Following increasing demand for mid-sized excavators in Europe, Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the launch of the all-new SK75SR-7 and SK85MSR-7. Several years of research and development, including valuable feedback from the European market on the previous SK75SR-3 a
University of Malta has been awarded a Statement of Feasibility by the independent certification body DNV GL , for its offshore energy storage system (FLASC). FLASC is an energy storage solution that is suited for use in the offshore environment, and which can be integrated within large-scale renewa
BiFab has secured a contract from GeoSea to produce piles worth up to £26.5 million for the Moray East offshore wind farm development. The contract represents the first for DF Barnes, following the takeover of BiFab, and will create 82 jobs at its yard in Arnish. Sean Power, vice president Business
Chet Morrison Contractors has acquired two pipelay/construction barges and a saturation diving system, effectively doubling the size of its pipelay barge fleet and increasing its saturation diving capabilities.
Vår Energi has entered into an agreement with Telenor Maritime to equip the Goliat field in the Barents Sea with 2G and 4G networks.
Oil major BP has signed a frame-agreement with Zurich-based ABB appointing ABB as one of its global Main Electrical Contractors (MEC).
Satif Ouvrage d’Art, a French private service company, has taken delivery of H300 MK2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from ECA Group. The H300 ROV is equipped with a scanning sonar and an imaging sonar, both mounted on a specific skid to conduct inspection and intervention tasks on immerged structur
Phoenix International (Australia) has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the delivery of a new air transportable submarine rescue system. Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne, said the service will be based in Western Australia and support both the Collins Class submarine
Kraken Robotics has developed new sonar system, the AquaPix MINSAS-240 Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS). Karl Kenny, Kraken’s president and CEO said, “For demanding subsea survey missions in mine countermeasures, infrastructure monitoring and oil & gas exploration; time is of the essence. The sensor t
Sonardyne International has delivered a sonar monitoring system to an unnamed US oil company, to reinforce its deepwater offshore asset integrity assurance in the US Gulf of Mexico The Sonardyne’s wide-area Sentry Integrity Monitoring Sonar (IMS), has been deployed on the seafloor at more than 2,000
BP and Enpro Subsea have started execution of a Global Frame Agreement aimed at providing an enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardization using Enpro’s Flow Access Module (FAM) technology. Enpro Subsea supplied the FAM technology to BP on the Kepler K3 project in the Gulf of Mexico. The pa
Subsea 7 has confirmed the award of three contracts by Woodside since December 2018. Each contract is for engineering studies and includes an option for Woodside to proceed to the execute phase with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract. The contracts are for: SN
Oil major BP and Enpro Subsea have executed a global frame agreement aimed at providing an enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardization using Enpro’s patented Flow Access Module (FAM) technology.
The Nederlands-based technical solutions provider Seatec has received order for design and delivery of four special submersible pump systems. All 4 systems will be fitted with special hydraulic motor, ROV release and various electrical sensors plus valves. Required hydraulic power packs (topside) ar
