Ofgem has decided to reject a proposal by National Grid Shetland Link and Aggreko to build a subsea electricity distribution link from Shetland to mainland Great Britain. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN), the system operator for Shetland, recommended the proposal in May following a compe
Kraken Robotics has been awarded a competitive contract valued at approximately $750,000 for the development of underwater sensors and robotics that should advance digitalization of integrated operations within Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas sector. Contract funding is being provid
Mooring solution provider Mooreast has delivered 12 units of its 26 ton MA5S anchor. 12 units of 26 ton Mooreast MA5S anchor complete with 10.2 ton ballast in anchor fluke and cutter points on the fluke tips were loaded out from Mooreast’s Singapore Benoi yard. The assembled anchors, with an approxi
By David Pitt, Naval Architect at Offshore Ship Designers In the wake of the well-documented downturn in the oil and gas markets in recent years, an increasing number of platform supply vessels (PSVs) are currently under-utilized or languishing in lay-up, most notably in the US Gulf Coast region. Va
Briggs Marine, said it has won a place on a six-year framework agreement with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) for the replacement and maintenance of its subsea cable assets. The framework, which will run to 2023, sees Briggs support over 100 submarine electricity cables which provi
Redundant PSVs could be turned into trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) used for the maintenance of navigable waterways.
Dutch offshore crane supplier Kenz Figee Group has appointed Jan Pieter Klaver as new CEO. Klaver left his position as CEO of Heerema Marine Contractors in June 2017, having served as the chief executive there since 2010. To remind Kenz Figee was taken over by last year by MeeMaken BV, a firm with t
The project will achieve total emission reduction of up to 15.000 ton CO2 per year. This is equal to annual CO2 emissions from more than 7000 cars.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi Ports are to establish a joint Marine Simulator Centre in Musaffah, Abu Dhabi, to provide a range of maritime training for the UAE’s marine workforce. Under this long-term partnership, the Marine Simulation Centre will provide training for ADN
Swan Hunter has completed the demobilization of a flexlay spread from the Lewek Constellation pipelay vessel. The 5500Te basket carousel and loading tower c/w tensioner were used to install flexible risers and flowlines for Eni Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project in Ghana. The multi-stage demo
Teledyne RESON has just released a very interesting paper named ‘Innovative spill measurement for wirecrane and excavator dredging‘. “Monitoring of what happens underwater always has been a challenge. Dredge guidance and monitoring software have the advantage that they show the position of the bucke
Nexans has decided to enhance its high voltage (HV) testing capacity by building a new direct current (DC) laboratory in Calais, France, that allows to test simultaneously three independent qualification loops. Each loop is composed of multiple cable sections and joints and is connected to the elect
Huisman has developed a new system for the application of fiber rope in subsea deployment crane applications. The system includes a hybrid fiber rope system which combines the advantages of fiber rope with subsea deployment, while the heave compensation is done with traditional steel wire rope syste
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for the fabrication, engineering and project management of a complete subsea mooring and riser system with the Bangladesh-based company, Summit LNG Terminal. The MacGregor system will serve Summit’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), an
