BENMAR Fabrication is currently making a Submarine Diving and Recompression System Ship Interface Template Set (SITS) for NAVSEA. The SITS are a component that enables rapid physical installation, integration, and alignment of deck-mounted Pressurized Rescue Module System elements on a Vessel of Opp
Chukar Waterjet, a manufacturer and applications consultant for subsea ultra-high pressure waterjet equipment, has named MinhAnh TechInfo/RentATool Vietnam as its authorized representative for Vietnam and Myanmar. MinhAnh TechInfo/RentATool Vietnam is a supplier and applications consultant to the ma
Tesla Offshore, an offshore survey service provider, has promoted Matt Keith to Vice President and Geoscience Manager, and an officer with the company. C. D. Schempf, Jr., President of Tesla Offshore said: “by promoting a young man of Matt’s caliber to a position of leadership serves to illustrate T
After 2 years of construction works, the extension of the “Quai de Flamands” was finally completed last month. The Port of Cherbourg now boasts a 680 m linear wharf, accessible to vessels up to 14 m draught. This extension was accomplished within the framework of the renewable marine energies projec
GB Group, a diversified collection of industrial and trading companies, has hired SSA Marine to oversee the port and terminal operations at Port Lafito, a world class modern container port currently under construction in Haiti. “Port Lafito marks our first operation in Haiti, opening our business to
Well management and performance improvement specialist Exceed, based in Aberdeen, has won its first Malaysia-based contract for its performance improvement division, worth around $600,000. The three year call-off contract will see up to three members of Exceed personnel mobilised to the region. Perf
Oil services company Subsea 7 hosted a visit for ‘Young Women into Energy’ students at its Aberdeen workshop. Every year, North East Scotland College runs a skills for work energy course for girls in secondary school. The course is part of an initiative to encourage school pupils to consider enginee
Seatricity has informed that the winter refit of its Oceanus 2 wave energy convertor is nearing completion. Over the next few days, Seatricity’s patented hydraulic pump, which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washingt
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) from Hannover, Germany plans to hire a vessel to conduct offshore geophysical surveys. BGR has invited tenders for the provision of a research vessel, intended for the Institute’s project “Panorama 2” which includes conducting 2D refl
Instead of raising the river levee, the Dutch national public works Rijkswaterstaat started to lower the levee along the river Rhine with 3 meter over a length of 2 km. In case of an extreme river discharge, the river will overtop the lowered levee and flood the hinterland, the Noordwaard polder. Du
Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV, a subsidiary of The Kooiman Group, has inked a contract to complete a conversion project for the trailing suction hopper dredger Ostsee. The conversion involves the replacement of dredging installation’s electrical drives with the direct diesel drives. Two jet water pum
Oceaneering has closed the previously announced definitive agreement to acquire C & C Technologies. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, C&C is a provider of ocean-bottom mapping services in deepwater utilizing customized autonomous underwater vehicles and provides marine construction surveys for
Barakah Offshore Petroleum’s subsidiary, PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV), has received the Letter of Award from Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) for the provision of topside maintenance services. KPOC is a joint operating company comprising PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (40%), ConocoPhill
For the first time, Van Oord named a vessel at its Rotterdam head office jetty. The vessel is a water injection dredging vessel that is almost 19 m long and more than 5 m wide. Van Oord employee Ms Jacqueline Determann named the vessel Borr. Water injection dredging is a proven technique for small-s
