-georgian) [mappress] Source: .times-georgian,June 09, 2011;
“How can you be sure your seabed equipment won’t be damaged by overtrawling? There’s only one sure way”, claims Martin East, Head of Analysis at Jee, “…and that’s by tank testing.” A recent project commissioned by Allseas drew Martin away from his office base and took him to Denmark where he could s
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack CoPilot to an SMD Fall-Pipe ROV, providing international dredging company Jan De Nul Group unsurpassed control and performance for sub-sea rock installation. Having expressed t
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack CoPilot to an SMD Fall-Pipe ROV, providing international dredging company Jan De Nul Group unsurpassed control and performance for sub-sea rock installation. Having expressed t
Harris CapRock Communications, a global provider of fully managed communications for remote and harsh environments, has been chosen by Odfjell Drilling to deliver turnkey Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications to seven of its mobile offshore drilling rigs and drill ships currently operat
A Houston company says it has developed a system ready to respond to oil spills worldwide using concepts engineered for the Gulf of Mexico… (chron) [mappress] Source: chron,June 08, 2011;
Liquid Robotics®, developer of the award-winning Wave Glider® self-powered hybrid sea-surface/underwater robotic vehicle, and cloud-based data service provider, has closed a Series D $22 million financing round led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the company’s first institutional investor, togethe
Dale Millward, head of subsea development at piping technology specialist, STATS Group, will speak at the 4th Pipe Tech World Summit in Rome. (June 6-8).The annual Pipe Tech event is attended by global experts in pipeline projects and technology, and features the latest methodology and solutions ava
BMT Scientific Marine Services is now in the process of patenting its ROV-serviceable Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly (SSSA). The company submitted application number 61416711 (currently pending with the United States Patent and Trademark Office) to patent its special ROV tool and alignment cage which
