TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced it has successfully demonstrated 100Gb/s coherent transmission over trans-Atlantic distances at ultra-high 10Tb/s total capacity on a single fiber. The test was completed using a protot
BlueView Technologies, the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, and Outland Technology, Inc., a ROV manufacturer in Slidell, Louisana with a combined 60+ years in Electronics and Undersea work signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Outland to re-sell BlueV
Chinese photoelectric cable producer for the first time exported its submarine fiber optic cables to the European and American marketplace. Production of these hi-tech products has been dominated for a long time by a few corporations in France, the United States and Japan, explained Zhongtian Techno
Total and its joint venture partner INPEX CORPORATION announced that they have taken the final investment decision for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia, representing an investment of US$34 billion dollars. Total holds a 24% interest in the project which will develop appro
The Board of Directors of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad announces that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TL Offshore PLSV1 Ltd and TL Offshore PLSV2 Ltd , has each entered into a contract with IHC Offshore and Marine B.V, for the construction of two units of 550 tonne pipelay support vessels, at a fixed
Posidonia Oceanica is a seagrass species endemic in the Mediterranean, where it plays an important role in the ecosystem. Its presence indicates low water pollution levels. Its acoustic properties allow it to be distinguished from backscatter response of the seabed and make it possible to map it wit
Caley Ocean Systems has supplied two, large capacity, 2,500 tonne turntables to Global Marine Systems Ltd (GMSL) to handle deployment of non-coilable cables from their vessel CS Sovereign. Caley has worked closely with GMSL, and their naval architects, to design the two turntables such that they can
Shetland Islands Council has announced a tender procedure for underwater cable laying works. The Council intends to place an underwater fiber optic telecommunications cable in Clift Sound from the Trondra Bridge to Maywick. The works consist of laying a cable from an existing manhole adjacent to the
Matrix has received its first purchase order worth $1.8 million through its new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The order is from one of the world’s leading deep-water drilling contractors. Matrix will supply the new riser buoyancy to replace damaged modules on a drillship that will be used off th
To address the most pressing challenges facing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, the federal government released a National Ocean Policy action plan. The draft requests comments on actions the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal agencies on the National Ocean Council will tak
Bjørn Jalving has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea division and a member of the Kongsberg Maritime management group, effective 1st January 2012. Jalving will succeed Rolf Arne, who is moving to a role working with strategic projects in Kongsberg Maritime. Jal
Chevron Canada Limited, Statoil Canada Ltd. and Repsol E&P Canada Ltd. have concluded agreements to conduct exploration activities offshore Atlantic Canada. Chevron and Statoil have also finalized another agreement for exploration activities in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. These new joint ventures ove
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has received £260,000 funding from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (‘Maersk Oil UK’), a leading independent oil and gas
A global subsea engineering firm is working on a major North Sea contract worth in excess of £2million. Rotech Subsea, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and owned by Norwegian firm Reef Subsea, is involved in a subsea excavation project with marine construction firm Red7Marine on what will be the U
