The building industry needs a continuous supply of sand, and as the near shore supplies are drying out, dredging is done at deeper concessions. One of the best tools for the job under these circumstances is Damen DOP submersible dredge pump. Damen Dredging Equipment recently delivered its DOP Submer
ROV services provider M2 Subsea has unveiled its recently commissioned purpose-built test tank at the company’s base in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. M2 said that the indoor freshwater tank, which can hold 73,600 liters of water, was created for the primary purpose of testing ROVs and ancillary equipment
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a major seabed clearance project on the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The project scope for Hornsea Project One export cables, located 120km off the Yorkshire coast, is the latest in a number of renewable energy sector awards secured by the subsea t
Subsea inertial navigation technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc., Houston has been selected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), for its deep-rated remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Ventana and Doc Ricketts. The SPRINT systems will be used in conjunction with MBARI’s existing So
Unique Group has entered into a cooperation agreement with UK-based Innovo. As part of the agreement, the companies will collaborate to provide sales & rental equipment and engineering solutions for the marine and oil & gas market sectors in the Middle East and South-East Asia region. “This agreemen
Developer of marine mapping software Teledyne CARIS has appointed Codevintec as CARIS software distributor for Italy, the Adriatic countries, Greece, and Lebanon. Codevintec has been a professional distributor in the geomatics industry for many years. Survey companies, scientific research organizati
Sif Holding N.V. informed that Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd and a joint venture of Sif Netherlands B.V. and Smulders Projects Belgium N.V. have signed preferred supplier and early works agreements for the design and fabrication of 90 monopiles and transition pieces as well as 2 foundations fo
Phoenix International has appointed John Torgersen as the company’s new quality management systems (QMS) lead overseeing elements in all aspects required to achieve and maintain registration and certification in commercial and military quality standards and certification programs. The initial focus
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $100,000 to Oceanit Laboratories, located in Honolulu, to develop a nontoxic coating for use in water pipeline repair. The company is one of 15 small businesses nationwide receiving a total of $1.6 million to develop technologies that will h
EagleBurgmann Germany said it has developed a mechanical seal for High Pressure/High Temperature (HP/HT) applications. According to the company, the development has been carried out in cooperation with a well-known pump manufacturer. The seal is said to be optimized for subsea pumps designed for an
Swathe Services announced that Oceanscan has recently made a significant investment for an R2Sonic 2022 digital wideband multibeam system with integrated I2NS (POS MV Wavemaster) INS. The Sonic 2022 is portable, and can be integrated into AUV, ROV, or a small boat for operations with a range up to 4
Holland Marine Technologies BV recently completed delivery and commissioned a dredging system for a 200m³ trailing suction hopper dredger. The THSD was built by Neptune Shipyards and is destined to work in the Caspian sea, reported the HollandMT. As first in a range of compact trailing suction hoppe
Subcon Europe was contracted recently by Subtech Group to design and fabricate 1680m² of CoastMatt™ for the scour protection of Terminal de Carvão da Matola in Mozambique. The dry bulk terminal has an annual export of 7.5mil tonne of coal and magnetite and the scour protection was a part of the curr
UUV Aquabotix informed that the National Aeronautics Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has placed an order for an unmanned underwater vehicle with Aquabotix’s wholly-owned US subsidiary Aquabotix Technology Corporation. NASA’s JPL ordered Aquabotix’s Endura 300, a 300-met
