The launch ceremony of SHANTI SAGAR 17 – an 8,000m³ standardized trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) – took place today, 31 March, at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. This is the first of two Beagle 8 TSHDs for Adani – the second (SHANTI SAGAR 18) is scheduled to b
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is organising an ROV Seminar, with the theme ‘The future for remote systems and ROVs in the offshore construction industry’. Chaired by Graham Duncan of TechnipFMC, the IMCA ROV Committee Chairman, it will be held Tuesday 30 – Wednesday 31 May
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has completed a series of wet tests to verify the capabilities and functionality of its NjordGuard cable protection system for installation and removal on J-tube and monopile interfaces for offshore wind farms. In addition to passing all the tests, NjordGuard was inst
HR Wallingford has been awarded a contract to work in partnership with M/S Dredging Solutions to support the expansion of the dredging activities of the Indian Government-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). Working as Technical and Project Consultants, HR Wallingford will share its expertise
The productive collaboration between Cameron Ledeen and DGI Doedijns has developed into an official distributorship. Cameron Ledeen specialises in the design and construction of a wide range of valve actuators. This distributorship enables DGI Doedijns to offer both standard stand-alone actuators an
Danish marine survey solutions company EIVA said it has developed a way to modify its remotely operated towed vehicle ScanFish ROTV to not only swim up and down, but sideways as well during subsea survey operations. The new upgrade is available on all ScanFish models, but is especially relevant to t
Marine Solutions provider Malin Group has been awarded a turnkey contract by Minesto to provide concept, design, fabrication and delivery of an offshore support platform for the Deep Green 500 tidal generator project at Holyhead Deep, off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The offshore unit will pr
Unique Group’s Survey Equipment division has recently purchased new hydrographic surveying equipment to further upgrade its rental pool. The purchase includes two Edgetech 6205 Swathe Bathymetry Sidescan Sonars and a Reson T50P Multibeam Echosounder, and will be available from the Group’s Aberdeen o
Norwegian oilfield services player Aker Solutions has reduced its workforce by some 4,800 since 2014. According to the company’s latest corporate responsibility report, total staff count has been cut by 23 percent from 2014 to 2016. Aker Solutions’ workforce dropped to 16,177 in 2016 from 20,974 emp
Jan De Nul Group has just released a photo from the steel cutting ceremony for three new trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) at Keppel Singmarine. The vessels, ordered earlier this month, combine a shallow draught with high manoeuvrability, making them very suitable for working in confined area
Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has secured four new North Sea contracts in the first quarter of 2017 with a combined revenue of approximately £5.5 million. The work includes a new contract for Exceed’s Performance Improvement division, a well
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group has completed the supply of complete connection systems for three turbines on the MeyGen tidal energy project. The company secured the supply contract from Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH). Doug Whyte, managing director at Hydro Group said: “This significant MeyGen project i
Spark, Vodafone and Telstra have officially put in service the Tasman Global Access (TGA), ready to carry internet traffic between New Zealand and the world. The three telecommunications companies have invested approximately $100 million to build the TGA cable – which stretches 2288 kilometers from
Geophysical survey operations are due to be carried out in and around the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm during early April 2017, AWJ Marine informs. The vessel MV Meridian will carry out a geophysical survey over a period of up to 7 days, starting on April 4, 2017. However, the start date and durat
