NORBIT has been appointed by the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) to supply two multi-beam echosounder (MBES) sonar systems for use on the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) new AUV platform. The WBMS deep water multibeam systems will be used on NOC’s new 2000 meter depth rated AUV p
High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV Group (EDS), now part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed installation, termination and testing work at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm (BOD). The BOD project has enabled owner and developer, EDF Renewables UK, to trial new technology and it
Prysmian has been awarded a new contract by Ørsted Wind Power to supply submarine inter-array cables for Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project Two, located 89 km off the Yorkshire coast, will be able to supply well over 1.3 million homes with green, renewable electricity once it be
Balltec has recently secured a contract from Intermoor in Houston, USA, for the supply of its MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors. The UK-based company will supply 9 MoorLOK connectors for a project off the coast of West Africa. The connectors, rated to an MBL of 800 Metric Tonnes, are due to be deliv
Accrington-based, hydraulic tools specialist, Allspeeds, has invested over £150,000 in a new vertical machining centre at its Accrington manufacturing facility in Lancashire. The Hartford Plug & Play Series MVP-16 will streamline production of larger Webtool cutting tools, significantly reducing man
Hurricane Energy has informed that the turret mooring system, including the newly-constructed buoy for the Aoka Mizu FPSO, has been installed at the Lancaster field in UK. The installation, part of the LancaOster Early Production System (EPS) development, is a subject to final classification society
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment, said in its latest announcement that ArcelorMittal has chosen their remote dredger to clean sedimentation ponds located at the Zenica plant, Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Our DRP60 remote dredger, equipped with an electric pump EL60B and 70m winche
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $49 million for the quarter ended June, 2018, against net loss of $170 million same time last year. For the second quarter 2018, the company generated $314 million in revenue and operating income of $26 million, against revenue of $350 million
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has doubled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Echosounders with the acquisition of eleven new systems from long-term supplier R2 Sonic. Responding to increased need for hydrographic surveys, Seatronics have more than doubled their stockholding of Sonic 2024 systems wit
Ellicott Dredges, a Baltimore based manufacturer of dredging equipment, recently completed a custom designed and built Series 370 Dragon dredger for a salt mining company in Nova Scotia, Canada. “Ellicott Dredges was awarded the contract based on its reputation for designing and manufacturing heavy-
Geophysical contractor TGS has posted second-quarter 2018 net profit of $46 million, compared to profit of $10 million in the same period in 2017. This comes down to quarterly earnings per share (fully diluted) of 45 cents, against 9 cents profit per share same time last year. The Oslo-listed firm g
With seaborne trade gaining importance in terms of economic development of a nation, government organizations are largely investing in harbor deepening activities worldwide, Fact.MR said in their latest study on Harbor Deepening Market. A deeper harbor can accommodate heavy and large container ships
Kraken Robotics said it has agreed a deal for Ocean Infinity to purchase $9 million of Kraken’s deep-sea batteries. According to the company, delivery dates are expected between Q4 2018 and Q4 2019. Kraken will arrange for these batteries to be built by Kraken Power, an entity in which Kraken curren
Add Energy, the international energy consultancy and software provider, has appointed Damon Bowler as vice president of its Asset and Integrity Management division. Dr Bowler will focus on driving the firm towards achieving its growth plans by overseeing the direction of the division, with a specifi
