Subsea Services

A Hydrex team of divers and technicians has recently performed an underwater inspection and repair of a 200m long vehicle carrier’s malfunctioning rudder in the port of Antwerp.

Southampton UK based Seatech Civil and Marine Ltd has been appointed as the main contractor for the recovery of a World War 2 German bomber shot down during the Battle of Britain…

The largest indoor test facility ever before dedicated to the development of unmanned underwater vehicles has been opened by Saab Seaeye.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has renewed its service agreement with Miko Marine for the emergency provision of magnetic and fabric patches for damaged vessels.

International diving equipment technology company Divex has won a multi-million pound contract to supply the Russian Admiralty with a saturation diving system.

Wärtsilä has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy…

A new concept in skid design from Saab Seaeye adds a powerful tooling capability to their technologically advanced Cougar XTi ROV.

A number of archaeological groups and marine service companies are acquiring boat-towed metal detectors to assist in locating shipwrecks and to perform geophysical surveys.

Incat Crowther has been contracted to design a 56m Catamaran Dive Support Vessel (DSV) for Bhagwan Marine, to be operated by dive specialists Neptune Marine Services.

With more than 600 installations in the North Sea alone, the energy industry faces a daunting and hugely costly task in terms of decommissioning, with some putting the figure at £30bn.

Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.

The Diving Medical Advisory Committee has published a revision to ‘Medical Equipment to be held at the Site of an Offshore Diving Operation’ (DMAC 15 Rev. 3). This supersedes all previous issues…

Submarine Escape, Rescue, Abandonment & Survival (SMERAS) Support Services and Diving & Life Support Services provider QinetiQ has re-commissioned its Hyperbaric Trials Unit (HTU) following an extensive refit.

A new course at Plymouth UK based medical charity DDRC (Diving Diseases Research Centre), which trains people to handle medical care at sea, has awarded its first certificate.