For nearly a decade, Scripps has been involved with James Cameron in developing new ways to explore and study the deepest parts of the oceans. With its decades-long history of deep-sea exploration, Scripps is recognized as a world leader in investigating the science of the deep ocean, from exploring
StarFish Seabed Imaging Systems, the shallow water, sidescan sonar system from Tritech, is proving to be the standard Search and Rescue (SAR) tool. StarFish has been successful in a SAR operation for body recovery. Where other sonars have failed to locate the missing person, StarFish 990F’s high res
Market leading offshore equipment rental company, Seatronics, an Acteon Company has increased its commitment to Sonardyne’s sixth generation technology platform – 6G – with a major order for subsea acoustic positioning hardware. The equipment will be added to Seatronic’s equipment pool in Aberdeen f
“The market upturn in 2011 has resulted in early signs of an improvement in BOURBON’s performance and results,” Christian Lefèvre, Chief Executive Officer of BOURBON announced. “EBITDA was up 24.6% compared with the previous year. This market upturn is more apparent in the deepwater offshore segment
The shareholders of the Antwerp-based specialist in hoisting on the water Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV have ordered an extremely powerful, self-propelled DPI crane ship from Korean shipbuilders STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. The vessel will be built in STX’s shipyard in Dalian and finished
The SeaKing Hammerhead high resolution, 360° mechanical scanning imaging sonar is the solution for a variety of detailed survey tasks. Now available as a package complete with top box, tripod, cable on reel and transit cases, the SeaKing Hammerhead can be deployed on the tripod for many survey tasks
David Neser has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) with effect from 1 May, 2012. David joins EMGS from WesternGeco, and brings with him over 20 years of experience in operations management, sales, business development and new
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) signed in December last year a contract with Fassmer shipyard for construction and delivery of a 21m research vessel. With this order, the series of research vessels being built at Fassmer will be completed. The series comprises the 65-met
Squeezed into a submersible as futuristic as anything in his movies, James Cameron intends to descend solo to the ocean’s deepest point within weeks, the Canadian filmmaker and explorer announced Thursday. Just Tuesday, during testing off Papua New Guinea, Cameron dived deeper than any other human h
Proserv has bolstered its position as a global-leading specialist in energy production services after unveiling a new subsea test and assembly facility that doubles the company’s capacity and harnesses the fast-growing market demand for its services. Energy industry leaders reinforced the significan
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announced that it has successfully completed an integrated meteorological-oceanographic system for Zakum Development Co (Zadco), the Abu Dhabi-based oil and natural gas exploration and produc
Deepwater mooring rope specialist, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division is announcing a new ultra-low creep HMPE mooring rope made with Dyneema® for a new generation of permanent deepwater moorings beyond 2,000m water depth, on booth 1353 at OTC 2012. The Lankhorst booth will also feature the latest de
Kvaerner establishes an engineering office in Trondheim. The establishment will increase Kvaerner’s capacity and competence to meet the future activities, and it is part of the company’s jacket strategy in the oil and gas industry. Being close to the technology and research communities in the city a
International technology Group ANDRITZ increased its stake in Hammerfest Strøm AS from 33.3% to 55.4%. The other major shareholders are the local Norwegian utility company Hammerfest Energi and the Spanish utility company Iberdrola. The company will operate under the name of ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest
