Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC490/LC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. With an environmentally friendly EU Stage IV Komatsu engine, up to 11% improved fuel efficiency, an upgraded cab design and enhanced safety and serviceability, this new excavator further leve
Sevan Marine’s subsidiary, KANFA AS, has been awarded a Letter of Award (LOA) for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for four process modules for the FPSO Yinson Production. The FPSO Yinson Production will be deployed at the recently sanctioned Offshore Cape Three Points Bl
Keppel FELS Limited has delivered the ultra-harsh jack-up rig, Maersk Integrator, to Maersk Drilling, thirty days ahead of schedule. The rig was named at a ceremony held on February 14, 2015 in Keppel FELS by Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Technology, Projects and Drilling, Statoil. Maer
Royal Navy divers took the opportunity to dive with their counterparts in the Norwegian Navy in Plymouth Sound. The dive team from Southern Diving Unit 1, based in HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, joined colleagues from HnoMS Fridtjof Nansen, an advanced Royal Norwegian Navy frigate. Lieutenant C
Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) has informed that “leading oil and gas industry figures” will give their views on the growing importance of technology in helping the sector tackle cost and efficiency challenges in a difficult business environment at the Technology Showcase in Aberdeen on March
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 09 – February 15). Swiss-based offshore company Allseas has announced that the largest vessel in the world ‘Pieter Schelte’ is being re-named to ‘Pioneering Spirit’. The company already annou
Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has released an animation of the future addition to its fleet, four subsea supply vessels, to be built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard for over USD 470 million. The MT6027 Marin Teknikk-design vessels will have a length of 138 metres, a b
Westport said it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Turkish manufacturer Hema Hidrolik to supply pumps for current and future heavy-duty customer applications.
Westport said it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Turkish manufacturer Hema Hidrolik to supply pumps for current and future heavy-duty customer applications.
First Subsea, a subsea connector specialist, is launching a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines, on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015. The most labour intensive and time-consuming element of cable installation into an offs
Huawei, and Huawei Marine, a submarine cable network provider, has presented its Super 100G solution at WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Africa which is held in Capetown. Huawei says that this solution includes high-integrated 100G, metro 100G and submarine 100G capabilities, and it will pro
The search for missing Malaysian Airline has now covered over 22,000 square kilometres of the seafloor, which is around 36 per cent of the priority search area. Assuming no other significant delays with vessels, equipment or from the weather, the current underwater search area may be largely complet
Nexans has ended 2014 with a net attributable loss of 168 million euros, compared with a 333 million euro net loss in 2013. According to the company, the loss is mainly because of the recognition of a non-recurring 197 million euro net asset impairment, notably for goodwill in Australia, North Ameri
The Marine Safety Framework Direcitve (MSFD) will soon require EU Member States to have strategies in place for monitoring and, where necessary, mitigating underwater noise. Kongsberg Maritime has designed and developed underwater monitoring systems, such as Seaglider, AMBS and RUNES. Seaglider is d
