C-Kore Systems Names Ekstrøm Sales Manager – Scandinavia

C-Kore Systems has appointed Mats Ekstrøm to represent C-Kore as sales manager – Scandinavia. Ekstrøm has over 30 years of experience in the offshore oil & gas sector, starting his career with Sutec as service manager and then working for Dolphin AS as technical manager. The past 20 years Ekstrøm worked for […]

Seanic Relocates UK Base to Facilitate Growth

Subsea services company Seanic Ocean Systems, a Centurion company, has moved its UK division into new premises in the ABZ Business Park in Dyce, Aberdeen, following a positive stream of business and sustained growth. In the last 12 months, the company has seen a 26% increase in utilisation of its decommissioning equipment packages that have […]

Total Charters CSV Far Sleipner for Congo Ops

Solstad Offshore, together with its local partner Petro Services, has entered into a contract with Total Exploration & Production Congo for the CSV Far Sleipner. The contract has a duration of two years firm plus four six-month options. The vessel will function as a field support vessel with ROV systems onboard to […]

Buckthorn Bets on Coretrax | Subsea World News

Coretrax, the independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist, said it has received a substantial investment from private equity firm Buckthorn Partners to accelerate its international growth plans. The Aberdeen headquartered company, which supports global well construction, completion and end-of-life operations, recently reported record trading performance across its operational centres in the UK, Middle East and […]

MTS Highlights Fugro for Seabed 2030 Project Support

Fugro has received the Marine Technology Society (MTS) 2018 Compass Industrial Award for outstanding private sector contributions to marine science and technology. In selecting Fugro for the honour, MTS cited the company’s legacy of marine survey innovation and its industry-leading support of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project (Seabed 2030). David Millar, […]

OceanGate CEO Takes ‘Titan’ on 4,000-Meter Dive

OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush, has successfully piloted the world’s only privately-owned deep diving 5-person submersible, Titan, on a solo 4,000 meter dive. Rush joins James Cameron as only the second person in history to complete a solo dive to this depth. “This deep dive is a major milestone for OceanGate. Not only does it mean […]

Indian Survey Vessel to Map Mauritius EEZ

The Indian Naval Ship “Sarvekshak”, a survey vessel with hydrographic and oceanographic survey equipment suite, has recently arrived in Mauritius at the Port Louis Harbour. The Minister of Housing and Lands, Purmanund Jhugroo, highlighted that the ship will operate in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Mauritius for about two months to carry […]

OSIL Marine Snow Catchers for Norway

Oceanographic equipment manufacturer Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has supplied 3 Marine Snow Catchers to a Norwegian institute for use in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica on a 5-month research cruise. Marine Snow Catchers are large volume water samplers with separable top and bottom sections that allow researchers to collect and characterise […]

L3 OceanServer Inks UUV Deal with US Marine Corps

L3 OceanServer has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for an Iver3 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) to be used for testing and evaluation. Over the past four years, L3 OceanServer has leveraged hundreds of thousands of operational hours on Iver vehicles to build a system with […]

North Sea Region Backs Ocean Energy Pilots

The Ocean Energy Scale-up Alliance (OESA) coordinated by the Dutch Marine Energy Centre from the Netherlands has been awarded to implement an innovative Pilot Accelerator Programme. In this programme, organisations work together to support the accelerated deployment of ocean energy pilots in the North Sea Region. The three-year project approved by the […]