Kongsberg Maritime News


Ocean Infinity Orders Five HUGIN AUVs

Nov 07, 2018

Hydrographic and geophysical survey company Ocean Infinity has placed three separate orders for a total of five Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Systems, increasing its inventory to 15.Kongsberg Maritime said the…

Stena Drillship Set for High-tech Upgrade

Oct 16, 2018

Stena Drilling has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver a complete upgrade of its systems aboard the Stena Carron, a harsh environment dynamically positioned DP Class 3 drillship capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000ft. Stena…

Bourbon, Kongsberg sign digitization pact

May 31, 2017

Bourbon and Kongsberg Maritime have strengthened their collaboration in digital solutions for next generation connected vessels by signing a strategic agreement of collaborative development on connected and autonomous vessels. The two…

Kongsberg, Stress Engineering form offshore alliance

Apr 28, 2017

Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…

Remote Supervision

Jan 01, 2017

Richard Mills, of Kongsberg Maritime, discusses survey class AUVs and USVs. Workers ready Hugin AUV. Photo from Kongsberg Maritime. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market…

DSME, Kongsberg ink LNG FSRU development pact

Dec 09, 2016

DSME and Kongsberg Maritime entered into joint development agreement (JDA) to develop a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) control system Image of Wean…

OOS orders semisubmersible crane vessels

Aug 04, 2016

Chinese shipyard China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) is to build two new semisubmersible combined accommodation and crane vessels for Dutch firm Overdulve Offshore Services.  The OOS Serooskerke (named after a village in the Netherlands) and OOS Walcheren (a former Dutch island…

Kongsberg Maritime names new president

Feb 16, 2016

Egil Haugsdal has been promoted to president of Kongsberg Maritime, following current president Geir Håøy, who will assume the position of CEO of Kongsberg in June 2016. Haugsdal holds extensive leadership experience from Kongsberg, and currently heads Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies…

Maclean appointed Kongsberg GM

Jul 07, 2015

Frank Maclean has been appointed to the position of general manager of Kongsberg Maritime Ltd. base in Aberdeen for the offshore division.  Maclean has over 35 years’ experience within the oil and gas industry, the vast majority of that time spent with Kongsberg Maritime…

Kongsberg offers new DP course

Jun 19, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime’s training center in Houston, Texas has become the first maritime training facility in North America to offer the Nautical Institute-accredited Sea Time Reduction Course for dynamic positioning operators (DPO). Kongsberg…

Kongsberg inks Johan Sverdrup and jackup contracts

May 26, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the safety and automation system (SAS), life cycle simulator and SAS information management system for the four platforms on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development field center…

Kongsberg wins West African FPSO contract

Apr 29, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime entered into a US$26.5 million contract to supply a complete electrical, instrument and telecom solution, including e-house, for the new Yinson Genesis floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO). The FPSO contract…

Enegi signs up Kongsberg for marginal fields

Apr 16, 2015

Norway's Kongsberg Maritime and UK technology ABT Oil and Gas (ABTOG) (50% owned by Enegi Oil) have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on a proof of concept to demonstrate the effectiveness of normally unattended operations of facilities for the development of marginal fields…

Kongsberg Maritime launches K-Sim Navigation

Nov 11, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime unveiled its latest generation ship's bridge simulator, K-Sim Navigation, which meets the requirements of the most demanding navigation training for merchant, offshore and naval vessels. Designed for the future of advanced and integrated simulation training…

Kongsberg aids gas hydrate project

Oct 30, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime Embient, with KONGSBERG partner company Contros Systems and Solutions, has been selected to develop and deliver innovative technologies and strategies for environmental monitoring during gas hydrate exploration and production…

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