Damen Shipyards Group has completed a key construction contract comprising two electric-powered cutter suction dredgers (CSD) for the Canadian oil sands industry. With both vessels built in Canada, the contract marks the close cooperation between Damen and Aecon, Canada’s largest publicly traded inf
Surface to seabed specialist, Seanamic Group, is expanding its global umbilicals business with a new Umbilical International facility in Glasgow. Initially it will offer umbilical repair and refurbishment for operators and contractors, in the lead up to full umbilical and cable manufacture. Comprisi
The second phase of the Ada Sea Defense project in the Dangme East District of the Greater Accra Region is now completed and ready to be handed over to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, according to the Government of Ghana. Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, the Ministry Chief Director, made th
Statoil has awarded Nexans the contract to supply static and dynamic cabling and associated accessories for the world’s first floating wind farm. Following the initial Norway demo, Statoil has awarded Nexans a new contract worth approximately EUR 10.2 million to service the Hywind Scotland Pilot Par
Norway’s Statoil has handed out contracts for Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup and Gina Krog, the company said on Wednesday. The contracts, awarded on behalf of the licence partners, include marine operations, marine construction, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of an unmanned w
Electricity transmission system operator, TenneT, has officially opened a special cable storage facility in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The facility provides 2.309 square meters of floor space, enabling the storage of up to 4,600 tonnes of high-voltage electricity cables. The cables concerned measur
The NordBalt cable, connecting Lithuania and Sweden has started with power transmission tests, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, Litgrid, informed Monday. According to Litgrid, during the test, electricity was flowing from Sweden to Lithuania and the other way round, with inte
Martens en Van Oord has won the contract for the construction of fifth lock chamber at Brunsbüttel, Germany, including the earthworks, dredging, coastal and bank protection works on the project. The customer, ARGE Neubau 5. Schleusenkammer Brunsbüttel, formed by three BAM operating companies, has fi
Hydratight and Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) have partnered to design the Subsea Riser Cleaning and Inspection Tool (RCIT) and the first field units have operated offshore Brazil in the last 12 months. According to James Rowley, Global Subsea Market Development Manager, Hydratight, the tool will
Royal IHC and German company DIHAG Holding GmbH have jointly acquired the Belgian steel and iron foundry, Allard-Europe NV. IHC and DIHAG each take an equity stake of 40% and 60% respectively. Through this acquisition, IHC is able to realize a reliable supply chain (competitive on price, quality and
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (Rijkswaterstaat Survey department IGA) has selected the Kongsberg Maritime EM 2040C very high resolution, shallow water multibeam system to spearhead its inland waterway survey operations. For starters, the Ministry has in 2015 ordered five EM 20
A team of Microsoft employees has been testing underwater datacenter in the Pacific Ocean in 2015. The datacenter, which consumed computing power equivalent to 300 desktop PCs, was deployed inside a container. The experiment, named Project Natick, could use renewable energy sorces to get the power n
ROVOP, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, and WFS Technologies, developer of wireless instrumentation and control solutions, have teamed up in effort to, reportedly, reduce certain operating costs by up to 80% and extend asset life by years. To launch the collaboration, the two comp
Allspeeds has supplied Webtool Emergency Disconnection Tools to AKOFS Offshore for its subsea equipment orientation system (SOES) used to install subsea trees. The Webtool cutters are integrated within the SOES providing quick disconnection of the bundles of hydraulic jumpers and electrical flying l
