Maritime services firm, Ardent and Ardentia Marine, a Spanish salvage, engineering and commercial diving company, have formally partnered for future operations. The cooperation agreement was signed in June this year. To remind, In May, 2015, Svitzer Salvage, a part of the Maersk Group, and Titan Sal
Chinese deep-sea manned sub “Jiaolong” has returned to its home port in Qingdao after almost a 100-days-long scientific expedition to the Yap Trench and Mariana Trench in the west Pacific Ocean. During the expedition, the submersible descended to depths of up to 6,796 meters where it collected geolo
Unique Group’s diving & life support equipment manufacturing division, Unique Hydra, has developed its new LRE50-A2 extended reach diver launch and recovery system. The LRE50-A2 is designed to resolve an operational requirement to deploy divers a distance off of the side of a vessel. Namely, DP divi
Maritime ropes supplier, Lankhorst Ropes, and synthetic fibre specialist DSM Dyneema have collaborated in supplying Dutch foundation ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ with synthetic mooring ropes for a prototype ocean cleanup system. The Ocean Cleanup was founded with the aim of developing advanced technologies t
Marine works related to the deployment of Sustainable Marine Energy’s PLAT-O tidal energy converter at EMEC are scheduled to begin at the end of this month.
Oceaneering has entered into a master service agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) through December 2020. During this time Oceaneering will provide up to ten remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems with associated subsea tooling, engineering and technicians to support HMC’s global operati
Mermaid Maritime’s business unit, Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand), has been awarded a contract to provide technical support service personnel to an undisclosed offshore oil and gas EPIC company. According to the company, the contract, which has already started, is for the duration of one year and
Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Dong Energy for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2 in German territorial waters. Additionally, the Group was also awarded the supply, transport and installation of scour protection f
Wood Group has been awarded an extension to its master service agreement contract with Apache in the North Sea. Wood Group will continue to deliver subsea engineering and consultancy services, in support of Apache’s routine operation and maintenance works, as well as detailed engineering for future
The Marine Institute of Ireland will host a third public information meeting on the proposed upgrades of the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site.
SBM Offshore informed that the FPSO Cidade de Saquarema is formally on hire after achieving first oil. The FPSO is installed in the Lula field (BM-S-11 contract) in the pre-salt province offshore Brazil. It will operate under a 20-year charter with Tupi BV as well as an operations contract with the
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded contracts for the second UK Government funded £20 million seismic campaign to promote under-explored areas of UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) PGS and WesternGeco have been awarded the contracts to acquire seismic data from the East Shetland Platform and South
Aker Solutions has reported net income of NOK 131 million or NOK 0.37 per share in the second quarter 2016 versus net income of NOK 209 million or NOK 0.73 a year earlier. In addition, first-half 2016 net income fell to NOK 300 million from NOK 428 in 1H 2016, while EPS was NOK 0.90 […]
Makai Ocean Engineering has made multiple new sales of its software for route engineering, installation planning, and real-time lay control of subsea cables. Makai’s recent sales include: CSCC – China Submarine Cable Construction, purchased a license of MakaiLay; KCS – Kokusai Cable Ship, purchased
