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09 Dec 2014

Unique System & HYPACK's Hydrographic Course in UAE

A division of the Unique Maritime Group (UMG) which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, Unique System FZE in conjunction with HYPACK Inc. has successfully conducted HYPACK’s hydrographic & offshore survey training course at its training centre in Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE. As a precursor to this hugely popular course, a string of training topics, both technical and operational remarkably influencing the current market trends in the survey industry were also discussed as a part of the training schedule. The training courses were held from the 16th to the 27th of November 2014. HYPACK is one of the most widely used hydrographic surveying packages in the world, with more than 4,000 users.

05 Feb 2015

Sunken WWII Landing Craft Refloated

Photo: Unique Seaflex

LCT 7074, the last known landing craft to survive the D-Day invasion in 1944, has been refloated as part of a project to lift and save the vessel which began in March 2014, almost exactly four years to the day after she had sunk. The vessel, which came out of service at the end of the WWII after numerous deployments to the Normandy beaches, was converted to a naval repair facility for a short while, and then became a floating nightclub berthed in Liverpool from around 1950. Unique Seaflex (Seaflex)…

11 Sep 2014

Dockside Load Testing with Unique Seaflex

Gerard de Reuver

Static load testing is an essential part of many engineering, building and manufacturing businesses – and the shipping, marine and offshore industry is no exception. Water filled weights (also known as ballast bags) provide a flexible method for load testing. Test weights must be sufficiently heavy to ascertain the maximum load of an object, but they should also be reusable and safe to deploy in a test environment. Where there is easy access to a plentiful supply of water, water-filled weights can provide a quick, efficient means to undertake such testing.

25 Jun 2014

OEG Offshore Acquires OSCA Environmental Services

Osca regional director Donald Guthrie, OEG CEO John Heiton, Osca Chairman Bob Smith at OEG's base at Dyce, Aberdeen (Credit OEG)

Cargo-carrying unit, OEG Offshore, announced its gain of OSCA Environmental Services Ltd., saying the acquisition expands its international reach in the Caspian region. OEG has acquired OSCA's 2,500-unit stock has multiple bases including: Baku, Azerbaijan and Aktau, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. Additional stocking locations include: Sakhalin, Russia, Gabon, Congo and Angola. This acquirement is OEG’s second major global move in less than two months, following the establishment of a Joint Venture with Unique Maritime Group, providing offshore equipment for rental and sale in the ME.

10 Jun 2014

Unique Hydra Unveils the HYDRACraft Series

Unique   (UH), a division of the Unique Maritime Group (UMG), received its second order this year for its diving daughter craft system called the HYDRACraft. Unique Hydra has spent the past 12months engaging with clients to understand their diving daughter craft operational and equipment requirements and developing a purpose built vessel which includes a fully integrated dive system. Diving Daughtercraft systems are used in diving operations where the conventional diving DSV is not able to position itself close enough to an FPSO or Offshore Platform.

05 Jun 2014

WaterLoad Test Milestone for Unique Seaflex

Photo courtesy of Harland and Wolff

A division of the Unique Maritime Group (UMG) which is an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions providers, Unique Seaflex, announced it has assisted Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff with the largest load test ever carried out with the use of their WaterLoad range of bags over the course of the final days of May 2014. Building on 150 years of marine manufacturing experience, Harland and Wolff offers a combination of vast facilities and technical capability. From initial consultancy through detailed engineering…

07 May 2014

Unique Maritime, OEG Offshore Sign Joint Venture Agreement

Daniel Lim and Sahil Gandhi (L to R) in front of a line of OEG Containers

Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, announced a joint venture agreement with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer the rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East region. The new joint venture company, OEG Unique, which will be based in UAE & QATAR, will provide local access to OEG’s full range of over 200 individual certified designs of DNV 2.7-1 certified Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs) and A60 modules across the GCC countries.

06 May 2014

Middle East Offshore Equipment Supply: New J/V Set Up

Leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, Unique Maritime Group, says it has signed a Joint Venture (J/V) with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East region. The new joint venture company, OEG Unique, which will be based in UAE & QATAR, will provide local access to OEG’s full range of over 200 individual certified designs of DNV 2.7-1 certified Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs) and A60 modules across the GCC countries. Unique says the partners have jointly invested over USD 1million in new equipment including offshore containers, baskets, half heights, tanks and waste equipment rated to the leading international standards DNV 2.7-1 and EN 12079.

29 Jan 2014

Seaflex Aids Underwater FPSO Mooring Retrieval

Photo: Unique Seaflex

Unique Seaflex, a Unique Maritime Group company which is an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has facilitated a complex underwater lift project carried out for Lundin Tunisia BV in approximately 300m of water. Lundin Tunisia BV is a 40% stakeholder in and operator of the Oudna field 80km offshore Tunisia. Abandoned by Shell in the mid-80s when relatively small discoveries in relatively deep water were still considered unviable due to lack of pipeline infrastructure, with the advent of the FPSO came a new way to make such fields viable.

15 Jan 2014

Unique System Wins Two-year NPCC Contract

Photo: Unique System FZE

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has been awarded a two-year service contract by The National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC). Established in April 1973, the NPCC is a construction company which provides clients total engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services in the development of offshore and onshore oil and gas fields for the Arabian Gulf and the regional markets. Over the years Unique System FZE has been supporting NPCC offshore operation with a wide range of survey equipments.

28 Oct 2013

Unique Seaflex Completes 30,000 Bags

Photo: Seaflex

Unique Seaflex, a Unique Maritime Group company, completed the manufacturing of its 30,000th bag on the October 28, 2013. Seaflex is a manufacturer of heavy duty flexible structures. It designs, builds and maintains the internationally accepted, accredited and well proven range of air lift bags as well as a comprehensive range of water filled test weights. It is one of the smallest bags in the selection of range of inflatable buoyancy that can be provided and this 50kg parachute-style air lift bag represents a significant milestone for U.K. buoyancy and ballast specialist Unique Seaflex.

10 Sep 2013

Unique System Delivers Performance Monitoring to ADNATCO-NGSCO

MT Abu Dhabi III - Afra-max tanker on her median voyage

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, was contracted by ADNATCO-NGSCO to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions that will help to optimize vessel performance and subsequently aim to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The entire project will be carried out by Unique System FZE, acting as agents for the Iceland based energy management company Marorka ehf. Commissioning and technical…

29 May 2013

Unique Hydra Signs Agency Agreement with EIVA

Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group Company, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, recently signed an agency agreement with EIVA to represent its products and services in the southern part of Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Unique Hydra is a manufacturer and supplier of marine and diving equipment to the oil and gas industry. Unique Hydra personnel have substantial experience in marine engineering, hyperbaric, military defense, aerospace, nuclear and chemical engineering.

08 May 2013

UTEC Announces Middle East Appointment

Ian Pownall

UTEC appointed Ian Pownall as the General Manager of UTEC Survey JLT, based in Dubai, UAE. The responsibilities of this role include development and delivery of the UTEC brand and business model in the Middle East region.   Ian, who was formerly with Corrintec in the U.K. and Unique Maritime Group in the UAE, brings a wealth of IMR experience to UTEC Survey JLT.

02 Apr 2013

National Hyperbaric Center Join Hands with Unique System FZE

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company which is an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers signs a joint venture with the National Hyperbaric Center (NHC) to launch a training center and training courses in the UAE. The National Hyperbaric Center (NHC) provides expertise and services to the Subsea industry and pressure-related industries and has been involved in the diving industry for over 25 years through the provision of training, testing, hyperbaric facilities and decompression studies.

26 Mar 2013

NKUA Selects Unique System FZE as Middle East Partner

Photo: Unique System FZE

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, said it has been appointed as an authorized partner of NKUA for the Middle East region for Atmospheric Modeling and Weather Forecasting Group activities. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is the oldest (Established 1836) and biggest University of Greece. The Atmospheric Modeling and Weather Forecasting Group (AM&WFG) is part of Faculty of Physics and the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA) of NKUA.

14 Mar 2013

Lamor Appoints Unique System FZE as Middle East Distributor

Photo: Unique System FZE

Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, a turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, was appointment as an authorized distributor of Lamor for the Middle East region for their entire range of Oil Spill Response Kits. Unique System FZE will be responsible for the sale, service and rental of these Oil Spil Response Kits. www.uniquegroup.com

28 Jan 2013

Subsea Solutions Firm Celebrates Anniversary

Subsea & offshore solutions provider Unique Maritime Group (UMG) subsidiary Unique System celebrates its 20th anniverary. Founded in 1993 with 3 employees, UMG through its expanding network of companies has now become a specialist in the provision of offshore and onshore services including the sale and rental of equipment for the marine, diving, hydrographic, oceanographic, Oil & Gas and NDT market sectors. The group has also developed an established manufacturing capability for the delivery of customized engineering projects worldwide. Headquartered in the Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah, UAE, the group’s head office is situated within a land area of 14…

22 Jan 2013

Unique Wellube Complete Offshore 'Hot Tap' Project

Image credit Unique Wellube

Unique Wellube successfully completes 28" to 58" Hot Tapping Project for Chiyoda Almana Engineering in the Middle East. Unique Wellube FZC (UWFZC) , a Unique Maritime Group Company  which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider is pleased to announce the successful completion of Qty 3 off 28” Class 150 RF Hot Tap on 58” ASTM A358-304L Pipeline for Madina Group WLL and Chiyoda Almana Engineering LLC (CAEL). The end user for the same is RAS GAS.

03 May 2012

Echoscope Delivery to Dredging International

Unique Maritime Group of UAE have announced that they have recently delivered two Echoscope 3D Sonars to DI-MEDCO, a joint venture between Dredging International and Middle East Dredging Company for the planned shore protection and harbor construction works of two artificial islands. The Echoscope, produced by CodaOctopus Products, is a unique sonar capable of producing real-time 3D imagery, enabling the operators of visualise underwater activity in 3D even in zero visibility conditions.

13 Mar 2012

Unique Maritime Group Offers New Diving Technology

Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, will  demonstrate  a new diving technology, the Umbilical Supplied Rebreather,” at Oceanology International, being held at London Excel, from March 13-15.  “The Umbilical Supplied Rebreather (USR) represents a quantum progression in diving technology; it not only improves commercial diver safety, but potentially offers significant operational/capital cost savings for the operator,” said Harry Gandhi, CEO of Unique Maritime Group.  The USR is the culmination of five years of development and testing and offers comprehensive monitoring systems and built in multi redundancy safety features.

06 Mar 2012

UMC completes Meteorological-Oceanographic System

Unique Maritime Group Completes Meteorological-Oceanographic System for Zadco. Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announced today that it has successfully completed an integrated meteorological-oceanographic system for Zakum Development Co (Zadco), the Abu Dhabi-based oil and natural gas exploration and production firm, on and around Zirku Island. Automatic weather station at Zirku Jetty is equipped with microwave radar, installed at the end of Jetty which is 150m away from the jetty supervisor office and rain gauge sensor installed on the rooftop of the Jetty Supervisor office. The parameters measured at jetty station are precipitation, wave height, wave period and tide.

01 Mar 2012

Unique Maritime Group Supports Artificial Islands Project

Unique Maritime Group announced that it had recently delivered two Echoscope 3D Sonars to DI-MEDCO, a joint venture between Dredging International and Middle East Dredging Company for the planned shore protection and harbor construction works of two artificial islands. The Echoscope, produced by CodaOctopus Products, is a sonar capable of producing real-time 3D imagery, enabling the operators of visualize underwater activity in 3D even in zero visibility conditions. “The procurement of the Echoscopes compliments our underwater operations,” said Dirk Draulans, Project Manager at Dredging International. “They shall provide us with enhanced operational efficiency.