GSP Shipyard has signed an agreement with Norway’s SL Mekaniske, a provider of steel structures for the offshore industry, for the construction of four tension mooring barges for the Aasta Hansteen field development project. The works are part of the of the complete inshore mooring installation syst
Jee, a subsea cable specialist engineering company, has completed a project for a wind farm operator to assess the risks to the array cables within a UK offshore wind farm. With concerns about the integrity of cables on the wind farm, the operator awarded Jee a contract in March 2016 to compile a ri
Tendeka, a provider of completions systems and services to the oil and gas industry, has won a four-year contract with Wintershall in Norway. According to a statement by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, a North-east Scotland’s private sector business organisation, Tendeka will supply sand sc
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply winches for the NEMOS wave energy project. NEMOS employs floating structures that move in a controlled trajectory to capture up to 80 percent of available wave energy, compared to 50 percent achieved by conventional rise and fall systems. Their
Trident Subsea Cable has strengthened its strategic partnership with Matrix Networks in regards to its fibre optic subsea cable linking Perth, Jakarta and Singapore. Singapore-based Matrix Networks and Indonesian-based NAP Info Lintas Nusa (Napinfo) are the operators of the Matrix Cable System, a ne
Bibby Offshore, the UK-based firm mainly known as a provider of subsea services to the oil & gas industry, is venturing into renewables. The company has purchased a power cable lay carousel from subsea engineering specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), which will enable laying of power cables for
Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has won a four-year contract with Wintershall Norge AS with a further four-year extension option. The company has been selected to supply sand screens for wells in the Maria, Brage, Skarfjell and Vega fie
Marine dredging and constructing contractor, Weeks Marine Inc., has ordered from Royal IHC a dynamic positioning and tracking (DP/DT) system and eco pump controllers for the trailing suction hopper dredger Magdalen. “The two efficiency enhancing systems, provided by our North American subsidiary IHC
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, their official quarterly publication. The magazine is supported solely by the IADC as a service to the world-wide dredging community and represents IADC’s commitment to the highest standar
Remotely operated vehicle provider ROVOP has been awarded £3 million worth of new contracts, which sees the company expanding into two new territories. For the first time ROVOP will complete projects in South East Asia and Mexico, signalling success for both its Aberdeen and Houston bases. In additi
The offshore substation jacket for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm has been installed at the site, offshore UK. The four-legged jacket was designed and built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft . This is the first time suction bucket technology had been used on an offshore substation in UK waters, the com
German-based WIKING Helikopter Service has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the delivery of two H145 helicopters in offshore configuration at the international aerospace exhibition ILA in Berlin. The H145s will become the first Airbus helicopters to join WIKING’s fleet. The company curr
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems, is supplying Singapore-based, diving and subsea equipment company Flash Tekk Engineering with saturation dive bell handling systems for its client Ultra Deep Solutions’ vessels Deep Installer and Van Gogh DSCVs. The Caley dive bell handling
DOF Subsea has been awarded several ROV and diving contracts for the vessel Skandi Achiever in the North Sea and the North America region. According to the company, these contracts will secure utilization of the vessel Skandi Achiever until the end of October 2016. Following completion of ongoing co
