General Electric and Andritz Hydro have been appointed as preferred bidders to the £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon infrastructure project. The two companies, bidding together for the £300m contract to supply sixteen bidirectional turbines to the tidal lagoon power plant, have committed to a majo
The Research Vessel Heincke, one of the ships operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), has received three new main engines. With the addition of particle filters and downstream exhaust-gas filter systems, the ship is now both more economical and
The New Suez Canal dredging program is moving ahead. The Van Oord’s self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘Artemis’ arrived two days ago at the site and started work immediately. The project was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish in the presence of Egyptian Presiden
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has announced a launch of a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines, at EWEA Offshore 2015. Namely, First Subsea has streamlined the process of connection and termination during the
DOF ASA has informed that Statoil has exercised its first one year option for an Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) Skandi Vega. The option includes ROV. According to DOF, the vessel is firm until mid-May 2016. The company says that the Skandi Vega is a large vessel designed for deepwater anch
MT Højgaard has installed the Fécamp met mast foundation in the English Channel, marking the first installation of a new type of foundation that may prove of great importance to the offshore wind industry. MT Højgaard has lowered the Seatower Cranefree® foundation to a depth of nearly 30 metres on t
Williams and DCP Midstream Partners informed that the new extended Discovery natural gas gathering pipeline system is now flowing natural gas. The Keathley Canyon ConnectorTM deepwater gas gathering pipeline system and the South Timbalier Block 283 junction platform are serving producers in the cent
Caley Ocean Systems announced the development of a portable Intervention Work Over Control System (IWOCS) deployment system. In addition to simplifying the over boarding of IWOCS, it allows a single deployment system to be readily transported between different offshore vessels, Caley said in a press
The Severn Glocon Group will present its High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) for oil and gas topside and subsea applications at Subsea Expo. According to the company, the subsea HIPPS will be the first to combine independent electronic and mechanical systems to provide a dual redundan
AGR has announced a contract win to optimise drilling performance with LUKOIL Overseas, the operator of LUKOIL’s international upstream projects. The contract covers LUKOIL’s drilling operations in several territories internationally, including Middle East, Black Sea, Africa and Central Asia. AGR sa
DutchWorkboats, an Amsterdam based manufacturer of workboats, has introduced Bob Scheiberlich, their new field and sales expert. “Before Bob came along, we had a hunch, but not a clue how to connect best to the specific breed of dredging clients. With Bob, we have already seen proof that DWB and dre
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 announced on Friday, it has made a decision to rename the vessel after fierce criticism. The name of the vessel reflects what she sta
Tritech has been selected as the preferred supplier for sonar and acoustic positioning onboard SAAB Seaeye Falcon Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for Försvarets Materielverk, (FMV), the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The ten ROV systems will be deployed for seabed surveys, inspections, l
Nautilus Minerals said that the order for the engines and thruster packages for the Company’s production support vessel has been awarded to Rolls Royce Marine of Norway. The order secures the main engines, azimuth and tunnel thrusters and is the first major package to be awarded by the shipyard, Fuj
