McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a fabrication contract for components of a deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico, by Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland BV. McDermott will construct 16 tendon buoyancy modules (“TBMs”) for the deepwater projec
Odyssey Marine Exploration, pioneers in the field of deep-ocean exploration, announced that the M/V Seabed Worker has departed port and is on its way to begin operations to recover the anticipated silver cargoes from the SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola shipwrecks. Historical records indicate the Gairsop
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire BlueView Technologies, Inc. BlueView, located in Seattle, Wash., provides compact high-resolution acoustic imaging and measurement solutions. Terms of the transac
Large quantities of oil and natural gas have been discovered three to five kilometres into the seabed in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The ability to produce these resources under safe conditions may change Denmark’s energy supply and contribute to Denmark becoming self-sufficient in energy fo
Nido Petroleum Limited announces that Mr. Philip Byrne, Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed to the position of Managing Director with effect from 1 June 2012. Mr. Byrne joined Nido on 29 December 2011 as Chief Operating Officer, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer on 20 January 2012.
Wessex Exploration PLC announces that following the purchase of approximately 1,000 kilometres of 2-D seismic data shot by TGS-Nopec in 2006, Wessex has completed the reprocessing of the dataset, with particular emphasis on the shallow water area, which will allow a more accurate subsurface interpre
Aquabotix, a marine technology company bringing the accessibility of consumer electronics products to the complex world of underwater video, today announced the availability of the Aquabotix HydroView, an affordable and easy-to-use remote-operated underwater vehicle that instantly beams a high defin
Royal Netherlands Navy divers cleared a Second World War mine off the coast of Estonia. The German-made mine weighed in at 1,000 kilograms. This so-called GN influence mine is one of the most infamous explosives of the Second World War. Not only was the monster equipped with acoustic and magnetic fu
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that M. Kevin McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will meet with institutional investors at the RBC Capital Markets’ Global Energy and Power Conference in New York, NY on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The conference handout will be accessible after the c
Offshore Marine Management (‘OMM’) has successfully completed a contract for Prysmian Powerlink as preparations continue for the installation of BorWin2, which will connect new wind parks off the coast of Germany. Using the 2,000 tonne multipurpose vessel Bourbon Enterprise, OMM cleared the route pr
Norwegian survey and positioning specialists, iSURVEY Group AS, has chosen to invest in a SPRINT (Subsea Precision Reference Inertial Navigation Technology) system from Sonardyne International to support its ROV surveys and deep water marine construction activities. The purchase follows trials of th
The first catamaran hydrographic survey vessel, Makar, constructed by the Alock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited set sail for Mumbai on its maiden voyage from Ghogha in Gujarat. AAGL received the order by winning the competitive tender, involving public sector as well as private sector shipyards, issued by
DOF Subsea announced that it has secured new contracts for its vessels. Fugro has extended the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Carla until July 2017. The Skandi Carla is capable of conducting ROV operations down to 2,500m and it has excellent work platform for intervention, repair and mai
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project MONALISA for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA). MONALISA is a Motorways of the Sea project which aims at giving a concrete contribution to effi
