Recently the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted the most extensive underwater survey to date of Pedro Bank, Jamaica. The Foundation worked in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, the University of West Indies, The Department of Fisheries and the National Environment and Plann
Novacavi has recently developed a bespoke composite tow cable with a very special heavy armour and breaking strength higher than 1000kN to be used in fishery sector. Due to its peculiar application, this cable has to be specifically designed with an overall protection made of compacted smooth grease
The Shah Deniz consortium has reached an important milestone and approved the decision to commence Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) on the estimated $25 billion Shah Deniz Stage 2 project. This was officially announced in Baku during the meeting between the President of the Republic of Azerba
Subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has announced a three-year bareboat charter agreement with Solstad Offshore Asia Pacific Ltd for the NOR Spring, a DP2 (Dynamic Positioning) Anchor Handling Support Vessel (AHSV). The deal has been struck by Bibby Offshore’s Singapore operation, Bibby Of
Across England and Wales, The Environment Agency monitors fish life in rivers and waterways. They investigate rare and threatened species, such as eel and lamprey, and enumerate salmon and sea trout migrations. These agencies also investigate fish behaviour around in-river structures like abstractio
Dolphin Geophysical announces that the new high capacity 3D vessel, Polar Duchess, recently entered into steady production for TGS in the Barents Sea. The 6 months contract has been announced previously. The vessel is chartered on an initial 3 year time-charter from Armada Seismic from 6th April 201
Within the scope of its exploration activities, RWE Dea is set to begin its seismic acquisition program off the Turkmenian coast in the Caspian Sea. A subsequent exploration well is scheduled to be drilled in 2013. To obtain detailed information on hydrocarbon reservoirs in licence Block 23 off the
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider. CodaOctopus are specialists in the latest generation of real-time 3D sonars, motion reference units and Geophysical technologies. CodaOctopus supply innovative s
The Chief Executive of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), Hugh Williams, 59, has announced his intention to stand down at the end of 2012 after 10 years in post. IMCA is the international trade association for offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies with about 850
A new submarine cable system was recently unveiled at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Business Forum held in New Delhi, India. Andrew F B Mthembu, Chairman of i3 Africa and Imphandze Investments – the two South African entities promoting the project – presented the BRICS Ca
An international team of aquanauts will travel again to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO). This year’s NEEMO mission will begin June 11. It will build on lessons learned from 2011’s NEEMO
As reported by the Asian Age, Chennai Port Trust (CPT) is looking for green port consultants with project proposals that will pave the way for the port to become self-reliant when it comes to generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and wave. In order to be able to push ahead with the [
Representatives from the U. S. Navy’s Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office and General Dynamics unveiled a quarter-scale model of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SMCM UUV), known as “Knifefish,” at the Navy League’s Sea-A
As part of a one-year project to provide mooring and positioning support operations for Shell do Brasil, InterMoor do Brasil Ltda (InterMoor), an Acteon company, has recently beaten the depth record for conventional mooring offshore Brazil with a water depth of 2027 m. The project is for the mobile
