DCNS is going to increase its holding in the capital of OpenHydro from 11% to 59.7%, taking control of the Irish start-up specialising in marine turbines. This operation is part of DCNS’ growth plan aiming to double its sales between 2010 and 2020. DCNS is going to increase its holding in OpenHydro to 59.7% of [...]
MMT NetSurvey was involved in the “Operation Iceberg” that is a two-part BBC/Discovery co-production TV series. No expedition has ever been to an Arctic iceberg in open water. The team in this production is looking to understand the forces making icebergs break off their mother glaciers and find out what happens to them once they [...]
Recently, Fugro formally took delivery of a new-build vessel, M/V Fugro Equator; the third of Fugro’s FSSV series of dedicated survey vessels. Designed to Fugro specifications and fitted with the latest survey equipment these are the most advanced vessels of their type. The vessel will be utilised on various projects in the Asia Pacific region. [...]
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will take a 20 percent shareholding in Chatham Rock Phosphate and assume a seat on the board, in a world-first for the undersea mining industry. It is the first time a major dredging company has taken a substantial equity position in an undersea mining project. Boskalis has been issued shares [...]
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Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS), a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of a Platform/ROV Support Vessel, GREATSHIP ROOPA, from Colombo Dockyard Plc, Sri Lanka. Greatship Roopa is a DP2 vessel, capable of supporting offshore [...]
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YOUMARES is the name for the international conference of young marine researchers and engineers organized by the study group of the German Society for Marine Research (DGM). This event addresses all young marine scientists and engineers from all disciplines of fundamental and applied research, industry and other relevant fields coming from Germany and the rest [...]
Fugro Salt Subsea took delivery of the first of their two “state-of-the-art” High Performance Q1400 Trenching Systems from manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) in June this year. The second system is due for delivery in September 2012. The Q1400 Trenching System will undertake comprehensive offshore acceptance trials in both jetting and chain cutting modes [...]
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Ramboll is participating in an urban development project “City to Harbour” launched in the Danish offshore capital, Esbjerg. The project is part of a large, urban renewal plan for Esbjerg, and involves ten distinct projects, which will tie city and harbor closer together over the next ten years, and offer even better conditions to the [...]
ULSTEIN® delivered the high-tech seismic research vessel Polarcus Adira to marine geophysical company Polarcus. The vessel of the SX134 design is vessel number eight in Polarcus’ fleet of modern and advanced seismic vessels, all designed by ULSTEIN. “ULSTEIN set the standard with the punctual delivery of Polarcus Amani in March this year, and with the [...]
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Offshore handling equipment specialist, Caley Ocean Systems is taking part in a Joint Industry Project (JIP) into the Requirements for Certification of fibre rope-based, Deepwater Installation Systems that will ultimately be incorporated in a new standard for Offshore Deployment and Recovery Systems. Managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Phase 1 of the JIP identified generic [...]
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