Terrapure Environmental, a Canadian environmental solutions provider, has acquired Consolidated Giroux Environment Inc. of Charlo, NB. The purchase includes all assets, including buildings, vehicles and equipment, as well as Giroux’s employees and existing customer relationships. Since 1972, Giroux
Deep Trekker, manufacturer of portable remotely operated vehicles, has integrated Tritech’s Gemini 720is multi-beam sonar with its DTX2 line of ROVs. Deep Trekker and Tritech unveiled their new integration capabilities at the 2016 Oceanology International Exhibition and Conference in London, England
Spanish energy giant Repsol has halted plans to add liquefied natural gas export facilities at its existing Canaport LNG import terminal in Saint John, Canada. “The Saint John LNG liquefaction project has been placed on hold,” Brent Anderson, a spokesman for Repsol Canada told LNG World News in an e
VBMS has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation of 87 inter-array cables for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The total scope of work for VBMS will consist of (route) engineering, a pre-lay grapnel run, cable transport, cable installation & trenching. The project will be
Cable laying operations of the first section of the Tasman Global Access (TGA) undersea cable are set to begin this month in Raglan. Telecommunications companies Spark, Vodafone and Telstra are investing approximately USD $70 million to build the TGA cable. The consortium of Spark, Vodafone and Tels
Just two weeks after permission was given to begin dumping silt in Whitsand Bay, the maintenance dredging operations in and adjacent to Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport in Plymouth already started. According to Queens Harbor Master Plymouth and Cattewater Harbor Master, dredging operations
ECA Group and Ifremer have presented the hybrid underwater robotic system H-ROV Ariane at Oceanology International in London. The H-ROV Ariane, designed by Ifremer, can be operated in tethered (ROV) or autonomous (AUV) modes. Tethered mode can be used for close inspection and intervention tasks wher
Norway’s Reinertsen has been awarded a 5-year contract of VNG Norway for ‘Owner’s Engineering Services’ in connection with the development of subsea field Pil & Bue in the Norwegian Sea. VNG Norway is a wholly owned exploration and production subsidiary of Verbundnetz Gas AG, an energy company based
Tekmar Energy, a supplier of subsea cable protection, has appointed Barry Cooper as the company’s operations manager. Prior to joining Tekmar, Cooper was capex manager at Technip Umbilicals and GE Wellstream where he lead investment programmes developing both manufacturing and research & developme
Van Oord has purchased a suite of Gemini 720is multibeam imaging sonars from Tritech International. The Gemini 720is sonars, combined with Gemini SeaTec software, will be used on Van Oord’s Stingray. The system will also be used for obstacle avoidance on rock dump vessels. Vanessa Venida, Chief Surv
UK division of Kongsberg Maritime, has expanded its subsea Aberdeen-based rental pool, with the addition of its new MUNIN autonomous underwater vehicle. MUNIN is designed to collect high resolution payload data, geo-referenced by a survey grade positioning system. In order to enhance the existing po
Hydrex has launched a new office in Rotterdam this month, aimed to improve delivery of its services and underwater expertise to the maritime industry of Rotterdam. The company has been active in Rotterdam for over 40 years, and the growing demand for services in the area instigated the opening of it
SeeByte and Tritech International have integrated SeeByte’s target tracking capabilities into Tritech’s Gemini 720is multibeam imaging sonar software. In realtime, users are able to track and follow objects within a wide 120deg view. Ioseba Tena, Sales Manager at SeeByte, said: “Forming successful p
OneSubsea has signed two 5-year global frame agreements (GFA) with BP to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea aftermarket services. The agreements provide a framework for worldwide supply of SPS technology and subsea aftermarket servic
