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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests Five Persons Stealing Iron from Historic Ship Wreck

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Dakshina of the Southern Naval Command on information received arrested 05 persons stealing iron from an historic ship wreck in the Southern seas off Boossa on 18th March 2012. A piece of iron weighing 20 kilograms sawn off from the sunk ship and diving equipment were also taken into custody [...]

NHC Wins Major Contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK

A specialist North-East oil and gas industry support and training facility has been awarded a major contract with one of the North Sea’s largest oil & gas operators. The National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) has secured a 12-month contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK, to provide diving and subsea engineering representation support for the operators [...]

USA: DPS Offshore Orders 6G from Sonardyne

Sonardyne International has received an order for 6G positioning technology from Forum Subsea Technologies’ equipment rental business, DPS Offshore. The Dunker 6 and ROVNav 6 positioning and telemetry transceivers will augment DPS Offshore’s current stock of 6G equipment and offer customers the flexibility to reconfigure the equipment to meet the broadest possible range of subsea [...]

Russia: Hydrographic Ship GS-86 Returns from Survey Mission in Black Sea Fleet

Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship GS-86 returned from survey mission in the Black Sea Fleet. Within the responsibility zone of BSF Hydrographic Service spreading from Ai-Todor Cape to Tarhankut Cape, the crew has performed night inspection of lighthouses and marine lights, tested leading beacons, and checked coastal radio-navigation aids. Besides, the ship’s crew held [...]

UK: Subsea 7 Purchases Additional HD ROV Systems from Schilling Robotics

Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the delivery of two (2) 150hp, 3,000m-rated HD™ ROV systems to Subsea 7. The HD™ ROV offers comprehensive work-class ROV performance in a compact configuration, while providing extensive onboard space for tooling systems. “We are very pleased that Subsea 7 has selected to continue to implement the [...]

UK: Officials from Three Countries Put NATO Submarine Rescue System Through its Paces

Costing £130m and weighing 360 tonnes, the NATO Submarine Rescue System is one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in the world. For four days, 70 experts from three countries put it through its paces. The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is stored and maintained in a giant purpose-built hangar at HM Naval Base [...]

USA: WHOI Scientists Find Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon Rig

Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective work, a research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) confirmed that the flotsam were pieces of material used to maintain [...]

Norway: AGR Wins Total Well Management Contract from Statoil

AGR confirms it has been awarded a frame agreement which includes the possibility for Total Well Management services with Statoil worth approximately 100 - 130 million NOK per year (17-21 MUSD/year). The contract period is for two years with the possibility for an additional two plus two years extensions. “This is a very encouraging start [...]

Spectrum Gets Contract Extension from Lebanese Government for Multi-Client Datasets

Officials from the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water have signed a contract extension with Spectrum for the licensing of the highly successful “LEB-02” and “EMED-00” Multi-Client seismic datasets offshore Lebanon. The signing ceremony was attended by leading figures in the Ministry including the Honourable Minister Gebran Bassil. The ceremony was also covered by local [...]

UK: SeaGen Tidal Turbine Gets All-Clear from Environmental Studies

As well as being a renewable energy success , SeaGen, the world’s first commercial tidal current energy turbine is also an environmental success. The tidal turbine, designed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) and located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough has had no major impact on the Lough’s marine life. This is the [...]





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