Keller, a German manufacturer of special gearboxes, recently delivered their gearing systems for 2 inboard pumps and an underwater pump to Tianjin Dredging Corporation (TDC). In addition to these gearing systems, the contract also involved a cutter-head gearbox with a nominal engine power of 5,000 k
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by Cammell Laird as the primary supplier of the acoustic scientific research and mapping equipment for the British Antarctic Survey’s new polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The new polar research ship, owned by Natural Environment Re
Norwegian engineering and offshore services provider Aker Solutions has introduced a semi-submersible platform design that it says will help producers unlock more marginal oil and gas fields in harsh environments across the globe. According to the company, the new semi will be lighter and faster to
For the next three years DONG Energy will collect data and perform an assessment of the physical, biological and economic characteristics of BOEM lease area OCS-A 0500 south of Martha’s Vineyard to evaluate the suitability for the construction of an offshore wind farm. RV Fugro Synergy will be condu
Searcher Seismic said it has completed acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey, located offshore Mexico. The Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey was acquired by Searcher’s project partner, BGP and comprises 11,200 km of newly acquired 2D data specifically targeting the near shore
Norwegian seabed seismic services player, Magseis, informed that its chairman Mari Thjømøe has, for personal reasons, decided to tender her resignation. The board has accepted the resignation and appointed board member Jan P. Grimnes as the new interim chairman of the board until the date of the ann
Oceaneering Internationa is expanding its presence for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey services to the West African region. Oceaneering currently serves the U.S Gulf of Mexico with a fleet of commercial AUVs, designed for survey operations in water depths reaching 4,500 meters. The compan
The Ministry of Defence has signed a licence agreement with ASV Global allowing for the use of its unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capability technology. The contract has been signed through Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer arm of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The most attention from our industry readers was reserved for the recently launched company, Rovco. The Bristol-based firm, focused on underwater integrity, remot
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Dutch subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the design and delivery of a piling template instrumentation and control system. The system will be used for the offshore pile installation operations that are part of the construction of the Beatrice offshore
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by Damen to provide a diverse, integrated technology solution for a new 74-metre fishery research vessel (FRV), which will be built at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania. The vessel is planned to be delivered to the owner, the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries
ABB and Aibel have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver offshore wind integration solutions. ABB will focus on its high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, while Aibel will take turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) responsibility for the design, construction, inst
Teledyne CARIS USA, a developer of marine mapping software, informed that Paul Cooper will be retiring on October 14, after 10 years at its helm. Cooper joined CARIS from Leidos (formerly SAIC), and prior to that had a career with the US Naval Oceanographic Office working in the fields of Hydrograph
Sonardyne International has recently chartered one of its Plymouth-based trials vessels to Guidance Marine. Echo Explorer, a 12 meter survey-class catamaran, and its crew were hired to support sea acceptance trials of Guidance Marine’s new long-range microwave position reference sensor, Artemis Mk6,
