Ocean data company XOCEAN has completed the acquisition of 4D Ocean, a specialist autonomous hydrographic survey company. The announcement follows the news of XOCEAN’s €7.9 million funding round. 4D Ocean founder and CEO, Duncan Mallace, said: “Both companies have been growing together at an unprece
Ocean Infinity, in partnership with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has started a long term programme of marine environmental scientific research onboard its’ vessels. This long term study will lead to the creation of the one of the world’s largest body of physical samples
Researchers from the INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University are currently using many years’ worth of video footage recorded at the SmartBay subsea observatory to enable better understanding of the marine environment. Utilizing a subsea observatory deployed and managed by SmartBa
DeepOcean has secured a contract from Equinor for subsea IRM services in 2020. The contract has a duration of up to nine months work offshore, using the vessel Normand Ocean. The work comprises subsea ROV operations covering inspection, maintenance and repair activities on Equinor’s assets on the No
JFD has partnered with Innovation Maritime, a non-profit innovation organisation developing marine solutions through applied research, technical assistance and information dissemination. The partnership will further the ability of submarine operating nations to train their submariners for escape and
Rotech Subsea Ltd. has completed a major sand-wave clearance scope at the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. The UK-based company deployed its non-contact TRS2 Controlled Flow Excavation tool to carry out the work for Van Oord. According to Rotech, the result was that instead of the two campa
Rotech Subsea has competed a sand-wave clearance for Van Oord at the Norther offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Aberdeen-based subsea excavation pioneer Rotech deployed its TRS2 controlled flow excavation tool to carry out the scope of work. The TRS2 result was that instead of the two camp
Two Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grants were signed to support the construction of the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and studies for the development of the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. For the Celtic Interconnection, €530 million were awarded, to
Motive Offshore has launched a new Flexibles division with the completion of acquisition of Stavanger-based Pumptech. The seven-figure acquisition reflects the growth strategy which follows investment earlier this year from private equity firm, EV Private Equity. Specialists in flexible flowlines an
Rever Offshore has completed the subsea infrastructure decommissioning project of the Greater Dunlin Area for Fairfield Energy. The project utilised saturation DSVs, Rever Sapphire and Rever Polaris, along with the heavy CSV, Normand Clipper. The workscope involved multiple campaigns comprising of p
Solstad Offshore said that DeepOcean has exercised its option to extend the contract for the construction support vessel Normand Jarstein. The extension is for a minimum period of 200 days in 2020, with start scheduled during the first quarter. DeepOcean has the option to extend the contract with up
Subsea technology company Rovco has launched ‘SubSLAM Live’ a 3D Streaming technology which allows clients to video and live stream 3D underwater pointclouds to any device in the world. The stereo camera technology system sends images and 3D models of assets from the seabed to a computer browser in
The Balticconnector pipeline has completed the final phase of commissioning when the offshore pipeline was filled with gas and pressurized as well as connected to Estonia’s gas transmission network. The pipeline should be in commercial use as of January 01, 2020. The pipeline’s construction work and
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has seen its quarterly profit cut in half against last year’s comparable period on lower activity. For the third quarter 2019, Reach booked profit of NOK 4 million on revenues of NOK 154 million, versus profit of NOK 8 million, on revenues of NOK 179 million in the
