After breaking all records for transferring waste material stored in spent fuel ponds, Sellafield Ltd has selected the Saab Seaeye Tiger robotic vehicle to work in one of the most hazardous environments on the planet.

Students from secondary schools across the North-east of Scotland will have the opportunity to take part in an array of subsea focused activities including a virtual tour of the seabed, as part of OPITO’s Energise Your Future (EYF) today (Thursday 7 th February).

Motive Offshore Group was crowned subsea company of the year while Jim Milne was recognised for his outstanding contribution to the sector at Subsea UK’s annual awards last night (Wednesday 6th February).

Aberdeen-based production optimisation specialist Enpro Subsea has announced that the £1.5million investment project in its Flow Intervention Services (FIS) technology, which included a £755,000 research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise, has started onshore testing ahead of planned subsea field trials later this year.

Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has chosen OceanWise to supply, install and maintain new tide and weather systems at the 900-year old east coast of England port. British marine instrument specialist, Valeport, has partnered with OceanWise to deliver the environmental monitoring systems and continue its long-standing relationship with HHA.

Modus is marking a decade of trading with an exciting new look. Changes include a new brand identity and website, as well as the new strapline of ‘Smart Subsea Services’.

Leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group is bringing the advantages of Sonardyne International Ltd.’s new Fusion 2 and 6+ underwater survey and positioning technologies to its global customer base following orders worth in excess of £1 million.

Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK, said: “The Scottish Affairs Committee report and today’s announcement from the Scottish Energy Minister underlines both Westminster’s and Holyrood’s commitment to our industry. Subsea UK has been working closely with both governments on the oil and gas sector deal and we welcome the acknowledgement of and support for the subsea industry in particular. Subsea plays a vital role in helping the North Sea oil and gas industry to maximise its full potential but our sector also has important roles to play in offshore wind and the emerging industries such as wave and tidal, ocean science, deep sea mining and aquaculture. The global underwater hub, to be based in Aberdeen, will be the industry’s and government’s response to increasing our global marketshare, capitalising on the opportunities in all sectors by connecting, leveraging and enhancing our capabilities.

i-Tech Services, a Subsea 7 company, has taken on 13 new people in Houston following a successful twelve months which saw the office secure a series of new contract awards in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ocean Infinity, the next generation seabed survey and ocean exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating world-changing incentive competitions, to provide state-of-the-art, high-resolution baseline maps against which competitors for the Grand Prize of the US$7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE will be judged.

Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), are pleased to announce the recent appointment of Steve Harris as Technical Operations Manager – Australia. This comes following expansion into the region and appointment of Jason French as Business Development Director – Asia Pacific, in September 2018.

Scottish energy minister, Paul Wheelhouse will attend Subsea UK’s annual flagship event in Aberdeen this week, where industry experts will gather to explore why disruptive and enabling technologies hold the key to greater levels of transparency, efficiency, and performance.

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation will showcase its range of advanced composite materials at Underwater Intervention in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 5-7 on stand 624, These will include Eccofloat®, a high-strength syntactic foam engineered to meet deep-sea buoyancy requirements for subsea applications.

The MCEDD 2019 Technical Program is a testament to the spirit of our industry. Our 2019 conference theme, Remaining Competitive in a Rising Tide certainly applies to the selection of this year’s presentations. Due to the large number of Abstracts submitted, less than 30% of these were accepted for the 2019 Program. We extend our thanks for everyone who submitted abstracts.

CNIM, acting as prime contractor, teamed up with SOCARENAM, CNN MCO and MAURIC, to win the tender competition for the design and the construction of 14 EDA-S (Engins de Débarquement Amphibie – Standards) for the French Navy. These Amphibious Standard Landing Crafts will be based on the CNIM’s LCA design and will replace the previous generation of Landing Crafts of French Navy, the CTM.

ECA Group will be showcasing its latest innovations at IDEX exhbition in Abu Dhabi (ADNEC) from 17th to 21st February - booth 07-B57. Our team will be happy to welcome you and present you our solutions for Defence & Security : Naval and Air-Land Robotic systems.

C-Kore Systems are pleased to announce a new subsea testing tool, the C-Kore Sensor Monitor. The Sensor Monitor can be used in decommissioning, fault-finding and construction campaigns to provide feedback from subsea sensors, such as wellhead pressures and temperatures, even when a subsea datalink is not available.

The opportunities which exist for Scottish companies to collaborate on R&D projects with Japan will be highlighted at a workshop at this year’s Subsea Expo.