FMC Technologies, a Houston based subsea systems provider for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Douglas J. Pferdehirt as their new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding John T. Gremp. FMC Technologies announced on Monday that the Board of Directors has appointed Pferdehirt as President and Chief
FMC Technologies has appointed Douglas J. Pferdehirt as president and chief executive officer of FMC Technologies, effective September 1, 2016. Pferdehirt will succeed John T. Gremp who will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors while the company completes its transition to the new
Tekmar Energy and JDR Cables have signed a collaboration agreement for offshore wind subsea cables and accessory supply. The companies said they will work together collaboratively on technology and value engineering projects to support the industry drive for cost, risk and lead time reduction. Over
Finland-based Cinia Group signed up David Ross Group (DRG) to provide asset and capacity sales for C-Lion1, the new subsea fiber optic cable running under the Baltic Sea connecting Finland and Germany. The David Ross Group affiliate, United Cable Company (UCC), should provide Cinia with a presence o
Electricity transmission system operator, Tennet, has begun subsea cable installation works of the grid connection project Nordergründe. Nordergründe is TenneT’s third offshore grid connection in the twelve sea mile zone in Lower Saxony. As it is only 30 km away from the coast the most efficient con
PDL Solutions, the engineering design and analysis consultancy based in the North East of England, has secured a two-year framework agreement with specialist marine service provider, Viking SeaTech. The framework agreement will see PDL engineers providing advanced structural engineering design, Fini
DeepOcean has placed a contract with subsea equipment manufacturer SMD to deliver a mechanical cutting boom and associated cable handling system for its tracked trenching vehicle the T3200. According to DeepOcean, the cutting boom will be twice as powerful and deliver double the torque of any other
Wärtsilä on Monday said it has been selected to provide its propulsion machinery packages for two dual-fuel ro-ro passenger ferries being built for Caledonian Maritime Assets of Scotland.
Subsea equipment provider, Forum Subsea Rentals, placed has a ‘multi-million’ order for high performance acoustic position reference systems produced by Sonardyne International. Forum Subsea Rentals, a subsidiary of Forum Energy Technologies, said its new equipment will be deployed in their global r
Osbit and Dutch subsea technology company, Seatools, have teamed up to develop a new active motion compensated gangway system. Osbit said on Monday that the collaboration has already created its first product innovation. The company stated that the combination of Osbit’s experience in supplying tele
Metocean Services International (MSI) has deployed a metocean mooring array offshore Tanzania for Shell (formerly BG). With water depths ranging from 53m to 2,620m, the array comprises 2 AXYS Technologies WatchMate metocean buoys as well as 12 subsea moorings, measuring waves, currents and water qua
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 02 – May 08). IMR and light construction player Harkand has entered into administration after it, earlier this year, defaulted on the payment of its senior secured bond issue and interest, due to
Following news of offshore inspection and installation specialist Harkand going into administration, a team led by AJ Jain, Harkand North America Managing Director, has agreed to a management buyout (MBO) of Harkand’s North American and African business. The new company, to be named Ethos Offshore L
Moray Council’s new £2.5 million dredger will be officially named during a ceremony at Buckie harbor today. The MV Selkie, named after a mythical Scottish sea creature, will be officially launched by Clare Russell, the Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire. The vessel was built at the nearby Macduff Shipyar
