Nexans has secured the contract for the LanWin2 offshore grid connection in Germany, valued at €1 billion, under the framework agreement TenneT awarded the French subsea cable supplier in May 2023. The project involves the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 250 kilome
As part of its growth and expansion plans aimed at strengthening the fleet and meeting increasing demand in the offshore sector, Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has acquired another vessel, to be used for survey activities. NextGeo has completed the acquisition of the vessel Deep Hel
The state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank is investing £20 million (around €23.7 million) in subsea cable manufacturer XLCC which will support the development of the UK’s first HVDC cable factory, located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The new manufacturing facility is located at the brownfiel
Bibby Marine has signed a shipbuilding contract with the Spanish Armon shipyard for its new electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) following what the UK vessel owner says was “an amicable move away” from the Gondan shipyard, also based in Spain, with which Bibby Marine signed the in
Underwater solutions company SMD has teamed up with UK-headquartered tech player Beam to deploy AI-powered autonomous vehicles for offshore wind operations using Beam’s software. The collaboration aims to boost efficiency in offshore wind farm maintenance by combining advanced subsea technologies. A
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has contracted the Dutch offshore construction company Van Oord and the joint venture between Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME and Taiwan’s largest shipbuilder CSBC for installation work at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Van Oord’s
Ireland-based XOCEAN has secured €115 million in funding to support the growth in the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors. The Irish ocean data company closed the financing round with support from S2G Ventures, Climate Investment (CI), Morgan Stanley’s 1GT fund, and CC Industries (CCI), a
Human touch has taken its toll on the delicate North Sea ecosystem. With the growing pressure of climate change and demand for sustainable energy and food, this ecosystem keeps deteriorating. Preventing or preserving the North Sea now has an exclamation point. As a response, the Dutch Ministry of Ag
DeepOcean is reuniting with the high-spec subsea vessel Orient Adventurer under a charter contract with Taiwanese Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) which will see the vessel join the Norwegian company’s fleet from early 2026 until the end of 2027. DeepOcean will use Orient Adventurer primarily in Europe, but
Singapore-based shipbuilding player PaxOcean has landed a contract with Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction to construct a 14,000 deadweight tonnage DWT cable laying vessel (CLV), seen as a “key project” in Japan’s offshore wind industry. According to PaxOcean, the vessel is expected to be delivered in
Axess Technologies has been awarded a cable installation contract by Greece-headquartered Hellenic Cables for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project, located in the German Baltic Sea. The scope of work comprises planning and pulling internal platform cables into the offshore high-voltage (HV) substat
PaxOcean has unveiled an order for up to four methanol-ready offshore construction vessels (OCVs) from an unnamed European shipowner. PaxOcean said it has signed shipbuilding contracts for two OCVs with a “renowned European shipowner” for delivery in 2027 and an option for two additional vessels. Me
Dutch Climate and Green Growth Minister Sophie Hermans has included LionLink, said to be the first direct-current hybrid interconnector, in the country’s latest Offshore Wind Energy Development Framework. LionLink will use the offshore grid connection of Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherl
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis is set to welcome a new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel to its fleet in 2026, described by the company as the largest such vessel in the industry. The vessel, named Windpiper, is being developed by converting an existing new vessel under the supervisio
