IK Subsea to Deliver Pipeline Repair Equipment to Major O&G Contractor in China
design and deliver, a series of DNV-approved high-pressure pipeline diverless repair clamps (both structural and sealing) for COOEC's National Oil & Gas Pipeline Emergency Repair Base in Shenzhen, China.This project is pivotal, ensuring rapid and efficient pipeline repair operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea, according to IK Subsea.The delivery will take place throughout 2024, IK Subsea, an IK Group company, confirmed.PAG Subsea Technology, the company’s in-country partner, will be responsible for the project management activities in China."This milestone marks our
Hanwha Ocean Eyes Submarine Exports to Canada, Philippines, Poland - official
the groundwork for a major military-industrial business. Hanwha Ocean is also vying to sell diesel-powered submarines to the Philippines, which is looking to acquire two submarines over the 2,000-tonne level, Kim said.Tensions are rising between the Philippines and China over the South China Sea. The Philippines currently has no submarine fleet.Kim said the company had proposed supplying the Philippines with submarines with lithium ion batteries, which allow the subs to stay underwater much longer than those with lead acid batteries - an advantage over French and Spanish submarines
U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China
picture of global activity at sea.China, meanwhile, is working on its own maritime spy program, known as the Great Underwater Wall, two U.S. Navy sources told Reuters.That system, already under construction, consists of cables fitted with sonar listening sensors laid along the seafloor in the South China Sea, a tense arena due to territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbors. China is also building a fleet of underwater and surface sea drones to scour for enemy submarines, the two people said.The Chinese push extends far into the Pacific. The state-run China Academy of Sciences said
Sand Dredging is 'Sterilizing' Ocean Floor, UN Warns
, companies remove all the sand to the bedrock, meaning that "life may never recover", Peduzzi added.While globally the 6 billion being extracted is less than the sand deposited annually by the world's rivers, in some areas the removal is surpassing replenishment rates, UNEP said.The South China Sea, the North Sea and the east coast of the United States are among the areas where the most dredging has occurred, said Arnaud Vander Velpen, a sand industry and data analytics officer with the University of Geneva.China, the Netherlands, the United States and Belgium are among the countries
Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take on China
States, the other controlled by China.SubCom is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm that has invested in defense contractors and national security assets. Last year, Cerberus paid $300 million for a Philippine shipyard on a former U.S. Navy base close to the South China Sea, beating out Chinese competitors for control of a strategic site in a region where Beijing has been flexing its military muscle.Cerberus is headed by Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire political donor whom former President Donald Trump drafted onto the President’s Intelligence Advisory
Philippines Places Buoys to Assert Sovereignty in South China Sea
The Philippines has placed navigational buoys within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, a coast guard spokesperson said on Sunday.The step comes amid China's increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea as Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr pursues warmer ties with treaty ally the United States.The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it set up five buoys carrying the national flag from May 10 to 12 in five areas within the 200-mile (322-km) zone, including the Whitsun Reef, where hundreds of Chinese
WW2 Shipwreck Found 81 Years After Tragic Sinking
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China Sea, ending a tragic chapter of the country's history.Marles said the SS Montevideo Maru, an unmarked prisoner of war transport vessel missing since being sunk off the Philippines' coast in July 1942, had been discovered northwest of Luzon island.The ship was torpedoed en route from what is now Papua New Guinea to China's Hainan by a U.S. submarine, unaware of the POWs onboard. It is
US, Australia to Unveil Submarine Pact to Counter China
that after the annual port visits, the United States would forward deploy some submarines in Western Australia by around 2027.China has condemned the effort by the Western allies, who are seeking to counter its military buildup, pressure on Taiwan and increasingly muscular deployments in the contested South China Sea.Sharing sensitive technologyThe officials did not elaborate on the planned new class of submarines, including where they would be built, but Australia's ambassador to Washington said last week there would be a "genuine trilateral solution" and the plan offers the prospect of
KATFISH Towed Sonar find niche in Defense, Offshore Energy
geopolitical climate. On the geopolitical front, the war between Russia and Ukraine has placed an increased focus on the defense market and defense technologies, with most NATO countries planning to accelerate defense spending. In addition, other areas around the globe, from the Middle East to the South China Sea and the Arctic will continue to be keen areas of focus amongst the world’s major powers driving continued strong spending in next generation seabed intelligence solutions like KATFISH.While not a new threat, seabed infrastructure protection is once again front and center following the
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