McDermott International has launched its first Digital Innovation Center in Pune, India. McDermott’s key focus is to develop and utilize digital solutions to lead the transformation in offshore oil and gas projects, the company said. The Digital Innovation Center will serve as a technology epicenter
The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has just posted this amazing photo, taken on August 8th, 1929, by the Chicago Architectural Photographing Company. The photo shows the GLDD’s work on the South Branch of the Chicago River, from Polk to 18th Streets. Pictured are the Derrick Boat No. 5
Ping DSP has launched a new shallow water bathymetry system, the 3DSS-iDX-450. Dr. Paul Kraeutner, PingDSP’s founder and CEO, said: “Performance, versatility and simplicity, that’s what shallow water hydrographers want, and that’s exactly what the 3DSS-iDX is all about.” The PingDSP engineering team
Speedcast has been selected by Noble Corporation to provide IT communications equipment and connectivity services to its drilling fleet.
German-based energy company VNG AG is exploring strategic options for VNG Norge
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) yesterday highlighted the U.S. dredging industry’s commitment to build and maintain safe, efficient and cost-effective navigation channels in the nation’s inland waterways and ports. “The recent deliveries of four state-of-the-art vessels, constructed by nearl
Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf (Oranjewerf) has completed final outfitting and modifications on a second subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel VOS Stone for Vroon Offshore Services. VOS Stone was built at Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in China before coming to the Netherlands for completion. The eig
Fugro has started a program of geophysical and geotechnical surveys for Artelia, Abu Dhabi as part of the Hail and Ghasha development, a landmark project by ADNOC.
A Damen submersible dredge pump, type DOP350, was recently delivered to the Finnish contractor Vesirakennus Ojanen Oy for a work in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. “The DOP pump has been fitted out with a reinforced heavy duty leveler head making it the perfect tool for unloading barges. The head i
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a Vryhof company, has started operations under the newly awarded contract to provide pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Austrian oil & gas company OMV has deployed the semi-submersible
Deep Sea Mooring has begun providing pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semi-sub offshore Norway.
Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey, has received Lloyd’s Register (LR) recognition for its subsea CT scanner, Discovery. The qualification trials of Discovery were conducted in a simulated subsea environment at Tracerco’s HQ in Billingham, UK. Ben Metcalfe, subsea technical manager at Tracerco said:
Sand pumping operations for the City of Isle of Palms restoration project are finally underway, the city said in their latest announcement. This major coastal protection scheme, worth $11.8 million, is being undertaken by the Oak Brook based dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (G
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has received a contract from Alphabet Inc. (Google) to design, deploy and launch the Curie submarine cable system. The four fiber-pair system will span over 10,000 km and will link Los Angeles, California (USA) to Valparaiso, Chile, and will include a branching
