According to the UK’s latest spending review, the government is backing global underwater engineering hub in Aberdeen with £1.3 million. Bringing together underwater technologies from both industry and academia, the planned hub should reinforce the UK’s status in the field and build on expertise in
Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) has completed the delivery of the LH 29-2 deep-sea SPS umbilical project for China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). This is the first deep-water static umbilical project (800 meters water depth, 9 super duplex SS tubes) which realise the production localisation in
Aker BP and Cognite have partnered to deploy Spot, the quadruped robotic dog, to pioneer the remote-controlled offshore mission on the Skarv installation.
A study commissioned by the Canadian Government is recommending individual governments, including Canada, to take unilateral action to restrict or prohibit scrubber discharges from both open-loop and closed-loop systems. The report, released by the International Council on Clean Transportation, clai
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in the UK is leading a project to develop a system to improve the efficiency of offshore renewable energy generation and help develop the Blue Economy. The Submarine High-fidelity Active-monitoring of Renewable energy Cables (SHARC) has secured funding from Inn
Dutch independent LNG supplier Titan LNG, has launched a tool aiming to provide clarity on prices for LNG as a marine fuel.
Subsea, trenching and excavation specialist Rotech Subsea has completed a sandwave clearance and cable recovery in the English North Sea for an engineering and underwater services provider. Rotech’s next generation controlled flow trenching and excavation TRS2 tool carried out the sandwave clearance
N-Sea Renewable and Utilities Services (N-Sea RUS) and SeaRenergy consortium have completed a project with Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) on a rapid turnaround project using an innovative retrofit solution. Founders, Rick Van Bruggen and Arno Van Poppel, set up N-Sea Renewable and Utilities Services
SB Submarine Systems (SBSS) cable installation and maintenance barge Fu Yong 6 has completed its very first 220kV power cable loading in Jiangsu, China. The Chinese company recently completed sea trials and took delivery of Fu Yong 6 on long-term charter from Zhoushan Yongbo Shipping. The barge is n
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has delivered the riser pull-in system for the Lingshui 17-2 platform, owned and operated by CNOOC. The Lingshui 17-2 platform is the world’s first deepwater semi-submersible production platform with condensate storage facilities. The China’s first wholly-owned and opera
CIMC Gretha, a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) managed by CIMC Raffles, set sail from Curacao to Yantai, China on 1 1 November 2020.
Sparrows Group has been awarded a five-year contract by Spirit Energy for crane maintenance and lifting services across its Morecambe Hub assets.
Dutch-based Mammoet has secured a steel catenary riser (SCR) and umbilical pull-in contract from Subsea 7. The scope of work included in this contract is for engineering, procurement, fabrication and offshore pull-in operations. The SCR and umbilical pull-in operations will take place at Mississippi
Jeddah Port’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal has taken delivery of two remote-controlled Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes, and 10 hybrid-Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs), as part of its planned expansion. Namely the terminal aims to double its annual container throughput capacity to 5.2 million TEUs by 2023. T
