The Saipem 7000 semi-submersible crane and pipelay vessel has arrived at Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) for a major upgrade of its current DP3 system to meet the new closed ring DP3 configuration and ABS EHS-P notation. The project will include the upgrade and modification of the vessel’s power syste
PaxOcean, a subsidiary of Kuok Singapore Limited, has won newbuilding contracts for the construction of a 2,300m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) and two 3,500m³ split hopper vessels for Royal IHC. The vessels, set to be constructed at PaxOcean Graha in Batam, Indonesia, are expected to be de
Oslo-listed seismic specialist Magseis is teaming up with Schlumberger’s geophysical services subsidiary WesternGeco in the space of ocean bottom nodes.
Huawei Marine and PCCW Global said that the submarine cable used in the MARS project has landed on Rodrigues Island, an outer island that forms part of Mauritius. The MARS project is the first submarine cable system to connect the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues. The MARS project uses Huawei’s 10
Siemens has completed the first phase of its Subsea Power Grid shallow water test in Trondheim, Norway. Siemens, in collaboration with industry partners Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Eni Norge, is in the final stages of a program to develop a barrier-breaking system that will become the world’s
Nexans has won a contract worth over €150 million to supply over 200 kilometers of 245 kV high voltage alternating current (HVAC) subsea export cable system for the near-shore section of Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 wind farm. Located in the North Sea, approximately 89 kilometers from the Yorkshire coast, the
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Orbital Marine Power has revealed the designs of its upcoming commercial production tidal turbine, the Orbital O2 2MW, which is targeted to be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney in 2020. The Orbital O2 will comprise of a 73 meters long floating superstructure, supporting
Subsea fiber optic solutions company Xtera has announced completion of the Final Splice and marine operations on the Guantanamo – Puerto Rico submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This is the second submarine cable system that Xtera has deployed for DISA (agency o
The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) has purchased two Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) from AML Oceanographic to improve their survey operations. GSI works in partnership with the Marine Institute of Ireland under the joint programme INFOMAR to survey the coastal and deep waters surrounding Ireland,
MacArtney Singapore has recently delivered a TRIAXUS ROTV with customised sensor payload to the Chinese Academy of Science for oceanographic research projects in the South China Sea. The Chinese Academy of Science, via MacArtney agent Geo Marine Technology, has purchased the first TRIAXUS ROTV to be
McDermott has been awarded a contract for concept and engineering services by Talos Energy for the Zama field development project offshore Mexico. The contract award is for engineering services, including concept selection and follow-on pre-FEED. McDermott will execute this contract award with io oi
Okeanus Science & Technology has completed the factory acceptance test, source inspection, and delivery of its latest USV based winch for Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting system. The NGC MHU winch is the newest in the expanding Okeanus catalog of autonomous USV based products. The NGC MHU winc
Offshore robotics company FORSSEA ROBOTICS has chosen GMS as main technical partner to certify its real-time visual positioning technologies. A joint laboratory will be created to develop a common offer covering camera calibration, subsea image treatment and innovative photogrammetry solutions. FORS
