Harvey Bisso Subsea has launched operations to provide subsea services to the energy and maritime industries. The new subsea venture combines the expertise, resources and experience of Bisso Marine and Harvey Gulf International Marine. The centerpiece of the venture is a new, fully-classed 12-man Saturation Diving System with a working depth of 1,000 feet. The [...]

ABERDEEN, UK — Hallin Marine’s West Division will take delivery next spring of the $50 million newbuild subsea operations vessel Windermere, having signed a long-term time charter with the marine operations division of parent company, Hallin Marine Subsea International. The West Division will look to operate the new vessel in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and [...]

Global Industries has become the ninth International Contractor Member (ICO) of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). Other ICOs – a membership category established in 1996 – are Acergy, Allseas, Heerema Marine Contractors, Helix Energy Solutions Group, J Ray McDermott, Saipem, Subsea 7 and Technip. “Our ICO member companies are involved with IMCA on a [...]

Near Miss: Unexpected Lowering of a Suspended Load A member has reported an incident in which there was an unexpected lowering of a suspended load during a lifting operation which had the potential to cause significant injury. During maintenance of an ROV winch system, a yoke was being supported in position by a shore crane [...]

French oil industry engineer Technip SA said intensifying competition would make 2010 a difficult year, sending its shares lower on Friday. It said it would meet targets for 2009 but chief executive Thierry Pilenko told a conference call that competition from new ship companies and Korean onshore companies would hit Technip’s profits in 2010.

GALVESTON, Texas — Bisso Marine has buried a pipeline 16 ft (4.9 m) below the hardened seabed of the Gulf of Mexico. Working in 54 ft (16 m) of water, the crew of the DLB Big Chief installed a hot tap and used a Super Jet Pump System to bury 13,893 ft (4,235 m) of [...]

Trapped Diver Umbilical Incident Resulting in Diver Fatality A member has reported an incident where a trapped diver umbilical resulted in his death. During the surface supplied diver operation, the diver was deployed to the bottom (56m) to locate fixing points for davits which required him to travel along the pipeline and for the barge [...]

Diver John Strand hoists on his 35-pound brass and fiberglass helmet shortly before descending into Oswego Lake for several hours of diving. Strand and his team of 7 other divers provide some of the most physically demanding labor needed to build the city’s buoyant sewer pipe. LAKE OSWEGO — The 35-pound brass and fiberglass helmet [...]