Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Ocean Installer AS (OI.II) for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Mermaid”. The duration of the contract is firm for 5 years with further 5 x 1 year option and it commences on the 1st March 2013. The contract value is con
Austal announces the mooring of the US Navy’s Research Vessel ROGER REVELLE (AGOR 24) at its Marine Support Base in Henderson, Western Australia. Owned by the US Office of Naval Research and operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the 274 foot (84 meter) ship is pierside for maintenance a
HYSY720, a seismic vessel fleet owned by China Oilfield Services Limited （“COSL”）, has successfully finished 3D seismic data collection operation in China East Sea in an efficient and safe manner recently, establishing a precedence of all-weather operations for COSL’s geophysical fleet. This operati
Newly released images of the Titanic wreck site provide the first unrestricted view of the world’s most notable maritime heritage site. These new images add to the already unprecedented collection of images published in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic Magazine. For the first time the pub
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into an agreement with Subsea 7 International Contracting Limited (Subsea 7), where by Subsea 7 will aquire 50% of the CSV “Normand Oceanic” through purchase of shares in a single purpose company to be incorporated. “Normand Oceanic” was delivered to SOFF from
Neptune Marine Services Ltd notes that effective from today, due to an increased workload in his private investments and commitments, Mr Rob Scott has announced his retirement from the board of Neptune. Neptune’s Chairman Mr Ross Kennan stated, “We are all very grateful for Rob’s significant contrib
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, presents its patented PREON® marine tubes system designed to anchor offshore wind turbines to the seabed. Developed by Vallourec’s R&D teams, this solution will mean that offshore wind turbine foundations can be installed with less effort, noise
Today, DNV acquires Vattenfall’s shares in STRI to expand its presence in the power transmission sector. “The purchase of 12.5% shares in STRI (Swedish Transmission Research Institute) is a natural step in our drive to support both the electrification of the oil and gas industry, as well as the inte
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, announced the award of a major trenching contract for COOEC on the Liwan 3-1 Project in China located 350 kilometres offshore Shenzhen, China. CTC will be responsible for the trenching of approximately 174 kilometres of 30-inch p
Statnett SF and National Grid International Ltd have awarded MMT (Sweden) the marine survey contract for the NSN Seabed survey, a power transmission link between Norway and UK. Statnett and National Grid are jointly developing a project to construct a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical in
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $175 million from ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited/Bluewater, the operator on the Cheviot Field, situated 120km East of Shetland. The Cheviot Field development will use a moored floating process facility which will import oil and
Governor Deval Patrick joined Bluefin CEO David Kelly and employees at the company’s Quincy location for a tour of the facility, highlighting the Patrick-Murray Administration’s support of the Commonwealth’s thriving innovation economy. “We are committed to growing our innovation sectors because tha
On 28 March 2012 Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Shine. The vessel was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China and is the first of two subsea-support vessels (SSV) to be built at the Shipyard for VOS. VOS Shine is a modern SSV with DP2-class notation and four-point moori
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea’s automatic release clamp (ARC) connector technology for bend stiffeners has been used to successfully attach six Technip bend stiffeners for lift and production flexible risers, to the Glas Dowr FPSO in the Kitan oil field. Designed for riser and umbilical
