Tuesday 12 March 2013
USA: Helix to Acquire New Seabed Trencher
Helix Energy Solutions Group’s Canyon Offshore subsea contracting business unit signed contracts for a new Perry XT 1500 Seabed Trenching System and two 200 horsepower Perry XLX work class ROVs, to be built by Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.
The XT 1500 trencher will support Canyon Offshore’s Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy contracting operations, trenching and burying rigid and flexible products and power cables in a single pass up to 3m below mean seabed. Gary Aylmer, Canyon Offshore VP of Trenching and Renewable Energy, said“XT1500 is based on the well proven concept of T750 and more recently the new XT 1200 trenching systems. The more powerful XT 1500 will feature a broader array of burial configurations, enabling the vehicle to perform jet trenching operations in stiffer clays. XT1500 will offer our broad client base a burial solution which adds significant value whilst maintaining our high quality service”. The trencher will be mobilized on a Canyon Offshore chartered vessel in early 2014.
Canyon Offshore will also add two 200 horsepower Perry XLX ROVs to its fleet in 2013, bringing the fleet of Canyon work-class vehicles available for global deployment to 51 units. The new high-horsepower XLX units will perform increasingly important roles as offshore drilling projects extend into deeper, more challenging environments.
Shane Jakeman, Canyon Offshore VP of Europe and West Africa, said “with regard to technology, the subsea contracting industry is developing as quickly as any other high tech industry today. To ensure we continue to meet client needs and lead the way, we need to constantly innovate and offer new systems and techniques that will deliver the efficiency and job quality our clients demand.
Friday 1 March 2013
Sunday 2 October 2011
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Seasure Shipping Ltd announces launch of VesselsValue.com (VV)
An online service for valuing commercial vessels
A London based firm of shipbrokers established in 1993 who specialise in Sale and Purchase, today announced the launch of VesselsValue.com, the first online service that provides automated, data-driven valuations, signalling a change in the way ocean going vessels are valued.
VV’s software processes the global fleet using all comparable sales, adjusting for sale recency, ship specifications and changes in freight earnings, to produce real time market values in seconds.
Values tankers and bulkcarriers up to 500,000 dwt*
You search by name, ex-name, IMO number or operator
Algorithms give you instantly calculated ship values taking into account the latest market information
*tankers from 29,500 dwt, bulkcarriers from 20,000 dwt
As an online service, huge volumes of valuations can be produced that are confidential and always accessible.
Friday 22 April 2011
Sunday 17 April 2011
Ferries Not giving up there fight to stay
A new hitch has halted attempts to lift two passenger ferries onto the deck of a large cargo ship in Galway Docks this afternoon.
The ferries were to be transported form Galway to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
Two previous attempts were unsuccessful and this afternoon the latest attempt was halted.
Galway Harbour Master Captain Brian Sheridan said fresh concerns had emerged over the ability of the crane on board the Thor Gitta to lift the ferries onto its deck.
The operation, which got under way at 7am, has been suspended for the day.
The admiralty order arresting the Thor Gitta was lifted this afternoon.
The first freighter which was sent to carry out the operation ran aground on the rocks at Rossaveal during a storm.
A week later, three men were injured in an accident in Galway Harbour when a sling broke as one of the ferries was being loaded onto a second cargo ship.
The ferries were to be transported form Galway to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
Two previous attempts were unsuccessful and this afternoon the latest attempt was halted.
Galway Harbour Master Captain Brian Sheridan said fresh concerns had emerged over the ability of the crane on board the Thor Gitta to lift the ferries onto its deck.
The operation, which got under way at 7am, has been suspended for the day.
The admiralty order arresting the Thor Gitta was lifted this afternoon.
The first freighter which was sent to carry out the operation ran aground on the rocks at Rossaveal during a storm.
A week later, three men were injured in an accident in Galway Harbour when a sling broke as one of the ferries was being loaded onto a second cargo ship.
Sunday 10 April 2011
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