The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will be actively participating in an eCMID online festival of knowledge aimed at sharing the latest updates with Accredited Vessel Inspectors (AVIs).

Kongsberg Maritime reports that its K-CAT (KONGSBERG Competence Assessment Tool) is receiving positive reports from the global oil & gas fleet supplier Siem Offshore, consolidating a deal between the two companies worth in the region of 700,000NOK.

Leading underwater inspection provider, Welaptega, has successfully completed a mooring inspection campaign for Premier Oil in the Central North Sea.

There are no hard numbers yet to illustrate the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the oil and gas industry’s digitization. However, a Rystad Energy analysis of service companies’ earnings calls reveals a clear growth in cost-saving remote work technologies.

Leading scrubber supplier Yara Marine has always insisted that quality pays, and that also goes for its optimized training offering available for engineers, deck officers and shore staff.

Leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider, Unique Group, has pooled its expertise in survey and buoyancy technology with Dutch UXO experts, Bodac, to develop an Unexploded Ordnance Lifting & Safe Disposal System (UXO-LSDS), which paves the way for contactless mine recovery.

Bodac’s experience in UXO risk mitigation and explosive engineering services in the marine environment has been integrated with Unique Group’s technical expertise to develop the UXO-LSDS, which consists of a housing for two 9l, 300 bar composite cylinders and a Sonardyne Acoustic Lightweight Release Transponder (LRT).

Working with known UXO weights and water depths, the UXO-LSDS can be precisely filled to begin the UXO recovery, with the excess air vented out from the pressure release valves. The system has been thoroughly tested from design phase through to final product by Unique Group and Bodac’s teams of experienced technical personnel. The product is available globally and can be customised based on client-specific needs.

Wilbert Beilsma, General Manager Unique Group Netherlands, commented: “We are constantly driven to improve our offerings and develop new products which help our customers solve their challenges safely and efficiently.

“This has led us to collaborate with Bodac in the build of the UXO-LSDS. It is based upon Unique Group’s robust Seaflex Mono Buoyancy unit design, which has a proven track record of over 20 years and has been used by several navies as a lifting device. Our system can support in explosive ordnance relocation, recovery and neutralization with full safety.”

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Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, is reporting a 900% rise in demand for the remote inspection of offshore assets and equipment since the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement.

For the 60^th time, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) organizes its well-known International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. With the collaboration of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the seminar is set to take place from 7-11 September 2020 in Delft, The Netherlands.

SeaRobotics Corporation, a leading developer of unmanned marine systems, today announced a new partnership with Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus), an established provider of oceanographic rental equipment and turnkey survey solutions, in a move to make Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) increasingly available for international rental.

Oil companies are dealing with a plethora of challenges due to the sudden decline in demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Distant storage locations increase costs as transportation fees get factored in with storage fees.

On March 30th, in Hardinxveld, the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group handed over a Multi Cat 1908 named Patricia Matheson to Inverlussa Marine Services. The company, based on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, will operate the vessel in the aquaculture industry. 

Harvey Gulf International Marine has signed two 18-month contract extensions for two of its LNG powered PSV’s.  The extensions will keep both vessel under charter well into 2022.  Harvey also announced that it has signed a long-term contract to supply diesel fuel to a super major for its new fuel dock in Port Fourchon, LA.   

Motive Offshore Group, specialist in the manufacture, rental and servicing of subsea assets, has seen demand for its Fabrication services grow significantly over the past 18 months, with a turnover increase of over 115%.

The swift oil price crash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will reduce the combined free cash flow of FPSO fields, which have produced above three quarters of their original resources at just $2.20 per barrel this year. This is a jaw-dropping decline from 2019’s $11.10 per barrel, a Rystad Energy impact analysis reveals.

Williams has reached an agreement with Chevron and its co-owner, Total E&P USA, Inc., to provide offshore natural gas transportation services to the Anchor development. Anchor is located 140 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.