Unique Group Acquires Subsea Innovation
Unique Group’s global engineering capabilities, enhances its portfolio and further strengthens the organization’s focus on engineering excellence and technology development.Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, Unique Group has a global workforce of more than 600 employees across 18 locations. Renowned over three decades for the company’s excellence in subsea technologies including Survey Equipment, Diving & Life Support, Buoyancy & Water Weights, Unmanned Surface Vessels, and Lifting & Mooring solutions. This new acquisition transforms the UK into a major engineering
DEME Scoops ‘Most Extensive’ Cabling Contract in Its History
well as pre-sweeping and rock placement works for the Nederwiek 1 project.DEME will deploy a variety of vessels from its fleet, including cable installation vessels, hopper dredgers and a fallpipe vessel. In addition, the project will cover the beach works and cofferdam structures at the cable landing locations.The works are scheduled to begin in stages from 2025.IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 are offshore grid connection systems operated by TenneT that will link two future offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea to the province of Zeeland in the southwestern part of the Netherlands.The first connection
Over 50 Species New to Science Found Along Salas y Gómez Ridge
documented in hydrographic surveys.The information collected during the expedition will provide the scientific basis to inform the management of existing marine protected areas and potentially expand them, especially around the island of Rapa Nui.The Salas y Gómez Ridge is one of several global locations under consideration for designation as a high seas marine protected area upon ratification of the UN High Seas Treaty. Parts of the ridge within Chile’s national jurisdiction are protected. However, much of the ridge lies in international waters. While many countries, including the United
New Electrochemical Technology Could De-acidify the Oceans
(around 30 per cent) of the capital cost and have short lifetimes as they are susceptible to degradation.Our work aims to develop scalable, ultra-thin membranes for use in a modified BMED process, while also identifying efficient operational conditions, optimal industrial couplings, and ideal global locations to cost-effectively implement this OAE technology around the world.The ultra-thin membranes will extract acidity more efficiently than existing commercial membranes, while their manufacturing technique and optimal usage will dramatically decrease their production and operational costs.Developing
Design Images of World’s First Long-Range Autonomous Research Vessel Released
of monitoring sensors to collect data for research into areas such as climate change, biodiversity, fisheries and biogeochemistry. The vessel will be able to reach remote areas of the ocean that are difficult or impossible to sample through traditional research vessels, whether due to remote locations or due to extreme weather conditions. PML Chief Executive Professor Icarus Allen said: “A statistic I find quite shocking is that, to date, humans have explored less than 5% of the world’s oceans. And yet, the ocean does so much for us. It’s absorbed at least 25% of carbon
Sulmara on Offshore Survey Job at Bayou Bend CCS Scheme in Texas
project in the United States, being developed by joint venture owned by Chevron, Talos Energy and Equinor.Bayou Bend CCS joint venture commissioned Sulmara to conduct an archaeological and geohazard assessment of the proposed Bayou Bend pipeline route from the landfall to the future offshore platform locations, which has the potential to reduce emissions from regional industrial facilities by safely storing carbon dioxide underground.Sulmara utilised an electric WAM-V 16 USV for the offshore data acquisition. The collaborative project also utilized the SpaceX-backed Starlink satellite system to ensure
Equinor Hires DeepOcean for Subsea Infrastructure and Cable Repairs
or PRSI pool members, the company said.First Call-Offs Already SecuredDeepOcean has already received the first call-offs for work under the new frame agreement.On behalf of Gassco and Equinor, DeepOcean will perform seabed preparations and complex remote hot tap tie-in operations at three different locations on the Norwegian continental shelf. Hot tapping is a method of connecting to a pressurised system, such as a pipeline, without removing the pipe from service.DeepOcean has already performed marine services to support baseline inline inspection of a large sized pipeline for Gassco, with Equinor
Undersea Cables: The Unseen Backbone of the Global Internet
are cut, primarily accidentally by fishing equipment or anchors. However, the potential for sabotage, particularly by nation-states, is a growing concern. These cables, crucial for global connectivity and owned by consortia of internet and telecom companies, often lie in isolated but publicly known locations, making them easy targets for hostile actions.The vulnerability was highlighted by unexplained failures in multiple cables off the coast of West Africa on March 14, 2024, which led to significant internet disruptions affecting at least 10 nations. Several cable failures in the Baltic Sea in 2023
USACE Survey & Mapping Employees Awarded for USV Innovation
marvel that greatly benefits New York’s missions. This is teamwork at its finest.”The unmanned craft, operating for nearly six months, has capabilities beyond coastal-storm risk-management: it can gather data for dam safety, levee and bridge inspections, and in remote, shallow-water locations that are inaccessible by boat. AMY also helps during emergencies: it can be up and running and ready to collect data in a matter of hours, expediting project assessments after severe storms.The craft’s multi-beam system can collect up to 20,000 points of data per second along the sea floor
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