DCL Rigging & Mooring (DCL) has strengthened its management team by welcoming the addition of Keith Shepherd as CEO & President. Shepherd was formerly North America senior sales manager of the Cortland Company and has 30 years of experience creating and growing markets & companies in the Rigging, Ae
Avaroa Cable has confirmed that the Manatua One Polynesia submarine cable system has been brought ashore in Rutaki village, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The cable will provide international connectivity to Rarotonga and Aitutaki when it goes live in May 2020 with a capacity of up to 10Tbps. It will conn
Ocean Infinity has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). The four-year agreement focuses on expanding deep-water autonomous technologies to advance the transmissi
Woodside has awarded a very large contract to Subsea Integration Alliance, between Subsea 7 and Schlumberger’s OneSubsea, for the Sangomar Field Development Phase-1 project located in the Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Offshore Deep oil blocks, offshore Senegal.
Natural Power has assisted AQUIND with the application for development consent for the AQUIND Interconnector. The application to the Planning Inspectorate was accepted on 12th December 2019. The AQUIND Interconnector is a new 2,000 MW subsea and underground high voltage direct current bi-directional
Houston-based oilfield services company Deep Down has received orders from two independent oil and gas operators for emergency umbilical repairs.
Keppel FELS in Singapore has awarded Red Rock a contract for the delivery of two cranes for the new build Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) for a Dutch shipowner. According to Red Rock, the two cranes are tailor made and fit for purpose to best serve the needs of the shipowner. The company also
UK-based oil and gas technology development company, Deep Casing Tools (DCT), together with its partner Innovaciones Petroleras Omega (InPO), has signed a master service agreement with a national oil company. The agreement will see the operator award DCT contracts and orders with an initial value of
A hybrid remotely operated vehicle developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) took the first known automated sample performed by a robotic arm in the ocean. Last month, an international team of researchers used one of WHOI’s underwater robots, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), to explore Kolumbo
Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) chief executive officer Jim Hanlon has announced his plan to retire in 2020. “I’m really proud of what we have accomplished at COVE”, said Hanlon. “At COVE, we’ve created a world-leading environment for ocean technology companies to come together and grow t
Aker Solutions has secured a contract to provide subsea control systems to Beach Energy’s Otway project phase 4 and 5, offshore Victoria, Australia.
Aker Solutions has received a contract to provide subsea control systems for Beach Energy’s Otway project Phase 4 and 5, offshore Victoria, Australia. “The award demonstrates Aker Solutions’ leading technology in subsea control systems and the on going drive to meet complex customer requirements in
A keel laying ceremony for a new IHC Easydredge 700 took place last week at the Rio Maguari Shipyard in Belem, Para, Brazil. According to Royal IHC, IMA will be the name of the dredger that the Dutch company set to deliver to the Peruvian Cohidro and means ‘friend’ in a local dialect of the [&hellip
Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar has recently completed initial in-water testing of a Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations needed to perform a mine hunting mission
