Olympic Ship has secured contracts with undisclosed international contractors for its vessels Olympic Zeus and Olympic Hera, the company informed on Monday. The vessel M/V Olympic Zeus has been chartered for a period of up 9 weeks, including options. The vessel will be carrying out project work in W
Semco Maritime, an international engineering company, is to refurbish and service semi-submersible rig Island Innovator. The rig will arrive at Semco Maritime’s dock area at Hanøytangen, Bergen, in early March. Island Innovator is owned by Island Drilling and operated by Odfjell Drilling. The rig is
Future dredging technologies will be based on robotization and intellectualization, according to Mikhail Chemodanov, Technical Director of Nonius Engineering. The Nonius Engineering, established in St. Petersburg in 2008, is focused on the development of automation and monitoring systems for industr
OceanGate and iXBlue have formed a strategic partnership to expand the application and use of marine navigation and sonar equipment to explore the world’s deep oceans. As part of the alliance, OceanGate has selected the iXBlue PHINS inertial navigation system for use aboard its fleet of Cyclops seri
Hydrex has performed a permanent insert repair on a 175-meter tanker after it suffered cavitation damage to the inside shell plating of one of its ballast water tanks. The Hydrex team sailed with a workboat and all necessary equipment to the ship which lay at anchorage in Algeciras. The divers start
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 22-28, 2016). BAM Signs Xbloc License Agreement with Bouygues BAM Infraconsult, under its trade name Delta Marine Consultants, has signed a license agreement with Bouygues for the use of Xbloc on the Cal
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has acquired trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘Contender’ from Dutch Abeko Marine. The vessel has a hopper capacity of 2,680 m3. This purchase allows Van Oord to strengthen its fleet in the small trailing
DeepOcean has welcomed its advanced cable installation vessel to North East England for the mobilisation of specialist cable handling equipment for projects in the offshore renewables and subsea interconnector sectors. Operated by Darlington-based DeepOcean on a long-term charter from its owners Mae
CT Offshore has finalised the installation of the last inter-array cable on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 2+1 offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. “The cable installation was successfully completed through good team work with the entire project team, including our clients DONG Energy. G
Oslo-listed SeaBird, a seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, has narrowed its net loss in the fourth quarter, as the company continues implementation of cost cutting measures in order to adapt to weak seismic demand. SeaBird posted net loss of $6.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2015,
Dutch subsea and survey specialist, Fugro, has ended the year 2015 with a loss of €372.5 million ($410.4 million) as the oil and gas market slump continues to drive revenues down and stress offshore services players. The company managed to narrow the loss of €459 million ($505.7 million) from last y
Norwegian ocean bottom seismic specialist, Magseis, has reported net loss of USD 11 million or USD 0.37 per share in the fourth quarter 2015, compared to USD 4.1 million (0.15) net loss year-on-year, and net loss of USD 0.3 million during Q3 2015. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue drop to
Sweden’s marine survey specialist, MMT, will be showcasing at Oceanology International at London ExCel, on March 15-17, 2016. MMT, which celebrates 40 years in the marine survey business this year, will showcase their latest developments and results on its Surveyor Interceptor ROV. The Surveyor Inte
Norfolk Marine and Geomara have signed a cooperation agreement to work together to provide a range of interrelated maritime services. The agreement should bring together Norfolk Marine’s experience as a specialist marine contractor operating vessels, dive teams and Inspection class ROV’s with Geomar
