Schottel Hydro will deliver a customized turbine solution for Deep Green, an underwater kite construction from the Swedish company Minesto in 2016. The turbine complements the first full-scale Deep Green device. The underwater power plant will be deployed in 2017 at the Holyhead Deep site off the co
Maintenance dredging of the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project in Bourne and Sandwich, Mass., will be completed under the terms of a $5.9 million contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Compa
Waterking BV, a Dutch company involved in the production of amphibious excavators, will participate in the Excon 2015 event, in Bangalore, India, from 25th-29th November 2015. CEO of Waterking, Mr. Jakob Knoop, and Marketing Manager for South Asia, Mr. Rajan Peter, will represent the company at the
RigNet, a global provider of remote managed offshore communications systems to the oil and gas industry, announced on Monday, that it has signed an agreement with O3b Networks to bring high capacity, low latency connectivity to operations in the Gulf of Mexico. This agreement has the goal of providi
Aquatic Engineering and Construction has completed a project alongside ITB Subsea to lay power cables for British Columbia Hydro, the main provider of electricity in British Columbia, Canada. Quadra Island lies just off the east coast of Vancouver Island and is part of the Discovery Islands, located
LGS Innovations (LGS) has won an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $9.5 million to supply submarine telecommunication cables to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC). Under the terms of the contract, LGS In
The preparation works are currently underway for dredging at HMNB Portsmouth ahead of the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. In June, the Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) announced it had awarded a contract worth £31 million to Fareham based Boskalis Westminster Ltd for work to
Dril-Quip’s member of board of directors L.H. Dick Robertson, age 81, passed away on November 18, 2015 following a recent illness. Robertson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dual Drilling Company, from 1984 to June 1996. Prior to his employment with Dual Drilling Company, he wa
Qatari Halul Offshore Services has recently procured an Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Ship Handling Simulator. According to Halul, the firm is now one of the few companies in the Gulf region to own the Netherlands-built simulator, which is normally used in training schools. Halul’s CEO, Vivek Seth s
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 16 – November 22). DOF Subsea has struck a deal to sell the vessel Skandi Inspector to an undisclosed international buyer. Previously known as Tender Captain, Far Captain and Skandi Captain,
Dragflow has recently supplied its DRH cable dredger to a mine located in the southwest region of the island of Sumbawa, in the District of Sekongkang, Indonesia, for extraction of copper, gold and silver. “The customer was looking for a complete dredging equipment, diesel driven, capable to create
SeeByte, ASV and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have carried out trials on a software that could better enable a fleet of robotic vehicles to work together to perform tasks such as seeking and tracking whales and dolphins. This software acts like a ‘central brain’, making decisions about whe
Veripos, supplier of GNSS positioning services to offshore and associated industries, has appointed Miguel Amor as global Vice-President of Marketing & Product Development. Amor joins the Aberdeen-based company from Trimble following a 12-year close association with marketing and business developmen
Ackermans & van Haaren, a diversified group active in 5 key segments: Marine Engineering & Infrastructure (DEME), Private Banking, Real Estate, Leisure & Senior Care, Energy & Resources and Development Capital, has announced their business results for the third quarter of 2015. DEME (AvH 60.40%) suc
