Van Oord has finished the Walney Extension offshore wind farm for DONG Energy to transport and install 87 foundations. Van Oord’s installation vessels Aeolus and Svanen completed the project in 4.5 months. For this project, Van Oord deployed its 8,000-tonne heavy lift installation vessel Svanen to i
IHCantabria has joined the alliance between different technological centers in northern Spain to jointly exploit the opportunities arising from the development of marine renewables and other offshore energy sectors.
The Premier-operated Catcher project, located in the UK Central North Sea, is progressing under budget and is scheduled to deliver first oil in the second half of 2017. The 2016 saw the completion of the installation of the Catcher subsea equipment and all topsides units lifted onto the FPSO. Locate
A team of researchers from the College of Science at Swansea University is working in partnership with Marine Energy Wales (MEW) to assess the distribution of diving birds in relation to current strength and marine renewable energy devices.
Welsh wave energy developer Wave-tricity has hired Williams Shipping to tow its 150-tonne wave energy device in the Milford Haven area.
Two subsea mid water arches weighing around 100 tonnes each are just some of the items that have been landed at Aberdeen Harbour as the port supports Maersk Oil’s decommissioning campaign for the James, Janice, Affleck and Leadon fields in the North Sea. In conjunction with Scotoil and Maersk Supply
Subsea 7 and Flumill have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development and design of marine tidal technology. Flumill is an Arendal-based company in Norway that has developed a patented-concept based on rotating helixes for production of electric power from tidal water. The company ha
Offshore marine contractor Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has recorded a loss of USD 10 million in the second quarter of 2017 against loss of USD 106 million in the prior year comparable period. The underlying loss was USD 11 million, versus loss of USD 8 million for the Q2 2016. The result for Q2 2016
UK-based offshore engineering company Subsea 7 and Norwegian tidal energy player Flumill have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development and design of tidal technology.
Norwegian equipment provider for aquaculture industry, AKVA group, has boosted its profit in the second quarter of 2017 as all of its business segments upped their quarterly performance and saw the revenues grow. Namely, the company booked profit before tax of NOK 39.5 million and net profit of NOK
KBR has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Occidental of Abu Dhabi Ltd. on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for management of the front end engineering and design services (FEED) phase of the Dalma gas field development and the detailed design and surveys
Equinix, the interconnection and data center company, has expanded in Hong Kong with the opening of its fifth International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, known as HK5. Built in close proximity to financial data center hubs and subsea landing stations, the new US$32-million facility is tailor-
Balmoral Subsea Test Centre on Wellington Road has recently received a pressure test vessel which had to be moved from Aberdeen Harbour through city streets. The vessel itself weighs 285tonne but when the weight of the transportation vehicles is added the total amounted to well over 420tonne – a cit
S.B. Submarine Systems (SBSS), a subsea cable installation joint venture between China Comservice and Global Marine Systems, said it has signed two contracts last week: the Hainan OBS Phase 3 project, and the Wando-Jinsan project with Haechun. OBS is a subsea observation cable system in Chinese wate
