RigNet, a global provider of communications solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has agreed to pay $50,75 million to resolve a dispute with satellite telecommunication firm Inmarsat.
The RRS Discovery departed Southampton for this year’s annual research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained ocean observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic. These expeditions aim to answer questions about how environmental and ecological stressors are influencing the open ocean,
Osbit has delivered a multi-function pre-lay and backfill subsea plough to Global Marine Group. Following contract award in January, The offshore technology company has designed and built the plough, which will now be known as PLP240. Final assembly and sign-off was completed at Osbit’s Port of Blyt
Wood has secured two new contracts from Equinor for onshore and offshore facilities in Norway. In the first of the new contracts, Wood will deliver FEED (front-end engineering design) services for brownfield modifications to the Grane offshore facility. The scope of the FEED includes all topsides mo
JFD has recently completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the entire NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled Golden Arrow, provided hands-on training that further optimises the crew’s ability to conduct rescue operations, ensuring the capability remains ready
Kraken Robotics has been selected by the US Office of the Secretary of Defense, Comparative Test Office, to participate in a Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) program in support of a US Navy Program of Record managed by the Naval Sea Systems Command, EOD Program Office. The FCT is designed to test s
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ABPmer is supporting SSE Renewables in the development of Phase 2 of its Arklow Bank Wind Park project, off the east coast of Ireland. ABPmer has been commissioned to prepare a preliminary site condition report and manage the associated metocean survey which will then be used in conjunction with new
A team of researchers from countries bordering the ocean have recently embarked on a €10 million project to analyse its ecosystems, from Iceland to South America. Their findings will provide unprecedented insights into how climate change is affecting plant and animal life in the Atlantic. The work w
Royal IHC and Semiotic Labs have signed an agreement to develop smart solutions for the dredging industry. As part of the collaboration, both companies will combine their knowledge in the field of shipping and the dredging industry with smart Internet-of-Things sensors and artificial intelligence, w
Rotech Subsea has been awarded contracts for two significant scopes of work for Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (previously VBMS). The dual campaign will see Rotech Subsea’s TRS1 and TRS1 LD tools deployed for cable deburial and reburial scopes on a southern North Sea sector offshore wind farm. T
EllaLink’s main shareholder Marguerite has appointed Alberto Horcajo and Alessandro Talotta to the board of directors of EllaLink. Both Alberto and Alessandro have over 20 years’ experience in telecommunications companies with relevant expertise in subsea cable systems. Their appointment will be eff
Subsea Services group Acteon has completed the acquisition of geosciences survey company TerraSond. Headquartered in the USA, TerraSond will continue to be led by Tom Newman and his management team. Newman, the president of TerraSond, said, “We are excited to be joining Acteon; leveraging their reso
The NordLink power cable has now been pulled in on the Germany coast marking a key milestone in the project connecting the power grids of Norway and Germany. Covering a total of 623 kilometers, NordLink is an HVDC interconnector is meant to increase energy security in both countries, Norway and Germ
