DeepOcean Extends with Edda Fauna
Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean have signed a new contract for Edda Fauna. The new contract will begin March 1, 2019 and will secure firm utilisation until end of 2020. “We are pleased with being a preferred supplier for DeepOcean and securing long-term work for the Edda Fauna in a challenging market,” says […]
Australia’s CSIRO Gets Saab Seaeye Robotics Training
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has begun training students to operate their new Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robotic vehicle. This follows Falcon training for CSIRO staff at the organisation’s facility in Hobart, Tasmania, by BlueZone, Saab Seaeye’s distributor in the region. The course was adapted to give hands-on practical […]
New Lead for Crown Estate Scotland Energy and Aquaculture Unit
The Crown Estate Scotland has appointed Colin Palmer to lead the development of offshore renewable energy and aquaculture for the public body that manages leasing of Scotland’s seabed. As Head of Marine, Palmer’s role will also include carbon capture & storage and cables & pipelines. Crown Estate Scotland manages virtually all seabed out to 12 […]
Boskalis Nominates New CFO | Subsea World News
Royal Boskalis has nominated Carlo van Noort to be appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of the company at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) in May 2019. The term of the current CFO, Hans Kamps, expires on the date of that same AGM. Van Noort has held various finance positions within […]
UTEC Geomarine Strengthens Asia Pacific Portfolio
UTEC Geomarine has recently relocated a suite of geotechnical equipment to Australia, from the UK, to meet demand from the company’s offices located in Perth, Singapore and Jakarta. The equipment, which includes a 75-kN ROSON cone penetrometer tester (CPT), UTEC Geomarine’s patented geoROV CPT system, a piston corer capable of cores up […]
Flint Subsea Upgrades Its EQD Skid
Flint Subsea has upgraded its Emergency Quick Disconnect (EQD) skid to include a fail close actuator on the system’s main isolation valve. This new development now provides emergency full system shut down capability in an ‘event’ to isolate the well during direct well pumping operations. In a drift off or disconnect scenario, […]
Shearwater GeoServices Secures Two New Surveys
GC Rieber Shipping’s 50% owned geoservices company Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded 3D surveys in the Mediterranean and South East Asia, adding seven vessel months to the current backlog. The surveys will be starting in the first half of Q4 2018. The Mediterranean survey will take approximately two months, and the South […]
Deep Sea Off Greece Chosen for XPRIZE Test Site
XPRIZE has chosen the deep sea off Kalamata, Greece, as the field testing location for finalist teams competing in the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Deep sea, real-world testing is a key stage in the three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery. In this final […]