The keel laying ceremony for the new mega cutter suction dredger (CSD) Co. 1277 took place today at the Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger, to be built for Boskalis Westminster NV, will be a sister vessel of the CSD Helios. The new giant will have a total installed power
Vocus confirmed that its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) has been put into early service following a major service disruption on the SEA-ME-WE 3 (SMW-3) submarine cable between Perth and Singapore. In order to minimize customer impacts due to the SMW-3 outage, Vocus has implemented an emergency cuto
GlobeNet and Facebook have begun construction of the new submarine cable system GlobeNet announced in May. GlobeNet and Facebook will co-own the system and it will be operated by GlobeNet. Named ‘Malbec’ after the renowned Argentinian wine, the new 2,500 km submarine cable will link the Brazilian ci
PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Aker Solutions and Kvaerner 50/50 joint venture (ASK JV) to deliver mono ethylene glycol (MEG) and chemical injection pump packages to the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 field development. Under the contract, PG Flow Solutions will supply a total of six p
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase. The JIP’s participants include Anadarko, Chevron,
Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey. Since joining Acteon in 2011, Smith has undertaken a variety of commercial and operational roles. He was instrumental in the merger of UTEC with NCS Survey in 2015 and was, most recently, responsible for the day-to-day management
Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE) have been awarded subcontracts valued at $64.6 million to their ERAPSCO joint venture, for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the United States Navy. The award is a GFY18 ERAPSCO Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract release fo
PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract by Aker Solutions and Kvaerner to equipment to the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development.
The Allseas offshore pipelay vessel Solitaire has started the pipelay for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. Before the start of pipelay, the vessel was equipped and tested to meet the project’s requirements. Solitaire is a 300 metres long and 41 metres wide vessel that w
DMC has released a new video with more background information about the use of XblocPlus on the Afsluitdijk Project. Due to the shape of the new blocks, approximately 33% less blocks are needed than with other available armor blocks. Furthermore, the placement operation is safer and quicker due to a
Royston Diesel Power’s advanced enginei EFMS (electronic fuel management system) has been specified as part of the new build program for the first dredging vessel commissioned in 20 years by CEMEX UK Marine. The new £30 million Damen Shipyards Group built CEMEX Go Innovation has been designed to ext
The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) consortium has announced the completion of the close to 6000-kilometers marine installation of its 25-year life- span transatlantic fiber optic subsea cable. Africa and Americas, in the Southern Hemisphere, are now fully connected to their landing stations, Kribi
Equinor-operated Visund Nord improved oil recovery (IOR) project came on stream two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget, Equinor noted. “It took 21 months from the licence partners chose the concept until production sta
Planning and marine licence applications for NorthConnect interconnector has been submitted and open for official consultation. The submission of planning and marine licence applications for the power cables, which will connect the electricity markets of Scotland and Norway, opens up the project to
