Teledyne Bowtech, a division of Teledyne Limited, will supply modified LED-V-Series deep water lamps for installation on board Triton submarines for the Five Deeps Expedition. The Five Deeps Expedition is a collaboration between investor and explorer Victor Vescovo of Caladan Oceanic, Triton Submari
Red Eléctrica de España has awarded Nexans a contract worth around EUR 50 million to manufacture and install a power cable that will connect the islands of Majorca and Menorca in Spain. The contract was signed after the Spanish Council of Ministers granted administrative authorization and declared i
Subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has bolstered its inspection, maintenance and repair services and capabilities with the acquisition of Canadian-based underwater inspection company, Welaptega. The transaction comes just 10 months after the company completed a joint venture wi
Underwater positioning and communications technology provider Sonardyne has initiated a collaborative project for long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The ambition of the Innovate UK-supported Precise Positioning for Persistent AUVs (P3AUV) project is to enable AUVs to operate at hi
SubCom and the Manatua Consortium announced the contract is in force for the supply and installation of the Manatua submarine cable system. The Manatua Consortium is composed of: The Office des Postes et Télécommunications (OPT), the telecoms operator of French Polynesia; Avaroa Cables Limited (ACL)
Inyanga-Tech, based in Penryn in Cornwall, has launched a tidal energy project called HydroWing. HydroWing is Inyanga-Tech’s patent-pending tidal energy technology which is based on a full-systems approach targeted at subsea tidal energy arrays. Richard Parkinson, managing director of Inyanga-Tech s
Denmark-based subsea cables specialist NKT has appointed Roland M. Andersen as interim CEO. Effective November 16, Andersen replaced Michael Hedegaard Lyng who stepped down from NKT CEO position. Chairman of the board of directors, Jens Due Olsen, says: “I would like to thank Michael Hedegaard Lyng
For a contracting company in the Netherlands, Waterking recently produced pontoons to easily connect HDPE pipes and dredging hoses, located behind a dredger. The pipeline connection pontoons are designed with a lowering in the middle of the pontoons, to prevent the pipes from sliding. The equipment
Kongsberg’s US-based AUV manufacturer, Hydroid, has received an order for a ‘New Generation’ REMUS 6000 AUV from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC). The AUV order is a part of the strategic innovation promotion program (SIP): Innovative Technology for Exploration of Deep
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply the engine for a new dredger in southern China. The MAN 9L48/60CR unit will power the newbuilding vessel currently under construction at Dongguan Xiandai Shipbuilding Co. for sister company, Dongguan Rundong Shipping Co., Ltd., which will produce sand
RTS has taken delivery of three new iXblue Octans 3000 survey-grade fiber-optic gyrocompasses. The units are specifically intended for integration with the RTS CUBE SDM systems which is the principal solution used for deflection and attitude monitoring during integrated template structure (ITS) inst
Expro, has strengthened the opening of its new purpose-built facilities in Baku, winning a four-year contract extension for BP’s Shah Deniz Stage 2 project. The contract extension will see Expro continue its provision of subsea landing string equipment and services to the project in the South Caspia
NKT has signed an export cable Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) for delivery and installation of export cable system to the UK offshore wind farm project Inch Cape. The project is being developed by Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, a subsidiary of Red Rock Power. The PCA is signed in a consortium w
Magseis and WesternGeco have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to offer seismic services including ocean-bottom nodes (OBN) acquisition from Magseis and data QC and processing from WesternGeco. “We are delighted to partner with WesternGeco to deliver full system services for OBN surveys wit
