The Alu Marine shipyard has completed the construction of two survey launches for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This order was attributed to Alu Marine in spring 2012 following a public tender from the “Congolaise des Voies Maritimes” (CVM). These survey boats will make hydrographic surveys in the maritime bief of the Congo River [...]
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IHC Merwede is building three 550t pipelaying vessels simultaneously at its Krimpen aan den IJssel yard in The Netherlands. The keel-laying ceremony for the first of two identical 550t pipelaying vessels for TL Offshore, a subsidiary of SapuraKencana, took place on Tuesday 15 January. This event was held one week ahead of the original schedule [...]
Aibel is to build a new office building at Kokstad with space for more than 1000 people. Aibel’s new office building will be completed Q4 2014, and will have a total of 1000 office spaces on 17,000 square metres and four floors. The address of the building will be Kokstadveien 23, which gives it a [...]
China announces that its largest oceanographic research center in Qingdao is under construction. As China Daily reported, the Qingdao National Oceanographic Science and Technology Laboratory is expected to grow into a leading oceanographic research institution within 10 years. The center is a joint programe launched by five universities and scientific research institutions in Qingdao and [...]
Oceaneering has unveiled an USD 23.5 million (GBP 15.2 million) investment into a new facility at its base in Rosyth, which will allow the company to dive into the offshore renewable energy market, the Scotsman informs. The American-based company plans to construct a larger storage space where it will hold cables for offshore wind farms [...]
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Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping on the delivery of a subsea support and construction vessel of MT 6022 MK II design. The vessel is to be built on Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The total contract value is around 600 million NOK. The contract also includes an option [...]
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Ciena Corporation, the network specialist, announced it was selected by Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) to build a European 100G coherent network using Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform with WaveLogic coherent optical processors. The next-generation network is an addition to CWW’s extensive footprint in Europe, which includes a 40G intercontinental network based on Ciena technologies. The longest 100G [...]
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Seatools in Numansdorp is a specialist in the field of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV). It is currently building two fallpipe ROVs (for rock dumping) with a dynamic positioning system. The new ROVs will enable highly accurate pre-programming of the routes along which rocks are to be dumped, which they will then follow meticulously. This [...]
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Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant (affiliate of Zvezdochka shipyard) builds Project 22870 salvage ship for Caspian Flotilla (CF) Search and Rescue Service under Russian Navy’s order. The project developer is JSC Vympel Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod). The project documentation was developed under contract with JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center and handed over to Astrakhan plant. The [...]
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Aibel has been awarded a letter of intent from Statoil in connection with the new test facility for subsea compressors at Kårstø. The estimated value of the contract is NOK 200 million. The new test facility will be part of the Kårstø metering and technology laboratory, K-lab. “Aibel knows Kårstø well and has recently [...]
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