CARIS has announced the release of the highly anticipated, near real-time data processing and mapping application, CARIS Onboard™. The development of this new technology will revolutionize the way in which bathymetry and imagery data is processed. CARIS Onboard automatically converts data as it beco
2G Robotics has delivered two deep-rated ULS-500 subsea laser systems to Oceaneering Survey Services (C&C Technologies). Including these two ULS-500 systems, Oceaneering now utilizes six of the ULS-500 systems with its Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for assessing pipeline and flowline integri
Seismic contractor TGS will reduce its global workforce capacity by some 130 people, corresponding to around 16 per cent of its total workforce. According to Oslo-listed company, this would reduce operating expenses by approximately USD 13 million per annum from the beginning of 2016. “This was a ve
The image above shows the MV Brandon Bordelon vessel, soon to be delivered to Bordelon Marine, a U.S.-based provider of transportation services to the offshore oil and gas industry. According to Bordelon Marine, this new ultra light intervention vessel featuring a helideck and a 60-ton AHC crane wil
Solstad Offshore, a Norway-based provider of offshore support vessels, has shared a video of the sail away of its latest offshore construction vessel (OCV) Normand Maximus. As previously reported by Offshore Energy Today, the vessel was launched Sunday, November 8. It set off for Norway a few days l
Norwegian drilling contractor, Norshore, has informed that its multi purpose drilling vessel Norshore Atlantic is performing well on its subsea decommissioning campaign Offshore Indonesia. The vessel has been on contract for ConocoPhillips Indonesia for plug and abandonment of 3 wells since November
Unique Group has acquired GSE Rentals (Geophysical Survey Equipment), a rental specialist of geophysical, hydrographic and oceanographic marine survey equipment. GSE Rentals is now wholly owned by Unique Group and the company’s workforce will be retained. Former owner, Stan Moroney, will continue as
The global ROV market is anticipated to significantly contract in value terms in 2016 (-6.3%) and then plateau in 2017, due to the current oil price downturn, according to a provider of market research & consulting within energy industry, Douglas-Westwood (DW). In its latest ROV market forecast for
Wild Well Control awarded Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG) a contract for the supply of two flexible TCP Jumpers. The two jumpers, 2 inch and 10 ksi rated, are collapse resistant to 3000 meters water depth. They are delivered in lengths of 300 ft each and will provide the flexible fluid connection between a
MainOne announced the completion of the upgrade of its submarine cable network between Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal to a 100G wavelength system. The 100G wavelength upgrade, implemented using the Xtera Nu-wave Optima optical networking platform is expected to provide additional capacity support for M
Singapore based Leong Siew Weng Engineering (LSWE) is set to deliver its first 15-man Single Bell Saturation Diving System complete with Surface Air Dive System to Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for Tasik Subsea’s newbuild Subsea Operation Vessel “Tasik Toba”. The Saturation Diving System can operate in
Chris Ransome & Associates, Inc. (CRA) and Orion Marine Group have announced their upcoming half-day dredging seminar, “Dredging Your Docks”, to be held on December 2, 2015, at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Beaumont. CRA and Orion Marine Group have been conducting dredging conferences at other port syst
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 8-15). PortMiami Dredging Pays Off PortMiami is positioning itself to capture new trade opportunities thanks to more than $1 billion of capital infrastructure projects now complete. TSHD Severnaya Dvin
The European Investment Bank today took part in the inauguration of the fourth lock in the Belgian town of Lanaye, close to Liege and just across the border from the Dutch city of Maastricht. In the company of several Belgian and Dutch Ministers and EIB Vice President Pim van Ballekom, King Philip o
