Environmental Sediments Treatment (EST), one of the winners of the Crisalide 2014 Innovation Competition, has developed a new dredging process. They have invented the first dredging robot, which can meet the dredging needs of lakes, ponds and dams. Environmental Sediments Treatment has also released
Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems has won an order for the installation of 19 steel foundations at the new Nordergründe offshore windpark in the North Sea and for the transportation of 18 wind turbines to the installation site. The order from windpark developer and operator wpd in Bremen has a vol
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will invest nearly €550,000 in a design and safety study to welcome ultra-large container ships in the Port of Dunkirk in northern France. Ultra-large (about 400m long) container ships, becoming increasingly popular for goods transportation, often require adaptation of the m
The Broads Authority has taken charge of a second new mud wherry as part of a ten year strategy to replace old equipment. Named Gleaner after an old timber sailing wherry that carried cargo into Norwich, the new wherry has been built to a bespoke design by local naval architect Andrew Wolstenholme t
INTECSEA, a deepwater engineering and project management company, has appointed Dave Baker as Director of its UK operations. Baker, who officially joins INTECSEA in April 2015, brings with him over 35 years of industry knowledge and expertise. Previously with JP Kenny, most recently as Managing Dire
On behalf of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. (CSA) has developed mobile operational and laboratory containers. According to CSA, these containers meet the standards of Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping, and
Building on the previous award by Total E&P UK of the contract for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75 km North West of Shetlands in the UK waters, Technip has been awarded an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field located nearby. The Glenlivet spe
Liquid Robotics, the pioneer in unmanned ocean robots, was named one of Robotics Business Review (RBR) Top 50 most noteworthy companies in the global robotics industry for 2015. In the fourth annual RBR50 list, Liquid Robotics was recognized for the Company’s innovation and development of the Wave G
Maersk Supply Service has exercised an option to add Rolls-Royce’s new Anchor Recovery Frames (ARF) to the supply contract awarded in December for deck machinery for six high-end anchor handlers under construction at Norway’s Kleven Verft AS. The contract marks the first reference for Rolls-Royce’s
Wood Group Mustang Norway (WGMN), together with Statoil, has completed hook-up of the Valemon platform in the North Sea on schedule. Valemon, located on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), is the second Statoil-operated platform to be put into production in the last nine months. WGMN teamed with
Searcher Seismic has announced a commercial marketing agreement with BGP. As a result of this agreement Searcher provides BGP with an exclusive right to market the Searcher multi-client 2D and 3D seismic library within China and receive commission fees on the sales of this data. The agreement covers
During the summer of 2014, Statoil took part in the procedural training in Offshore Simulator Centre AS (OSC) facilities in the new Norwegian Maritime Competence Center (NMK) in Aalesund. OSC simulated the full Subsea installation with: Vessel, Crane (SHS: Special Handling System), 2x WROV, Obsv. RO
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool, the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston said: “We are very excited that th
Nautilus Minerals has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool (SPT), the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston, said: “We are very excited that
