Zurich-based automation specialist ABB has won a deal to deliver integrated vessel systems to two new LNG-powered dredgers built by Keppel Offshore & Marine for Van Oord.
The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Minesto a SEK 12.5 million grant to the development of the company’s marine power plant DG100. “Climate change and the transition to renewable energy is a global challenge in which Swedish technology like ours can play a significant role. It is therefore crucial
Offshore Innovators Guyana has recruited and trained a team of five Guyanese engineers in Subsea Robotics to support deep-water operations offshore Guyana. The training was hosted by Subsea Specialist at the Deepwater Hub in Chaguaramas, Trinidad, and delivered by Carlos Sardinha of Blue Laguna Inc
ABB has won a contract to deliver its integrated vessel systems to two dredgers built by the Singaporean yard Keppel Offshore & Marine for the Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord. This landmark order – ABB’s largest dredging vessel project for a European end customer – covers integrated el
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has been awarded processing contract by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Under its terms, CGG will perform time and depth imaging of massive volumes of very high-spec data from what is believed to be the world’s largest ocean-bottom n
MDL has concluded a maiden cable lay project offshore Mexico, marking a major milestone for the Mexican subsea market. The company’s modular tensioning spread, featuring the MDL TTS-2/140 Series Tensioner, was used for the installation of a 25mm fibre optic cable on the Eni Amoca/Miztón project. Th
The latest Central Dredging Association (CEDA) publications, covering the most recent work from the CEDA Working Group on the Beneficial Use of Sediments (WGBU), are now available. These include: Sustainable Management of the Beneficial Use of Sediments: An Information Paper; Assessing the Benefits
Offshore mooring solutions supplier SOFEC has hired BMT and Sonardyne to supply a mooring monitoring system (MMS) for Eni’s Coral South FLNG project offshore Mozambique.
Okeanus has received a purchase order from NiGK Corporation (NiGK) in Japan for the development, manufacture, and delivery of an active heave compensated umbilical winch and skid mounted A-frame style LARS. The 10 ton winch and LARS will be used from ships of opportunity to deploy a tethered seafloo
Jan De Nul has been awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of both foundations and subsea cables for the Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in Taiwan. Developed by Macquarie Capital and Swancor Renewable Energy Company, the 376MW Formosa 2 OWF will have 47 Siemens
Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase IRM scope in the North Sea sector for a major client. Rotech’s next generation TRS1 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) tool was mobilised to carry out cable de-burial and retrenching at the offshore wind farm while its new RSG1 cable grab tool was also deploye
DEME’s multi-year fleet investment program continues with the arrival of the new generation trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Bonny River’. The arrival of the 15,000m³ ‘Bonny River’ marks the introduction of a new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD). This vessel is able to dredge ve
After a long conversion period, the trailing suction hopper dredger Samuel de Champlain sailed from Damen shipyard in Dunkirk last Friday, June 14th, to the Loire estuary where she arrived on Sunday, June 16th, to start dredging operations. Dragages-Ports EIG, owner of the ship, decided in 2016 to r
Controlled flow excavation (CFE) services expert James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) said it has developed a low draft, lightweight excavator. According to JFSE, the SP2000 ULD will primarily be used for shallow water excavation and shore pull works including trench maintenance during pull-in oper
