Oil and gas services group Three60 Energy has acquired Aberdeen-based North Sea Construction and Commissioning (NSCC) for an undisclosed sum. This is now the fourth company to be added to the fast-developing energy services group which now employs over 320 people. NSCC specialises in the provision o
Marine energy developer Minesto has entered the formal planning phase with Welsh Government for the second stage of public funding for its subsea kite technology project in North Wales. The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will engage with Minesto in advanced business planning for the second s
Boskalis has reached an agreement with SPIE to acquire offshore cable installation activities and assets of Bohlen Doyen (BoDo). BoDo’s offshore cable laying business operations comprise of grid to grid and offshore substation to shore connections, which includes the installation of (nearshore) offs
Subsea 7 has won a SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) contract by BP for the Manuel project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Project execution will be delivered by Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), which is a partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea Schlumberger. The Manuel project comprises
Thales and Aquabotix have signed an MoU for strategic cooperation for the research, design and development of a rapidly deployable Mine Counter Measures (MCM), Rapid Environment Assessment (REA) and Military Hydrographic autonomous system mission solution. This project is a collaboration with Austra
Cabo Verde Telecom and EllaLink have signed the agreement to deliver connectivity from Europe and Latin America to Cabo Verde via the EllaLink Submarine Cable System. The alliance with Cabo Verde Telecom, alongside existing agreements and support from EllaLink’s equity sponsor Marguerite II, will en
PCCW Global and Orange will jointly land the 12,000 km long Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable in Marseille, France, scheduled to go into service in 2020. When complete, the PEACE cable system will offer the shortest routes from China to Europe and Africa, interconnecting three o
The Damen built CSD350 “Kingston” has done a grand job at Cape Jaffa, Australia. The $3 million worth cutter suction dredger was transported from the Netherlands to Port Adelaide in seven shipping containers before assembling at Cape Jaffa. The dredger, which arrived earlier this year, was required
MacArtney Underwater Technology said that the FOCUS 3 ROTV system will soon be leaving its headquarters in Esbjerg, Denmark for the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington. The FOCUS 3 represents the 3rd generation of FOCUS vehicles in the MacArtney ROTV family, all designed
Lamprell has been selected by GeoSea, the lead engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor on the Moray East offshore wind farm, to fabricate jacket foundations for the project. Lamprell will fabricate 45 out of approximately 100 jacket foundations required for the wind farm,
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Andre Rose as technical adviser – Competence & Training, Remote Systems and ROV. Rose has spent most of the last 18 years working in the ROV industry. This has included time as a pilot/technician, superintendent, ROV manager and c
3D at Depth has expanded several global office locations and launched a new portfolio of services designed to support cohesive workflow efficiencies for offshore oil field design through decommissioning. The new line includes: terrestrial dimensional control to support subsea data collection workflo
OPT has said that its PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s R&D MaREnergy project, aiming to develop, deploy and demonstrate suitability of wave energy technologies in oil & gas operations. The OPT PowerBuoy will be used in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s research and de
Carl Mancuso has joined Teledyne Marine as the director of product line management for Teledyne Benthos. The division consists of acoustic modems / positioning products, flotation, releases, pinger locators, and deep tow systems. Mancuso comes to Teledyne from Falmouth Scientific Inc. (FSI), where h
