DeepOcean Gets ExxonMobil’s Guyana Task
the Siem Day multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) to conduct subsea operations.The Siem Day is equipped with a 250te crane and cutting-edge technology and features, enabling efficient and safe operations even in the harshest offshore environments.The vessel boasts a large deck space, advanced dynamic positioning systems, and dual ROV spreads, ensuring superior performance and maximum productivity.“We are highly committed to delivering high-quality subsea services and solutions, and we look forward to working closely with ExxonMobil Guyana to support their operations in the various field developments
Equinor and Kongsberg Digital Team Up to Enhance Offshore Skills and Environmental Protection
to protect the environment, prevent offshore incidents, and perform holistic crisis management in advanced offshore operations.Keyto this collaboration is the deployment of four K-Sim Offshore simulators delivered by Kongsberg Digital. These will be integrated with KONGSBERG’s K-Pos Dynamic Positioning systems and NORBIT’s pioneering Oil Spill Detection system, Aptomar. According to Kongsberg Digital, the tailored configuration will not only enable offshore procedure training for offshore personnel, but also environmental conservation drills, oil spill detection and recovery simulations
Canada: Tidal Energy Firm Says Enters Bankruptcy as Regulatory Hurdles Derail Planned Project
safely and successfully deliver its project at the highly energetic FORCE site, which has proven to be very challenging to operate in. This included the construction of the Tidal Pioneer - the most advanced inshore construction vessel on the Eastern seaboard, equipped with 4-point mooring and dynamic positioning systems.Operations suspended amid regulatory uncertainty"Recently, the firm suspended its operations at Grand Passage, while conversations with government officials and the project investors continued to take place," Sustainable Marine Canada said.Sustainable Marine CEO Jason Hayman
Hearing the Light: DAS could Revolutionize Subsea Defense
layer of surveillance coverage, tracking both surface and subsurface targets. DAS could detect and track surface warships, augmenting intelligence gathered from other ISR platforms such as satellites and aircraft. In addition to detecting vessels in transit, DAS may also detect the sounds of dynamic positioning systems, indicating that seabed operations are underway.Image courtesy the research article Eavesdropping at the Speed of Light: Distributed Acoustic Sensing of Baleen Whales in the Arctic, found on https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.901348/full#B54Below the surface
First 'DP Digital Survey' Completed
Kongsberg Maritime, Bureau Veritas (BV) and Bourbon verify a new application that enables remote surveying of Dynamic Positioning systems on boardKongsberg, BV and Bourbon announced a first in the maritime industry: the successful testing of a new solution for DP (Dynamic Positioning) system performance and redundancy audits.The ‘DP Digital Survey’ application runs on an industrial data management system to help ensure data consistency for the verification of installed systems. It acquires information directly from the DP system and delivers it to auditors via a secure cloud infrastructure
Unique Group to Provide Survey Vessel Package to Major Government Entity
African Shipyards to provide a turnkey package for hydrographic survey vessels and hydrographic office set up.The project will include multiple new build vessels - main vessel and support vessels. Unique Group will act as a technology partner to the shipyard and provide the vessel’s dynamic positioning systems and Navigational equipment package. As part of the project, Unique Group will also provide complete integration of the Hydrographic equipment package, which will include centralized operations between the main vessel and smaller support vessels.The Hydrographic office set up onshore will
Project to Enable Autonomous Navigation in Denied Environments
systems (GNSS). The project will combine underwater positioning systems from Sonardyne International Ltd. and Guidance Marine Limited’s relative surface positioning systems into one integrated solution to enable vessels to maintain safe passage in GNSS-denied environments or for dynamic positioning systems to maintain their position if they lose GNSS access or other sensors fail.The AutoMINDER (Autonomous MarIne Navigation in Denied EnviRonments) project, backed by Innovate UK, will also create a common interface structure to allow the different sensors to be fed into one platform and develop
Dynamic Positioning & the Potential for USCG Regulations
Maritime Organization (IMO). If the US Coast Guard has its way, that may change soon. On 28 November 2014, the Coast Guard issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled “Requirements for MODUs and Other Vessels Conducting Outer Continental Shelf Activities with Dynamic Positioning Systems.” When, and if, finalized and promulgated, the rulemaking would constitute the first government regulations specifically applicable to dynamic positioning (DP) systems. Positioning by dynamic means involves a sophisticated engineering system that allows or has the potential
Construction of Mermaid Ausana Begins
multipurpose subsea dive support and construction vessel that will be equipped with an 18-man twin bell saturation system and will have two self powered hyperbaric lifeboats. The vessel will be equipped with diesel electric frequency controlled propulsion, highly efficient azimuth thrusters, dynamic positioning systems, offshore cranes and a large platform deck for construction duties. Upon completion and delivery in 2016, the ‘Mermaid Ausana’ will possess excellent characteristics for worldwide deployment.
February 2024
