Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded Jan De Nul with a framework agreement for repairs of TenneT’s offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight. Under the terms of the agreement, Jan De Nul will mobilize in the event of high-voltage cable system faults or failures within the contractu
Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded Jan De Nul with a framework agreement for repairs of TenneT’s offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight. Under the terms of the agreement, Jan De Nul will mobilize in the event of high-voltage cable system faults or failures within the contractu
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is funding a research project aiming to automate the evaluation of information on the condition of offshore installations through the use of drones and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The ministry has set aside EUR 1.3 million for the Isy
Cortland has provided synthetic rope slings for the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium to support the lifting of monopiles, transition pieces and turbines. The lifting and rigging equipment included seven Selantic slings of 20m, 40m and 60m, with respective capacities of 2,500t, 1,900t and 2,0
SSE has begun assessing the Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour as possible locations for a future onshore service base for the proposed Arklow Bank Wind Park project in Ireland. Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) are assessing the suitability of Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour for an O&M base, with t
Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) has sunk at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Billia Croo wave test site, off the west coast of Orkney. As part of the ongoing operational monitoring an issue was identified last week and following inspection it was confirmed that the device was tak
Polarcus said that Sovcomflot (SCF) has exercised its option for the redelivery of Vyacheslav Tikhonov, originally named Polarcus Selma. M/V Vyacheslav Tikhonov is a high ice class 8-streamer vessel built to the Ulstein SX133 design and incorporating the Ulstein X-BOW hull. The vessel has been on ba
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Global Marine’s division Global Offshore will soon begin work for offshore wind power developer and operator Vattenfall. The contract will see Global Offshore completing the inter-array cable installation, burial, testing and termination at the 72 turbine Danish Kriegers Flak site, located in the Ba
PDi, the Aberdeen-based subsea engineering and project management specialists and a part of Tattva Group Company, has announced expansion plans following £2m of new orders since the start of the year. The company has recently added concept and front-end engineering to its subsea capability. The new
Oil and gas development company i3 has contracted Gardline to conduct a site survey for its 2019 and 2020 drilling program plus the pipeline route for its Liberator Phase I development. Works have begun and are expected to complete during the month of March and are being conducted by the Ocean Obser
MacArtney has provided active heave compensated MERMAC winch solution to Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) for planned subsea offshore operations. MacArtney’s MERMAC R40 AHC winch will facilitate the laying of seismic cables on the seabed of the Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea for Equinor
A scientific study describes for the first time the submarine cartography of a high-latitude system in the IBIS channel, which covers tens of kilometres in the northern western area of the Barents Sea, in the Arctic Ocean. This channel is one of the few submarine valleys in polar latitudes that kept
UK firm James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been awarded a contract by innogy to begin offshore site preparations for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. The contract coincides with JFMS’s expansion into new facilities at Grimsby. Julian Garnsey, project director for Triton Knoll and innogy, said:
