Offshore surveys are a necessary precursor for both oil and gas and renewable energy installations on the seafloor. However, current market conditions are forcing all parties in the supply chain to rethink their approach, said Douglas-Westwood in its DW Monday report. Douglas-Westwood (DW), an energ
JDR, a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has unveiled its new horizontal lay-up machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool manufacturing facility. JDR said it has installed what it claims to be the biggest in the UK and second largest HLM in the world. The company
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 29 – September 04). Divers have located around 40 pieces of debris around the site at Dalmore Bay, on the Isle of Lewis, where the Transocean Winner drilling rig originally grounded on August 8
ASV Global and TerraSond have completed a 5172 nautical mile survey mapping the seafloor in the Bering Sea, off Alaska. TerraSond used the C-Worker 5 autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) alongside its Q105 survey ship for a duration of 36 days. The C-Worker 5 completed 2275 nautical miles of survey line
Singapore-based Kreuz Subsea has named its second newbuild diving support vessel (DSV), currently under construction in Vard’s Norwegian yard, the “Kreuz Challenger”. The vessel of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, has been developed especially for under
Africa’s first ever dredging simulator was launched today in the port city of Durban, South Africa. The project represents another positive spin-off of ongoing collaboration between Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence (MSoE), the Netherlands based Roy
DHSS (Den Helder Support Service), DHAS (Den Helder Aircraft Systems), Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz have set up a joint venture to provide a complete package of specialized services above and below water in the offshore energy industry. The joint venture, called Offshore Project Support (OPS), has res
Aker Solutions has introduced a new executive management team as part of the company’s broader reorganization. The new organization will have five delivery centers: Customer Management, Front End, Products, Projects and Services. According to Aker Solutions, this set-up will help drive further stand
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has completed its third network upgrade to the South-East Asia Japan Cable (SJC) system. The upgrade of the system, which connects Brunei, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines, increases system capacity by 6.3 Tb/s using TE SubCom’s 10
Inertial Labs has launched an inertial sensor-based orientation, positioning, and control solution for marine and subsea applications following qualification tests at Norwegian Motion Lab. According to the company, the so-called Motion Reference Unit (MRU-B2) was designed to meet the exacting standa
DNV GL has teamed up with EXPOSED Aquaculture Operations Centre, with aim to make fish farming safer and more sustainable. EXPOSED is a centre for research-based innovation with the main objective to “develop knowledge and technologies for exposed aquaculture operations, enabling a sustainable expan
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine said it has christened its two newbuild light construction vessels as Topaz Tiamat and Topaz Tangaroa. The company has chosen the names from the Mesopotamian Goddess of salt water, and from the Maori God of the sea. Developed for crane operations and light subsea
James Fisher Subsea (JF Subsea) in cooperation with their German partner GSS Hansa Offshore (GSS) were contracted by the windfarm developer OWP Nordergründe GmbH & Co KG to help clear unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from the site of the proposed Nordergründe wind farm. The Nordergründe 111 MW offshore wi
Telia Carrier said it has established a new point of presence (PoP) within Jaguar Network’s Marseilles data center. This is the second PoP Telia Carrier has established in Marseilles to provide carriers, content and cloud providers with diverse connectivity choices and added network redundancy. Teli
