US-based TDI-Brooks has completed a large survey campaign offshore New York and New Jersey. Between January 2023 and February 2024, the company conducted an extensive site investigation program in two offshore wind blocks in state and federal waters. TDI-Brooks carried out various tasks at different
The Industrial Center for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) has secured £6 million (around $7.5 million) from the UK’s funding body, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), allowing the program to continue delivering education and expanding the partnersh
Paris-headquartered provider of smart remotely operated vehicle (ROV) assets and services Forssea Robotics has introduced its newborn ROV developed for uncrewed surface vessel (USV) integration and shallow water deployments. According to Forssea Robotics, the ARGOS-X ROV has been optimized for offsh
Orient Adventurer, formerly the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx which has been converted into a cable-laying vessel (CLV), has arrived in Taiwan’s port of Taichung, from where it will soon sail out to the Yunlin offshore wind farm site. The vessel will carry out cable-laying work on the
Following a decade-long collaboration, Seaway7, part of Subsea7, and Rotterdam’s Rhenus Port Logistics have extended their partnership with a new ten-year contract. Under the contract, Seaway7 will remain a long-term customer of the Rhenus Deep Sea Terminal for mobilization and demobilization servic
Offshore energy infrastructure services company Acteon Group has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP), with a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) taking the helm. According to Acteon, Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the bus
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has given provisional regulatory approval for the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire, with over 500 kilometers said to be the longest ever built in Great Britain. Ofgem gave provisional approval of the expenditure required fo
The installation of export cables at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, is scheduled to start in early April. The work will be performed in three campaigns to install three sections of export cable, with the first campaign starting on or around April 9, [&h
Swedish energy-tech company SeaTwirl and UK-based energy management and energy storage firm Verlume have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the electrification of offshore assets and decarbonization of the oil and gas industry. The MoU will see the two companies identify and
UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It inc
Cable burial activities at the inter-array routes within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site have been completed, following the wrap-up of cable installation works in January. The pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) along the inter-array cable (IAC) routes was completed in November 2023 by the vesse
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has placed an order with compatriot Myklebust Verft for the construction of an energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) said to be the first of its kind to perform heavy construction work in both offshore wind and subsea with net zero emissions. According to R
Switzerland-based technology company ABB has secured a contract to deliver shoreside shore connection installations allowing DEME’s diverse fleet to avoid emissions when berthed in the port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands.
OEG Renewables’ subsidiary Hughes Subsea has been awarded a contract to carry out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and clearance campaign on the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. The campaign is expected to last six months, commencing in mid-March and continuing
