Dredge Yard, a supplier of dredging and mining components, equipment and technologies, will take part in the upcoming WEDA Dredging Summit and Expo, June 22-25, 2015 at the Westin Galleria in Houston. During its presence at the event (booths number 52 and 53), Dredge Yard will showcase innovative so
JDR has been awarded a contract by energy company, E.ON, alongside partners the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), to supply its subsea cabling technology and services for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The contract, which started in May 2015 and is expected to last 17 months, will see JDR design and
Cardiff-based tidal stream technology company, Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL), has announced revised plans for the deployment of its full-scale tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire. The Company is currently reviewing its installation options and exploring different revenue streams for the p
Eni Norge has informed that the final preparation of the largest cylindrical FPSO, Goliat platform, is well under way in the Barents Sea. With more than 600 people now working offshore at the Goliat field, the company has reported high levels of activity in order to prepare for production start-up l
Robert McCall (coastal morphology expert), Pieter van Geer (coastal engineering expert) of Deltares, Gerd Masselink and Timothy Poate of the University of Plymouth will be awarded the Halcrow Prize for their scientific publication about the XBEACH gravel model. The new numerical XBEACH gravel model
MMT has been contracted by ABB to perform a pre-lay and UXO survey for a cable laying project between Caithness and Moray in northern Scotland. ABB will provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of t
IHC Hytech is building a dive control container at its workshop in Raamsdonksveer. One container is already delivered and in operation. The dive control container is divided in two sections, namely, one dive control section and a dive helmet workshop section. The air-conditioned dive control section
Blyth Workcats has won a contract from the Associated British Ports (ABP) to build a new 14-metre survey vessel at the company’s yard on Canvey Island, Essex, UK. The new boat will be based on one of Blyth Workcats’ survey craft models but tailored to meet the specific requirements of ABP’s hydrogra
International Submarine Engineering (ISE), based in Vancouver, Canada, has completed local sea trials and training for the new Fukada Salvage and Marine Works HYSUB ROV. The next stop for the HYSUB ROV is Japan, where Fukada will conduct local trials. This 50HP 3000 meter depth vehicle is the 10th I
Romica Engineering Ltd (REL) has signed a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) to provide a triple drum winch and tooling deployment A-Frame system. The equipment will support the overboard deployment and recovery of diver tools supporting subsea work. It will be be fitted on the c
Scana Industrier ASA has been awarded, through its subsidiary Scana Offshore Vestby, a contract to deliver an Offloading System to Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore for the Libra EWT FPSO. The Libra EWT FPSO is a conversion of a Teekay shuttletanker and will be used on the Libra field in Brazil.
Renishaw, a British engineering company, has won a contract to supply Fanbeam 5 laser dynamic positioning (DP) reference systems to Bourbon vessels around the world. The company said that after a successful trial of Fanbeam 5 system on one of Bourbon’s Liberty series vessels in West Africa, Bourbon
Sweden’s marine survey specialist, MMT, will be exhibiting at Offshore Energy in October 2015. Offshore Energy exhibition & conference is a fast growing gathering for offshore industry professionals and is expecting over 10 000 visitors. It takes place at Amsterdam Rai on the 13 & 14 October 2015 an
iSURVEY Offshore a part of the Norway-based iSURVEY Group, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas and telecommunications sectors, has launched a new office in Aberdeenshire. Since an initial £500,000 investment in early 2014 to set up UK-based iSURVEY Offshore Limite
