Bibby HydroMap has expanded its asset inspection survey technology with the purchase of the Carlson Software Merlin LiDAR mapping system. The Merlin LiDAR system will complement the existing marine and terrestrial survey equipment to deliver improved high-resolution datasets of objects of interest,
ASV Global and BMT are leading a new £1.2-million research project to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous navigation. The project team will use deep learning machine vision systems trained with a unique combination of simulated and real world data. Part funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s i
Subsea 7 has completed the acquisition of Siem Offshore Contractors and two vessels from the Siem Offshore Group.
EC-OG and cohort company SEA have completed dry integration trials at SEA’s Aberdeen facility linking a Subsea Control Module (SCM) to an uprated power source. EC-OG has developed a vertical turbine underwater power source that is designed to expand the operating envelope of SCMs. This Subsea Power
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group (GMG), said it has launched ‘Complete Cable Care’ a service package for power cable owners. GMG concurrently announced the addition of the ASV Pioneer to its fleet of cable ships. According to CWind, the new service package should reduce the time needed to resp
Ashtead Technology has selected acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne International to add to its rental fleet. The multiple SPRINT-Nav systems will be made available to support survey and construction projects using ROVs and AUVs in water depths down to 4,000 metres. SPRINT-Nav
McDermott International has completed the first phase of the deep-water Atlanta Early Production System (EPS) for Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP), located approximately 185 kilometers offshore southeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. McDermott performed the project management, engineering an
Basslink has informed that the cable system, linking George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, is expected to return to service at the end of May 2018, insted of April, following an outage that occurred during the planned maintenance works on the Basslink interconnector. During the routine m
Energinet and National Grid have postponed the final investment decision (FID) on the Viking Link interconnector project, which was initially scheduled to take place in March. The project partners have chosen to push back FID until further clarity is achieved with respect to UK planning consents, wh
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has announced details of its annual ‘Lifting & Rigging Seminar – return to offshore cranes’. The seminar will focus on all aspects of offshore cranes – types, applications (including offshore, subsea, wind, heavy lift and decommissioning), oper
The first phase of the Indian Ocean Exchange (IOX) submarine cable system, connecting Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands to South Africa and India, has been officially launched in Port Louis. The project, which will position Mauritius as a technology hub, is the third submarine cable landing in Mauriti
Aquaterra Energy said it has completed the delivery of a Sea Swift conductor supported platform (CSP) for DeNovo Energy in the Gulf of Paria, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. According to the company, this is the first platform of its kind to be installed in the country. The project was completed in te
Austria’s Palfinger Marine has secured a contract for replacement of six large lifeboat stations for an accommodation vessel owned by Edda Accommodation.
Acteon and Arundo Analytics have partnered to deliver machine learning models for subsea applications on the Arundo Enterprise platform. Using its industry insight and subsea expertise, Acteon, will work with Arundo as one of its preferred partners to develop high-value advanced analytics for its op
