Polarcus has started seismic acquisition on the major new Capreolus 3D multi-client project over the Phoenix area that contains the recent Phoenix South-1 oil discovery within the Roebuck Basin, offshore Western Australia. The survey is utilizing two 12-streamer Polarcus vessels, Polarcus Amani and
The Honorable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced yesterday that the Government of Canada will invest $69,500 in a project at Skinners Cove Harbor. The work will involve emptying the containment cell that holds dredged material in order to accommodate the dred
Seismic acquisition has now started on the major new Polarcus Capreolus 3D multi-client project over the Phoenix area that contains the recent Phoenix South-1 oil discovery within the Roebuck Basin, offshore Western Australia. Carnarvon Petroleum says that, together with previously acquired data, th
Seatronics do Brasil announced collaboration with EdgeTech to provide customers and users in Brazil, technical and repair support as an EdgeTech Authorized Service Centre. Seatronics has received EdgeTech factory training, will stock key spare parts, and has a cable and connector repair and replacem
The $24 million Antarctic Gateway Partnership, launched by the Australian Government in November 2014, includes $7.5 million to establish a marine technology hub to build next-generation hybrid autonomous vehicles capable of exploring hundreds of kilometres under metres-thick ice. Leading this resea
General Cable Corporation’s Board of Directors has approved the promotion and appointment of the new executives, effective immediately. Emerson C. Moser has been named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and a member of the Operating Committee. Emerson was previously Assis
Related to the stated information in the news-update dated the 9th of January 2015, NOVEK has introduced the following announcement: “NOVEK acts as sub-supplier for Damen Dredging Equipment. NOVEK recently has been awarded the sub-delivery of the construction of a spud carriage pontoon. The CSD650 i
Lymington Yacht Haven is due to start their annual dredging program in the first half of January. As part of a five-year dredging plan and following a bathymetric survey in late 2014, pontoons M and N at Lymington Yacht Haven are to be dredged in January and February 2015. The dredging will restore
The Ferguson Group, a specialist in the provision of offshore DNV 2.7-1 / EN12079 containers, tanks, baskets, workspace and accommodation solutions, has unveiled a new HVAC system for its workspace modules, which will protect workers from high temperatures and excessive humidity levels whilst offsho
ABB has successfully commissioned a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link between Norway and Denmark to increase availability of renewable hydroelectric and wind power in the region’s electricity grid. At 500 kilovolts (kV), the Skagerrak 4 link sets a new record in transmission voltage using Volt
Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have used advanced photographic tools in an unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to make major advancements in estimating deep-sea ecosystem diversity at ‘landscape’ scales. By using a camera on the Autosub6000 AUV to take a continuous str
The biggest science and technology museum in Italy, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, has released a video about the “Draga Cavafango” (Mud Dredger). Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mud Dredger is just one in a range of water crafts that were designed by one of the greatest min
A fourth ship will join the underwater search for a Malaysia Airlines plane, 10 months after it disappeared off the west coast of Australia, an official said on Monday. According to latest reports, the vessel Fugro Supporter was on its way to the search area after conducting trials off the Indonesia
Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger and a crew vessel from Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands. The dredger, named Ural River, is a customized Damen CSD 650 with additional safety and environmental features according to specific Van Oord requirements. In April 2015, the vessel wil
