To determine the impact of bow thrusters and ship propellers on water beds and embankments, Deltares is currently conducting scale model tests that will generate major savings on protection measures. High flow velocities caused by ship thrusters can result in large pits in water beds that may, in ex
AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturing company, has delivered two AW189 super medium helicopters to Falcon Aviation Services (FALCON) of Abu Dhabi, in offshore transport configuration. The company says that the deliveries and entry into service in the UAE of the AW189 was marked b
Rohr-Idreco has designed, built, and installed an RISD400-M (16″) electric dredger for the North American frac sand mining operations. This new dredger has a digging depth of 82 ft. (25m) and production capacity in excess of 800 tph. The dredger is equipped with a state-of-the-art GPS and sonar syst
Tocardo will install five tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier (Oosterschelde barrier) to generate clean energy. According to the company, this installation will be both the largest tidal energy project in the Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installat
Airbus Helicopters has revealed the concept phase start-up for a new European helicopter, the X6, at the Paris Air Show yesterday. The company has said that it will now embark on a two-year definition period on this next-generation heavy-lift rotorcraft that will be tailored for oil and gas missions
The 2400 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), named KAO 505, was officially handed over to Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) on June 12th. The KAO505 was designed by FKAB in cooperation with HollandMT, and constructed at Taiwan’s Ching Fu Shipyard. HollandMT, an innovative engineer
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first call-off contract under a framework agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for subsea well tie-back, engineering, IRM, ROV and associated services at the Balder field in the North Sea. According to the company, the call-off co
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment specialized in solid pumping solutions, has been very busy in the last six months seeing excellent business growth and substantial product development. The company also moved its headquarters to a larger, bigger space where they will continue t
Unique Group has recently collaborated with KBA Training Centre (KBAT) to offer a series of Health, Safety and Diving courses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). KBAT offers health & safety consultancy and courses approved by international accrediting bodies such as NEBOSH, IOSH, CIEH, IMCA and IRATA
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, has opened a new subsea tooling facility at another Acteon company, Seatronics’, subsea electronics location in Houston. With this new facility, J2 Subsea now offers North American customers a comprehensive suite of subsea equipment for diver and remotely operated vehic
8 units of 15 ton Mooreast MA5P anchors have been installed at a newly developed field offshore Terengganu, Malaysia, last month. “This is the third oil related floater project where Mooreast supplied its own MA5P anchors. Taking into consideration that Mooreast started to develop, design, fabricate
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Italy’s Tiscali to deploy a 100G terrestrial optical backbone infrastructure and upgrade existing submarine links. The new agile optical networking solution, using its 1830 Photonic Service Switch platform will allow Tiscali to increase both data capacity and data
Alfa Laval, a supplier of of products and solutions for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, recently delivered its T35 gasketed plate heat exchangers for the central cooling systems onboard two trailing suction hopper dredgers. The next-generation T35s have been installed during the last d
Dutch vibro-piling specialist, CAPE Holland, has officially handed over a Tandem CV-320 Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) to Seaway Heavy Lifting during the CAPE Holland Product Launch. This new acquisition replaces the tandem vibro set which Seaway Heavy Lifting purchased from CAPE Holland in 2012, after a
