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Technip launches Deep Explorer DSV

Nov 15, 2016

Technip’s latest newbuild, the diving support vessel (DSV) Deep Explorer, has been officially named in Norway. The traditional naming ceremony was held at VARD’s Langsten shipyard.  Deep Explorer is a DP3 class DSV, purpose-designed and…

Mermaid inks Indonesia, Malaysia work

Sep 09, 2016

Thailand's Mermaid Maritime has won two contracts worth some US$5.1 million in Southeast Asia. The company said the first contract, scheduled to begin in Q1 2017, is with an international upstream company for installation works in the Natuna Sea…

James Fisher buys Lexmar

Aug 01, 2016

James Fisher Group has acquired Lexmar Sat Systems for up to US$20 million. Founded in Singapore in 1996, Lexmar is a specialist provider of service and support of diving equipment and saturated diving systems.  James Fisher will pay US$13…

Dive vessel loses DP close to hydrocarbon facility during operations

Jun 28, 2016

Australia's safety regulator has published details of an incident which saw a dive vessel lose position while diving was active near a platform.  The vessel drifted off location by about 40m and was initially noticed by the diver when…

Mermaid inks Indonesia charter

Jun 14, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Indonesian business unit, PT Seascape Surveys Indonesia, entered into a one-year charter contract with PT Nusa Perkasa Permai for the Mermaid Nusantara DP2 dive support vessel (DSV). The vessel is expected to be delivered to Seascape in August 2016…

Caley supplies Ultra Deep Solutions newbuilds

Jun 01, 2016

Offshore handling systems firm Caley Ocean Systems is supplying Singapore based, diving and subsea equipment company Flash Tekk Engineering with saturation dive bell handling systems for its client Ultra Deep Solutions’ vessels Deep Installer and Van Gogh dive support construction vessels (DSCV)…

Boskalis inks Maersk IRM

May 26, 2016

Maersk Oil awarded Boskalis Subsea a subsea IRM contract for the provision of air and saturation diving services from 2016 to 2019. Image of the DSV Constructor, from Boskalis. The…

DOF, N-Sea in SAT collaboration

May 17, 2016

Subsea inspection, maintenance and repair provider, N-Sea and subsea projects and engineering provider, DOF Subsea have entered into a two-year cooperation agreement to provide an Integrated Saturation (SAT) Dive Service. The cooperation…

Wärtsilä to design new type of deepwater DSV

Feb 17, 2016

Wärtsilä entered into a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co. last month to design a new type of deepwater dive support vessel (DSV) for China state-owned company Shanghai Salvage Bureau (SSB). Image from Wärtsilä…

Helix exits Deepwater Gateway

Feb 17, 2016

Helix Energy Solutions Group is selling its 50% stake in Marco Polo platform owner Deepwater Gateway to a subsidiary of Genesis Energy for US$25 million. Anthony Tripodo, Executive Vice President and CFO of Helix, said: “The sale of the…

Neptune wins Glas Dowr service job

Feb 11, 2016

Technip Oceania has awarded Perth-headquartered Neptune an air diving services contract for the Kitan field disconnection project in the Timor Sea. The project includes the provision of air diving services to assist with the disconnection and abandonment of risers…

Chevron, Neptune enter diving deal

Jan 14, 2016

Chevron Australia awarded Neptune a marine maintenance diving contract under a recently awarded master services agreement (MSA). The contract, which is due to commence imminently, includes the provision of diving services for the facilities…

Harkand completes Swordfish upgrade

Aug 11, 2015

Harkand has successfully completed the US$10.5 million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. Originally built in 2007, the Swordfish is the youngest DSV in this region and has been upgraded to the highest safety standards in the offshore industry…

Decommissioning in the 21st Century

Jul 01, 2015

Wells and facilities decommissioning around the world is entering a new era. Some drivers for the changes in decommissioning are eco-awareness, a recent particularly onerous cycle of climatic events, facility design evolution, the glaring…

Unique Group delivers Vaila to Aberdeen

May 14, 2015

Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5million to global services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel…

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