MMT (Marin Mätteknik AB) was awarded the 2011 Mareano survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The survey was commenced in April – August 2011. The survey included bathymetric data acquisition and processing in area Nordland VI in the Norwegian Sea outside the Nordland region, West of
NOAA and the Port of Newport today dedicated a new NOAA ship operations facility in Newport, Ore., during a ceremony attended by federal, state and local officials and the public. The NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific serves as a homeport for four NOAA research and survey ships and provides admi
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. ,a leading wave energy technology company,announces the deployment for sea trials of a unique autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the expansion of the Company’s PowerBuoy product line. This latest deployment is an autonomous PowerBuoy® desi
GC Rieber Shipping and the subsea contractor Technocean has agreed on a one year extension of the charter regarding vessel “Polar Prince”. The time-charter with Technocean for the subsea vessel “Polar Prince” has been extended to September 2012. The vessel is engaged in subsea operations related to
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, and Gregg Marine, Inc., experts in drilling and geotechnical testing services, announced today the successful completion of the field testing of their subsea drill in the waters offshore of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Seafloor Drill was concei
WesternGeco announced today that it has begun acquisition of the Bjørnøya Phase I “Ice Bear” 3D multiclient survey in the highly prospective West Loppa area of the Barents Sea. Following previous surveys in the area, the Ice Bear survey will extend the existing WesternGeco West Loppa datasets to the
SeaBird Exploration today announced second quarter 2011 results. Revenues and expenses for Q2 2011 and Q2 2010 are difficult to compare as several changes in the operating performance of the Ocean Bottom Node (“OBN”) activity and the utilisation of the 2D/3D fleet in these two quarters have affected
As the wave power research project gets underway, DexaWave Energy is not worried about high waves damaging their converters, but the ideal… by Francesca Vella (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, August 18, 2011
BlueView Technologies, the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, is delivering its 2D Deepwater Imaging Sonar systems for integration onto EMAS’ new work-class ROVs. The 4,000 meter deepwater systems utilize BlueView’s new S2 oil compensated electronics to deliver cris
Miclyn Express Offshore announced the purchase of three new Offshore Support Vessels. A Seismic Support Vessel has been purchased against a 3 year firm contract in Indonesia commencing in August 2011 and including 5 x 1 year extension options. Two newly built Multi Purpose Offshore Terminal Tugs wil
CGGVeritas is confirming its commitment to the emerging deepwater node market with an order to manufacture an additional 800 Trilobit four-component (4C) ocean bottom nodes (OBN) to make a total of 1,000 units in its equipment pool. The new nodes are expected to be commercially available by early 20
Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are sailing on the maiden scientific voyage of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest ice… (sciencedaily) [mappress] Source: sciencedaily, August 17, 2011;
DOF Subsea announces that it has been awarded, in joint venture with Technip, its second flexible pipelay contract by Petrobras. The second ever pipelay vessel built in Brazil, Skandi Niterói has been awarded a four and half year charter and service contract. The vessel will be used for flexible pip
On June 6, 2011 the ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) “went live,” returning data from instruments on the deep seafloor, about 60 nautical miles north of Oahu, Hawaii, and 4,800 meters below the ocean surface. Funded by the University of Hawaii and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the ALOHA obser
