OHT Orders OWF Foundation Installation Vessel from CMHI

Offshore heavy Transport (OHT) has signed a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of a 48,000 dwt semi-submersible offshore wind farm foundation installation vessel. The contract has an extension option for up to three additional vessels. The first vessel will be ready for project deployment from early 2021, the company informed. […]

Coda Octopus Seals Navy Deal for Diver Real-Time 3D Head Up Display

Coda Octopus has entered into a Navy Cooperative Research Development Agreement (CRADA) to transition the prototype of the Divers Augmented Vision Display-Head Up Display system (DAVD-HUD) into a complete system that is ready for operational use, with Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD). The DAVD-HUD first generation system (Gen 1), along with […]

RRS Sir David Attenborough Hits The Water

UK’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, was launched on Saturday at the Cammell Laird’s shipyard. The 129-metre long, 10,000 tonne hull of the RRS Sir David Attenborough was launched into the River Mersey for the first time. Once in the river, tugs towed hull number 1390 to Cammell Laird’s wet basin for the next […]

Consortium Completes New ASV/AUV Survey System Project

ASV Global (ASV), in partnership with Sonardyne, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and SeeByte, have successfully delivered a long endurance, multi-vehicle, autonomous survey solution. A recent two-week trial in Scotland’s Loch Ness was the culmination of the three-year ‘Autonomous Surface and Sub-surface Survey System’ collaborative project, part-funded by Innovate UK and Dstl. The aim of […]

Shearwater Provides Reveal Software to Spectrum

Shearwater GeoServices and Spectrum have signed an agreement to provide Shearwater Reveal software to Spectrum’s seismic imaging division. Reveal software allows for rapid testing of advanced work flows and parameter selection. The programming interface allows Spectrum to insert its own proprietary technologies into the same environment for seamless work flows. Mike Mellen, […]

New CFO for Kreuz Subsea

Kreuz Subsea has appointed Thomas Liew as the group’s chief financial officer. His arrival completes the company’s reorganisation phase of its international growth strategy. He is the company’s fifth executive hire since AJ Jain took over as chief executive officer in October 2017. Liew’s previous roles include VP Finance at ALSTOM Grid where […]

OGIC in New Technology Push

The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has signed its 75th project, taking its total investment into innovative technology over the last four years to £3.8 million. The latest project comes as OGIC finalises agreements on five new technologies, all of which have the potential to cut operational costs and improve efficiency in the oil […]

Aker BP Names Senior Vice President Exploration

Aker BP has appointed Evy Glørstad-Clark as senior vice president Exploration. Evy Glørstad-Clark will also be part of the executive management team of Aker BP, the company informed. She currently holds a position as asset development manager for NOAKA, and has been with the company since 2011. She holds a PhD in […]

Saipem and Curtiss-Wright in Subsea Pumps Pact

Curtiss-Wright has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Saipem for barrier fluid-less subsea pump technology for water treatment and injection applications. The development of the barrier fluid-less pump is a derivative technology application of Curtiss-Wright’s commercial nuclear expertise. To qualify this new technology, Curtiss-Wright and Saipem will develop, build, and test a […]

Magseis Wins North Europe Contract

Magseis has entered into a service agreement for an operation with its proprietary MASS nodes and MASS modular handling system including seismic data QC and navigation support for a project in North Europe. The contract will start imminently and last for approximately 3 months. Magseis CEO, Per Christian Grytnes, said: “With this […]