UK’s offshore crane services specialist Sparrows has through its subsidiary Sparrows Offshore Services entered into a partnership with Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Technology Sdn Bhd. The partnership will see both entities collaborating in the provision of offshore and onshore crane services including m
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA has announced the launch of its SK300LC-10 excavator in North America. As part of the revolutionary KOBELCO Generation 10, the SK300LC establishes new standards in value, productivity and durability. This robust 68,100-lb model is powered by a 252-hp Tier IV Final
Cobalt’s proposed sale of interest in two offshore blocks in Angola to the state-run oil firm Sonangol has fallen through, as expected. The Houston-based oil exploration and production company Tuesday said that the purchase and sale agreement for Cobalt’s 40% participating interest to Sonangol expir
James Fisher Subsea Excavation – part of James Fisher and Sons – has brought the world’s most powerful tool to the market to support clients with large scale excavations. The SP12000 produces more than 6 tonnes of thrust at full power and a significant volume output of 12,000 liters of water per sec
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) called SuBastian, built by the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), will be positioned and navigated using acoustic and inertial technologies supplied by Sonardyne. SuBastian should provide scientists from around the world with new opportunities to explore and study the o
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) said it has brought the world’s most powerful tool to the market to support clients with large scale excavations. Namely, the JFSE’s expert team recently completed re-engineering project on the SP12000 excavation tool. The SP12000, reportedly, produces more than
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has expanded its technology portfolio by investing in iXblue’s RAMSES system. RAMSES is an acoustic synthetic baseline positioning system with self-contained computing, which allows simple real-time sparse array subsea navigation. iXblue’s RAMSES is a calibration-free,
Liquid Robotics has appointed Dr. David McLaren as its senior vice president of engineering. In his role, McLaren will be responsible for managing all aspects of Liquid Robotics’ engineering organization and will play a role in directing the company’s technology and product development. He will repo
NOAA and its partners will visit what remains of the World War II German U-boat U-576 and the Nicaraguan-flagged freighter SS Bluefields to document the so-called “Battle of the Atlantic”. On July 15, 1942, the U-boat sank the SS Bluefields. However, the merchant ship convoy and its U.S. military es
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has launched a tender competition to supplement its technological competence and capacity. The purpose is to become more of a driving force in development of discoveries and measures to enhance recovery from fields in operation. The tender competition is for
Telstra is partnering with NetNumber to provide next-generation voice and multimedia services. The NetNumber Centralized Routing Engine (CRE) is an application available on the NetNumber TITAN platform, and will be integrated into Telstra’s architecture to help reduce latency across its global subse
RigNet, a Houston-based provider of technology solutions, has renewed a contract to provide remote communication services and Software as a Service (SaaS) for a global offshore driller’s entire marketable fleet. RigNet said on Tuesday that, under the multi-year contract, it will deliver a VSAT manag
Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” has executed its maiden heavy lift project, removal of the 13,500 tonne Yme mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) in the North Sea, 100 km off the coast of Norway, on August 22, 2016 for Repsol Norge. The Yme
Fugro will be undertaking a survey for unexploded ordnance (UXO) on behalf of Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), across its wind farm development zone. The UXO survey is scheduled to start during an appropriate weather window following September 1, 2016, and will continue over a planned minimum
