A time-lapse video above shows Total Marine Technology (TMT) building its Typhoon MK2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in Bibra Lake, Western Australia. TMT is an Australian-based designer and manufacturer of work class ROVs and intervention tooling for the offshore drilling and production industry.
MEC Resources informed it has executed a contract for the seismic activities within PEP11 in the offshore Sydney Basin. An undisclosed seismic player will perform a 2D survey covering approximately 200 line km to assist in the drilling of the Baleen target approximately 30 km south east of Newcastle
E.ON has awarded Turbine Transfers with a contract for three vessels to be deployed at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The UK wind farm service and support vessel operator has been working at the site for the previous few years, and was now chosen to continue the work for a furth
Ezra Holdings has booked a loss in the second quarter as the weak market drove the revenues down forcing the Singapore-based offshore contractor to recognise impairments and write offs of bad debts. The Losses for the three months ending February 29 came in at USD 282.6 million for Q2 2016 and USD 3
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will assist the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as it undertakes its second search for the vessel data recorder (VDR) of the sunken El Faro cargo ship. The U.S. flagged El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin on October 1, 2015. All 33 of the
Rotterdam-headquartered Primo Marine has finalized the Cable Emergency Response Manual for the subsea power cables of the 129MW Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Primo Marine was commissioned to compile an operational Cable Emergency Response Manual, covering prevention, and preparedness & response
Rotterdam-headquartered Primo Marine has finalized the Cable Emergency Response Manual for the subsea power cables of the 129MW Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Primo Marine was commissioned to compile an operational Cable Emergency Response Manual, covering prevention, and preparedness & response
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 11 – April 17). Kongsberg Maritime’s UK division has uncovered the long lost model of Nessie which was used during filming of 1970’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. The discovery was made
Aker Solutions is redeveloping its manufacturing site in Aberdeen to strengthen its capabilities in the UK. The company has signed a new 10-year lease for the Kirkhill Avenue site in Dyce, Aberdeen, which has served as a joint subsea equipment manufacturing and subsea services facility for Aker Solu
The floating hotel Wind Ambition has set off on a new campaign to provide accommodation for crews working on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, C-bed, the owner and operator of the vessel said without specifying which farms the crews will be servicing. The project commenced in April 2
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven is marking this year’s first naming ceremony with the christening of BN 373, subsea construction vessel, Edda Freya. Kleven has built the 150-meter vessel for Haugesund-based vessel owner Østensjø Rederi. After delivery, Edda Freya is scheduled to join the DeepOcean flee
Aker Solutions has secured an agreement to provide maintenance and other services for subsea facilities at Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The contract is for a fixed term of three years valued at BRL 435 million net of taxes (NOK 1 billion) and may be extended by another thre
Singapore-listed offshore contractor, Ezra, and EMAS Offshore Production Service, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EMAS Offshore, have accepted a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to sell at least their current combined 78,4 per cent in PV Keez to a global infrastructure investment firm. PV Keez is a s
Fukada Salvage & Marine Works has completed the sea trial for its seafloor drill UNICORN-1. UNICORN-1 is a seafloor drill designed to operate in waters down to 3,000m depth for geotechnical surveys and mineral explorations. It is a semi-automated wireline drill using commercial tooling. The system i
