APM Terminals has entered into a partnership with Brasco, a Wilson Sons Group company, to set up a logistics base in Brazil to support Premier Oil’s drilling operations on Block 717.
RC Dock Europe, part of RC Dock USA, delivered two fully automated launch and recovery systems (LARS) for Fugro’s new Autonomous Surface Vessels. Both systems are fully automated and of a “open” design making it suitable to receive ASV’s with different types of keel mounted payloads up to a weight o
UK-based oil and gas technology development company, Deep Casing Tools (DCT), has appointed two agents in Africa. Namely, Africa Oilwell Technology, an oilfield services company, has been appointed as DCT’s partner in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo and South
InterMoor has started working on a chain inspection job offshore Brazil, in partnership with 3 other Acteon Group sister companies. The team will inspect the mooring lines of six FPSOs. The project consists in performing full inspection on all mooring lines, an equivalent of 28km of chain/polyester.
Norwegian Ulstein Verft has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the seawater cooling system for a cable lay vessel the shipyard is constructing for Nexans Subsea Operations. The CLV Nexans Aurora will play a vital role in installation of Nexans’ HV submarine cables that will connect offshore wind
Finland’s technology group Wärtsilä has introduced an agreement-based power solution for new normally unattended offshore installations (NUIs).
L3Harris Technologies has been selected to provide an unmanned undersea vehicle for expeditionary undersea missions for U.S. military forces by the U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). DIU has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to L3Harris for the U.S. Navy’s next generation sm
JFD has acquired Ansti Test Systems – designer and manufacturer of test facilities for performance measurement of underwater breathing apparatus. Ansti Test Systems provides turnkey packages which utilise computerised data acquisition techniques to display the performance of breathing apparatus unde
PSW Group has signed an agreement for operation of the former EMAS spoolbase located in Gulen Industrial Harbor, Western Norway. The agreement covers all activities related to the production and spooling of pipelines for offshore use. The spoolbase, which was constructed in 2014 to optimize handling
James Fisher Offshore (JFO) has consolidated its services with its sister company, James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE). The merger brings JFSE under the banner of JFO, which should, according to the company, create a dynamic single source of services across asset and project lifecycles, positioned
Petrofac has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement with SSE Renewables to design, supply and install the HVAC onshore and offshore substations for the Seagreen wind farm project. The wind farm will be located 27 kilometers off the coast of Angus. Petrofac has started early work on the project.
NEC Corporation and its subsidiary OCC Corporation have completed full qualification of subsea repeaters and optical cable containing up to 20 fiber pairs (40 fibers). This is a 25% improvement in fiber count over 16 fiber pair systems previously built by NEC. This development allows cable owners wo
MDL has carried out a complete overhaul of a number of lifting equipment on board a North Sea FPSO, in the facility’s 20th year in operation. The marine services project, which reinstated a 25-tonne riser pull-in winch and three 200-tonne anchor chain winches, is estimated to have contributed to ext
MacArtney is launching an all-new, all-electric launch and recovery system for the ocean space market. The new eLARS can be delivered as a complete system or as a stand-alone A-frame and will support a wide range of inspection and observation class, as well as work class ROVs, the company said. The
