Deep Down to Supply Isolation Valve for Shell’s Vito Field
Deep Down has received an order from Shell for work related to its Vito development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The order is for the design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of an isolation valve system on the Vito floating production unit (FPU). The Vito FPU will be a new facility located […]
Ocean Infinity Ends MH370 Search; Location Still Unknown
Ocean Infinity has informed that its current search for the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is shortly coming to an end. During the course of its operation, Ocean Infinity searched and collected data from over 112,000 km2 of ocean floor. The total area covered, in a little over 3 months of operational days, is […]
SBSS Gets New Managing Director
Global Marine Group (GMG) has appointed Simon Hibberd as managing director of its joint venture S. B. Submarine Systems (SBSS), a provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services in China. Hibberd worked for Global Marine since 1988, initially worked on board Global Marine’s cable ships. In 2007, he moved ashore and […]
BHGE to Set Up Subsea Centre of Excellence in Montrose
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), is to build a subsea manufacturing campus in Scotland’s north east, to support the global oil and gas industry. Backed by a £4.9-million grant from Scottish Enterprise, BHGE has committed £31 million to a manufacturing centre of excellence, based at its existing location in Montrose, which will create 100 […]
Van Oord to Supply Foundations for Taiwanese Yunlin OWF
Van Oord has secured a 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind contract in Taiwan, worth approximately EUR 500 million. Van Oord is responsible for the design, manufacturing and installation of the eighty foundations for the Yunlin offshore wind project being developed by wpd. Preparations for the wind farm, which will be constructed eight kilometers […]
Galway Bay Subsea Observatory Comes Out for Overhaul
The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay has been brought ashore for maintenance. Last week Ocean Crest Marine with diver Mark Kerrigan prepared the Observatory for recovery. The underwater observatory, located 1.5 km off the coast of Spiddal, has been continuously monitoring the underwater environment over the past fifteen months. It uses cameras, […]
Briggs Strengthens Liverpool Presence with New Contract
Briggs has strengthened its presence in Liverpool with a contract award by Peel Ports worth approximately £2 million annually. The contract will see the company provide all mooring services for ships arriving and leaving the Port of Liverpool including Tranmere. This contract follows Briggs’ 2017 investment into new 500 square meter water-side facilities […]
Clinton Surveys Swedish Shipping Routes in Baltic Sea
Clinton Marine Survey has been recently awarded a framework agreement by Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), for the service of multibeam echo sounder (MBES) hydrographic surveys on Swedish shipping routes in the Baltic Sea. The framework contract covering 2017-2019 has a possible extension one year at a time until 2021. The name of […]
ABPmer Appoints Oceanographic Survey Manager
Marine consultancy, ABPmer has appointed Paul Clement as oceanographic survey manager. Clement has over a decade’s experience within the survey industry, 5 years of which in senior roles as survey manager and head of hydrography, responsible for survey teams providing hydrographic and geophysical surveys. Damon O’Brien, ABPmer’s managing director, said: “I’m delighted […]