Sweden’s Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an oil platform in the North Sea. The order, valued at 60 million Swedish crowns, comprises offshore fire water pumping systems to an unnamed offshore oil platform in the North Sea. “I am very pleased to announce this large orde
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed a verification test for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in UK waters. An AUV is capable of autonomously assessing and acting according to its surrounding conditions and circumstances while carrying out preassigned missions. The AUV verification test was
Emerson’s latest Roxar downhole sensor system has been deployed on the Maria field offshore Norway, providing the field’s operator Wintershall with improved well integrity monitoring and offshore safety. The pressure and temperature monitoring system allows Wintershall to verify that the predicted p
Teledyne Reson is set to deliver the SeaBat T50-R extended range high-resolution multibeam sonar to Greenland Climate Research Centre, to be hull mounted on R/V Sanna. The Greenland Climate Research Centre, a part of Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, will utilize the Seabat T50-R ER capabili
NKT is entering the market for wave power with the testing of power cables for the new wave power project in Norway. NKT has embarked on the journey to produce energy from the sea and has developed two cables designed to withstand the continuous movements of the waves, the company said. The low and
VBMS has introduced a new solution for fixing and sealing subsea cables in offshore structures with its resin-free hang-off. The resin-free hang-off is a joint development of VBMS and Kintech Energy. Arno van Poppel, managing director of VBMS said, “As a total solution provider in the renewables sec
Damen Shipyards Group will hold its first African Dredging Seminar on 23rd November at Damen Shipyards Cape Town. The seminar will be attended by personnel from Damen and its suppliers as well as representative of the South African Government and TNPA. The seminar is open to all with an interest in
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has started the construction of the Peregrino II jacket with the steel cutting ceremony at its Vlissingen yard in The Netherlands. The company secured the construction contract for the Peregrino II jacket by South Atlantic Holding, on behalf of Statoil in May 2017. Th
Sea Machines Robotics has announced a collaboration with TUCO Marine of Denmark to offer remote and autonomous control products as factory options in their line of ProZero workboats. The TUCO Marine Group manufactures a range of modern efficient workboats at its Faaborg, Denmark, location and is spe
The technology group Wartsila has supplied the full propulsion package for the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. The 6.000m³ capacit
JFD, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed an extension to its National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen which enhances the Hyperbaric Reception Facility (HRF) capacity from 18 to 24-man. JFD announced in November 2016 an investment to extend and upgrade the facility which would take the syste
The two self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, HUTA 12 (built by Royal IHC in 2014) and HUTA 14 (built 1986 by Orenstein & Koppel), were recently delivered by Redwise Maritime Services BV from King Abdullah Port to Ras al-Khair, Redwise said in its latest release. “Neither of the dredgers was new t
The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group recently supplied a series of water quality monitor (WQM) instruments from Sea-Bird Scientific for monitoring and modelling project in the Kiel Canal, Northern Germany. The world’s busiest artificial waterway, the Kiel Canal, links the North Sea with the Bal
Finish technology group, Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply engines and equipment for Viking Line’s LNG-fueled ferry being built by at the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry yard in China.
