Tekmar Scores Subsea Double in India
Tekmar Group companies Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy have secured contracts in India. The award will see the two companies supply subsea technologies for a major deep-water oilfield development project in the Bay of Bengal. Specifically, Subsea Innovation will provide pipe-in-pipe water stop seals, while Tekmar Energy is supplying subsea umbilical vertebrae bend […]
Seatronics Relocates Headquarters to Westhill
Seatronics, an Acteon company, is relocating its headquarters to Westhill, Aberdeen, after over 40 years based in Bridge of Don. The facility spans over a total of 55,000 square feet footprint including a calibration lab, electronic test lab, development office and a 6m x 5m x 4.5m test tank. “The relocation will allow […]
National Decommissioning Centre in Partnership Deal with Chevron
Chevron and The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) have signed an agreement that will support research at the NDC through to 2023. The anchor partnership will fund a portfolio of research projects that will aim to better quantify the environmental impacts of decommissioning and provide guidance on best options from an environmental perspective. The projects will […]
MDL Secures More Than £5M ThinCats Funding
Alternative lender ThinCats has provided a £5.25 million funding facility for Peterhead-based Maritime Developments Limited (MDL). The funding will be used to refinance existing loans and create additional working capital to support MDL in its long-term development plans. The funding represents the largest deal to date for ThinCats in Scotland. The ThinCats […]
Proserv Names New Chief Financial Officer
Proserv has appointed Julie Thomson as its new group chief financial officer (CFO). Last October, Proserv completed a corporate realignment that saw the formation of two standalone divisions: Proserv Controls, based at the firm’s Aberdeen head office, and Gilmore, a Proserv company, which operates out of Houston. Thomson’s arrival as group CFO marks the latest […]
Chinese Research Ship Starts First 2020 Deep-Sea Mission
A Chinese Academy of Sciences’ research ship Tansuo-1 with a submersible named Shenhai Yongshi or Deep Sea Warrior set sail from South China’s Hainan province for the first deep-sea scientific research mission this year. With 60 scientific researchers on board, the 20-day trip will complete the parameter measurement and sample collection of marine […]
JDR Finalizes Subsea Cable Load-Out for Changhua OWF
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has completed subsea power cable load-out for the Taiwan Power Company offshore wind project ‘Changhua’. The vessel and cable is now on route for Taiwan, JDR informed through social media. JDR has been selected by Jan De Nul to supply subsea power cables and accessories for the […]
SMD Gears for Next-Gen Electric ROV Launch
Subsea technology specialists SMD has come one step closer to rolling out its electric work-class Quantum EV ROV. The Newcastle-based firm has completed the first phase in a series of stress-tests on the full range of components that make up the innovative modular EV ROV design. The electric ROV was unveiled in September 2019 and […]
Van Oord Trials Trencher Set for Hollandse Kust (South) Campaign
Van Oord has been conducting final tests of its remotely controlled-trencher Deep Dig-It as part of the preparation for the subsea cables installation on the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm project in The Netherlands. TenneT awarded the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium in 2018, to build the connection from land to sea […]
Schottel Propulsion Units for Germany’s New Research Vessel
The newest addition to German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) fleet – survey, wreck-search and research vessel Atair – is equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. Currently under construction at Fassmer in Berne, Germany, the vessel is said to meet the highest environmental standards and is considered the first seagoing government agency vessel with low-emission […]