"ROV" News

Gaining traction

Feb 03, 2014

UTEC’s Jim Edmunds explains how the company’s geoROV tool can assist with geotechnical surveys. Geotechnical surveys are a prerequisite for establishing engineering soil parameters to enable robust and efficient seabed interaction design solutions – foundation design…

Bibby completes PTTEP job

Feb 19, 2014

Bibby Offshore Singapore (BOS) has completed a call out contract with PTT Exploration & Production Co Ltd (PTTEP). The project involved a short notice mobilization, and saw the BOS-operated DP2 ROV Support Vessel, the Bibby Spring, perform…

ROVOP expands fleet

Feb 03, 2014

Aberdeenshire-based subsea specialist ROVOP has expanded its fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) by taking delivery of four new hydraulic work class systems, with a further four new ROVs expected later in the year. The company…

James Fisher buys ROV firm

Jan 29, 2014

UK-based maritime services company James Fisher and Sons has acquired Subsea Vision for £2.5 million. Subsea Vision owns and operates remotely operated vehicles (ROV) providing underwater surveys, inspections, and construction support to the oil and gas industry…

Crude oil leak at Hibernia

Jan 03, 2014

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board released an incident bulletin today about a leak from Hibernia Offshore Loading System. Hibernia Management and Development Co. Ltd. (HMDC) reported an ongoing leak of crude…

Bibby Remote Intervention adds to ROV fleet

Dec 09, 2013

Bibby Remote Intervention Ltd. (BRIL) has secured a multi-million pound contract with Olympic Shipping to install two 150hp, deepwater Quasar ROVs onboard the construction support vessel (CSV), Olympic Ares. The two ROVs will be installed…

FMC to deliver ROVs to Tidewater

Dec 04, 2013

FMC Technologies, Inc. will supply six work-class ROV systems to Tidewater Subsea for its subsea operations business. The systems will be supplied by FMC Technologies' schilling robotics business unit and are expected to be delivered year-end 2013…

Bibby purchases Sprint systems for ROVs

Nov 05, 2013

Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has purchased two Sprint subsea inertial navigation systems from Sonardyne International Ltd. to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey business division…

Petrobras to use Subsea 7 ROVs

Oct 30, 2013

Subsea 7 SA's i-Tech division has been awarded a contract by Petrobras worth about US$60 million. The contract is for the provision of ROV’s and underwater positioning services on board the platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Saga, operating offshore Brazil…

Saab Seaeye relaunches Sea Owl

Oct 23, 2013

The first 360° ROV to work in any orientation - even upside down - has been re-launched by Saab Seaeye. The Sea Owl concept, successfully introduced by Saab in the 1980s, has been completely re-engineered with new chassis, advanced technology content and increased work capability…

Bluestream boosts fleet of ROVs

Oct 31, 2013

Bluestream Offshore has taken delivery of the third of four ROVs ordered from Saab Seaeye in the last twelve months. Their new 2000m-rated Cougar XT is the second of this model to be added to the fleet of 11 ROVs already operated by the offshore services company…

New vessels at training centre

Oct 23, 2013

The Underwater Centre in Fort William, Scotland, has invested in two new barges to meet the demand for its commercial diving and ROV Pilot Technician training courses.  The new vessels, the renamed Loch Sunart and Loch Scavaig, have been purchased from Western Ferries (Clyde) Limited…

Ceona awards contract to ROVOP

Sep 30, 2013

Ceona has awarded a 5-yr contract worth over £45million to independent ROV provider ROVOP. The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services on board Ceona’s fleet of new, purpose-built deepwater pipelay and construction vessels including the Ceona Amazon and the Polar Onyx…

Ceona contracts ROVOP for ROVs

Oct 04, 2013

Subsea construction firm Ceona has awarded a five-year contract worth over £45million to ROV provider ROVOP. The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services on board Ceona’s fleet of new, purpose-built deepwater…

Jaya acquires multi-purpose platform supply vessel

Oct 01, 2013

Offshore energy services provider Jaya Holdings Limited, based in Singapore, confirmed the on-time delivery of its second new multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV), Jaya Vigilant. She sailed from Jaya’s shipyard in Batam yesterday and…

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