Cool video posted by YouTube user Emanuele Mulargia on YouTube earlier this month. Some of the footage is from other videos you may have seen before, like the diver getting attacked by a Marlin at (0:45) and the diver petting the sea turtle (0:50). Though definitely some footage that we haven’t seen before.
Check out this video of a thruster exchange sent in by Bow Van Der Weijde
When was the last time your diving bell was fully stocked with Champagne & Lobster? The Nemo 33 pool in Belgium is the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world. As if diving deep wasn’t good enough, they added a bell to the bottom of the pool where divers can enjoy food and a drink… Continue Reading »
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting videos of 2015. Top videos include vessel launching ceremonies, naming ceremonies, the introduction of the first subsea gas compression facility. Top 10 videos of the year were: SSV Maersk Connector Launched at Damen Senior representatives of Maersk Supply Service, DeepOcean UK and the Damen Shipyards… Continue Reading »
The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream September 17 at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea. The video above shows the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Aker Solutions-built Åsgard subsea gas compression plant. Aker Solutions in December 2010 was awarded the contract by Statoil to deliver the system,… Continue Reading »
The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream September 17 at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. Aker Solutions delivered the subsea compression system for this field development. “We’re immensely proud to be part of this achievement, which is a major milestone for our industry,”said Aker Solutions’ Chief Executive Officer Luis Araujo. “The close collaboration… Continue Reading »
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released new videos showing the weather conditions the vessels are encountering in the southern Indian Ocean. The search for the missing Malaysian Airline MH370 has now covered more than 50,000 square kilometers of the seafloor, and the operation extends during the winter season. The first video shows GO Phoenix… Continue Reading »
In spring 2015, MBARI researchers discovered a large, previously unknown field of hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) east of La Paz, Mexico. Lying more than 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) below the surface, the Pescadero Basin vents are the deepest high-temperature hydrothermal vents ever observed in or around the… Continue Reading »
The following video shows an offshore wind farm array cable installation process using the Siem Aimery Cable Lay Vessel and Siem Moxie Installation Support Vessel by Siem Offshore Contractors. Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), a submarine cable and umbilical installation, repair and maintenance contractor, will be performing a EUR 100 million installation job of the inner array… Continue Reading »
The Skandi Africa is a DP class 3 offshore subsea construction vessel, built for Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF and chartered by French contractor Technip. The video shows VARD 3 12-design newbuild as it departs the shipyard at Vard Søviknes. The vessel, build by VARD, arrived at the Huisman Schiedam quayside, at the end of… Continue Reading »
