Chinese company SB Submarine Systems (SBSS) has restructured its fleet in 2020 through the upgrade of CS Fu Hai and retirement of CS Fu An. The vessel upgrade has included the mobilisation of Sealion III, a 600 horsepower trenching ROV onboard CS Fu Hai. The work took place in early November 2020. T
Pipe coating specialists Bayou and Wasco said they will be splitting up their joint venture, Bayou-Wasco Insulation (BWI). BWI will complete contracted projects and begin an orderly wind down in late 2021. “We plan to utilise our experienced workforce to ensure BWI projects are completed with the sa
Seabed seismic player Magseis Fairfield has returned to profit in Q3 2020 despite major revenue drop against the prior-year quarter. The Oslo-listed company generated Q3 2020 revenue of $47 million, down from $134 million same time last year. Revenue was up from Q2 2020 revenue of $45 million. The y
Vår Energi has decided to hire two ‘greener supply vessels’ for service in the North Sea as part of strategy to reduce its environmental footprint.
Vestdavit and H. Henriksen recently carried out sea trials and provided proof of concept for SOLUSV – a new launch and recovery system for unmanned surface vehicles. The tests took place on board a Vestland Offshore vessel, whose existing boat and davit system were modified to accommodate SOLUSV equ
A three-year trial in the Netherlands has shown that the floating solar panels produced by the Dutch-based company Floating Solar are capable to withstand storms without damage.
McDermott has made the second shipment of topside modules for an FPSO unit for MODEC just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away.
CGG and Shearwater have agreed to suspend negotiations around creating a marine streamer equipment JV until visibility in the streamer replacement cycle improves. The companies said that decision comes due to the downturn in the oil and gas industry, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Both parties
Ocean robotics firm Houston Mechatronics Inc. (HMI) has secured a deal to provide 26 all-electric ‘Olympic Arms’ to Triumph Subsea Services for their fleet of work class ROVs. This landmark agreement represents the industry’s first commercialisation of this technology. Derived from HMI’s Aquanaut te
Forum Energy Technologies has won a specialist subsea equipment supply order for a cable maintenance project in South East Asia. The contract landed through Forum’s local representatives. It will see the company deploy a Perry XT500 trenching system and Dynacon launch and recovery system. The order
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) received three new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and four hybrid rubber-tired gantry cranes on 3 November at the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston.
London-based CNC machining specialist and manufacturing partner Get It Made has announced a brand-new initiative aimed at innovative startups in the subsea industry who could be eligible to receive a manufacturing grant of up to £2500. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Get It Made, who work alongside t
UK’s most advanced polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough has left Liverpool for technical sea trials. Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) the new polar ship should transform UK research in the polar regions. Its missions are critical for understanding and making sense of our changing
Italian cabling specialist Novacavi recently delivered custom-built cables for harsh environments providing special supply and power communication for the construction of a new underwater tunnel. The caompany needed to engineer and expertly produce the cables considering they have to perform as a li
