OceanServer Technology has received eight new Iver3 AUV orders for delivery to a variety of survey, research, military and water quality organizations. Research related vehicles will be delivered to Penn State University Applied Research Laboratory and other undisclosed customers, OceanServer inform
Swedish marine survey services provider, MMT, has upgraded its Franklin vessel with the new survey spread. The new equipment includes EM2040D multibeam echo sounder for shallow waters. The vessel has also been upgraded with Kongsberg Topas PS40, a hull mounted parametric sub-bottom profiler with ult
Statoil has awarded Technip Norway a contract for marine operations at Hywind Scotland Pilot Park project. The floating wind turbine park will be located 30 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland. The project is a result of the Hywind Demo project where Statoil and Technip wo
Statoil has exercised an option with Ocean Installer for flexible jumper replacement at the Vigdis field. The option falls under an amendment to the previously awarded SLMP Marine Installation contract. The SLMP amendment was signed in December 2015 and covered riser replacement operations at the Tr
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has signed a frame agreement with Statoil for services related to Statoil’s dynamic process simulators. The frame agreement includes that Kongsberg will maintain, modify and upgrade Statoil’s existing dynamic proce
Yeovil-based small ROVs and survey services provider, Atlantas Marine, has made its first move into ROV instrumentation with the design and manufacture of a video overlay device intended to make cathodic protection surveys easier and faster. Being shown in public for the first time at Oceanology Int
UK’s designer and manufacturer of sonar and acoustic products, Marine Electronics Ltd (MEL), is showcasing its new Dolphin 2D sonar at Oceanology International 2016. A prototype of the new sonar was first presented to the industry a year ago, and, according to the company, it has, since then, been r
Cefas has purchased a new water sampling rosette and profiling system for mobilisation on RV Cefas Endeavour. The profiling system will consist of the SBE-9 plus CTD unit (with redundant CT sensors built in) and SBE-11 plus deck unit. Cefas has additionally installed PAR (Photosynthetically active r
Wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy has chosen Jan De Nul Group as the main contractor of marine construction for the new offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland. Jan De Nul NV from Belgium will be responsible for dredging, seabed construction work and the installation of foundations and wind turbi
Gemak Group, a ship repair and ship building group from Turkey, has been awarded in September 2015 by Jan De Nul Group to undertake the middle life refit project of their cutter suction dredger “Leonardo Da Vinci”. The scope of the project included removal of 1200 tons cutter ladder from the vessel,
Saab Seaeye has won the ‘Corporate Excellence Award’ from the Washington-based Marine Technology Society. The award is given in recognition of an organisation’s contribution to the industry and to ROV technology. Chair of the Marine ROV Committee, Chuck Richards, presented the award at the Underwate
iXBlue is launching ROVINS NANO inertial navigation system, designed for ROV navigation, at this year’s Oceanology International. Based on iXBlue’s fiber-optic gyroscope technology, ROVINS NANO has been designed for ROV pilots performing maintenance and construction operations. Paul Wysocki, iXBlue
Sustainable development and a new strategy for the Port of Singapore were discussed at the round-table meeting attended by, among others, the Rotterdam Port Authority, the Dutch Embassy and Deltares. The presentation by Martijn de Jong, a port expert at Deltares, about green ports, nature-based solu
Boeing has introduced Echo Voyager, its latest unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV), which can, reportedly, operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to a hybrid rechargeable power system and modular payload bay. The 51-foot-long vehicle is not only autonomous while underway, but it can also be l
