Fugro Brasil recently undertook training on the latest hydrographic data processing techniques with CARIS. Staff members, who came from diverse backgrounds in hydrography, geophysics and GIS, took part in a week-long training course in Macaé, Brasil using the latest release of CARIS HIPS™ and SIPS™.
The four gates for the Deurganck dock lock in the port of Antwerp will begin their journey from China at the beginning of April. The gigantic gates are being built by the Chinese steel constructor ZPMC, together with the trolleys on which the gates will ride, two combined road/rail bridges, the cais
Oslo-listed seismic player Polarcus has inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project on the UKCS utilizing Polarcus’ RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The company’s RightBAND geophysical proposition is aimed at maximizing signal-to-noise
Norway’s Marin Teknikk AS has informed it is performing a large re-construction of the MT6015 for Malaysian-based IES Pioneer Ltd. The re-construction will include lengthening the vessel with 9 meters, plus adding a moon-pool and life boats. According to Marin Teknikk, the vessel is supposed to be r
Alfa Laval, a Swedish company specialising in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems for an FSO project in Norway. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 115 million ($13
Statoil has awarded the EPC Contract for the Zeepipe IIA Gooseneck Spool and Retrofit Hot Tap Tee to IKM Ocean Design. According to IKM, the contract has a duration of approximately 18 months for the completion of detailed design/engineering, procurement and construction. The work starts immediately
Negrini company, specialized in engineering and manufacturing a comprehensive range of grabs and buckets for rope machines and crawler mounted cranes, has been active in the market since 1967. The company’s equipment is very well-known for quality as well as for the very accurate and skillful engine
ABB has won orders worth around $900 million from a consortium comprising leading utilities Statnett and TenneT as well as promotional bank KfW to supply on-shore (HVDC) converter stations and the cable system in the German sector that will facilitate the first ever interconnection between the Norwe
MMT will showcase its new Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV) at the Ocean Business, an offshore technology event being held from April 14 – 16 at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. MMT has, together with Reach Subsea AS, developed the Surveyor Interceptor (SROV), which is specially desi
Myklebust Verft and Volstad Maritime will hold an open vessel day aboard Grand Canyon II on Saturday March 21. Back in March 2014, Kleven secured a deal with Ålesund-based ship owner Volstad Maritime for the delivery of two offshore construction vessels (OCVs), Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III.
Statoil has informed that the world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this proj
The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this project. Subsea compression is a game changer f
Jee Ltd has been awarded phase two of a contract with Scottish Enterprise, which will see the company undertake the demonstration of their “U-tube” solution in Scottish tidal waters. In September 2014, Jee secured a phase one contract with Scottish Enterprise, which involved a pioneering study for t
Under the umbrella of the Ecoshape partnership, Deltares will be starting this year on greening the banks of the New Meuse river in Rotterdam. On 16 March, Ecoshape signed a memorandum of understanding to that effect with nine other parties. Ecoshape is involved with this program on the basis of the
