Teledyne TSS, a division of Teledyne Marine, has launched the new smaller HydroPACT 660 subsea pipe tracking system. According to Teledyne, the 660 has been designed to help reduce the cost of subsea pipe surveys by allowing the use of smaller classes of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released in its latest Terra et Aqua an article named ‘Towards Sustainable Port Development’. In the paper, University of Antwerp professor, Patrick Meire, and researchers Annelies Boerema and Katrien Van Der Biest identify and evaluate
Piedroba Consulting Group (PCG), a Miami-based marine infrastructure consultancy firm with an emphasis on dredging, has reported revenue growth in 2017. Dredging Today caught up recently with Piedroba partners, Jelle Prins and Luis Prieto y Munoz, to discuss the impact they project for 2018. DT: Can
DOF Subsea has been awarded two new contracts and two extensions for the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) contracts with Petrobras in Brazil.
On December 22, after passing her sea trials and regulatory inspections, the newest vessel in Weeks Marine’s fleet – the Magdalen, was officially delivered by Eastern Shipbuilding just in time for the holidays. On December 28, she sailed from Panama City, Florida, on her maiden voyage to the East Co
DOF Subsea has been awarded two new ROV contracts by Petrobras in Brazil. ROVs will be installed on board Skandi Angra and Skandi Paraty. The new contracts start in April 2018 and end in September and November 2020, respectively. Furthermore, Petrobras has extended two ROV contracts for the ROVs on
Canadian energy company Tribute Resources and a Dutch-based tidal energy solutions provider Tocardo have been unable to reach agreement on the final definitive agreements required to facilitate the earlier announced share swap. The proposal was for the share exchange of Tribute shares (Tribute curre
Fugro has been honoured with an Environmental Leadership Award from The Maritime Alliance, a California-based non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable, science-based ocean and water industries. The recognition was received in San Diego during the organisation’s BlueTech Week, an internation
The editors of Subsea World News have selected a few among many worth remembering articles from the previous year that received exceptionally high attention from our readers. In no particular order, here are some of the news to look back on, in case you missed them last year. Enjoy! Fugro has axed o
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular interviews from the past year. Interview: WeSubsea Raises the Bar WeSubsea, a subsea service company located in Norway and UK, has reported a very busy 2016, filled with lots of activities and accomplishments. Interview with Vortex: Focus
In 2017 Subsea World News team spoke with some of the biggest names in this large industry which is now expanding to deliver its technology know-how to other sectors while it expects the new oil market environment to start picking up in the near future. As the activity shifted for oil, subsea power
Subsea World News has gathered the most popular videos of 2017. We have seen many interesting videos in the past year. Here are the industry’s most-watched clips of 2017: The Largest Jacket on NCS Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest
Subsea World News has singled out the most interesting article from each month of 2017 that highlighted the subsea industry. In the Q1 2017, we saw the largest merger in the industry between Technip and FMC Technologies. Emas Chiyoda Subsea went bust and ABB sold its subsea cable business to NKT. Ja
Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from 2017. The Best of 2017 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles. The most read articles of 2017 were: The Houston-based offshore EPCI player McDermott struck a deal to acquire the
