Greek TSO ADMIE has awarded Hellenic Cables and its subsidiary Fulgor the project for the interconnection of Skiathos island in the Aegean Sea to the mainland grid. The contract, worth approximately EUR 43 million, entails the supply and installation of the submarine and underground cable system. Th
Shell Geothermal and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have received an exploration permit from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to investigate possibilities for geothermal energy in the Port of Rotterdam’s western section. The subsurface has been mapped out thoroughly in recent years as part of the U
Ørsted has opened the operations & maintenance (O&M) base for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Located in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven at the North Sea Port, the 2,100m2 facility will provide employment to 50-100 persons. All construction work and maintenance will be c
Indian Navy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Geological Survey of India (GSI) for sharing of seabed sediments data, products and expertise for naval application in meteorology and oceanography. The MoU was signed by commodore AA Abhyankar, who heads Indian Navy’s Oceanology and Me
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a call-off for additional acquisition work for Pemex. In June last year, EMGS signed a two-year acquisition contract with Pemex with a total value of approximately $73.3 million and a minimum value of approximately $29.3 million. The call-off consists
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract from Global Marine Group and JDR Cables for the supply of TekLink cable protection systems and cable hang-off assemblies for Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm (DKF) in the Baltic sea. Tekmar Energy will supply 150 patented TekLink Mechanical Latch cable pro
Ocean Installer has won a contract from Dana Petroleum for work at the Triton Area Development in the Central North Sea some 190 kilometers east of Aberdeen. The contract, which is Ocean Installer’s first with Dana, involves the installation and trenching of a 12-inch flexible production flowline at
DOF Subsea said it has been awarded several new contracts in the APAC region. The Oslo-listed subsea operating company said that the new contracts should secure further vessel and resource utilization in the first quarter and first part of the second quarter of 2020. The contracts, for undisclosed c
US offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf has hired John Dunn as vice president of subsea vessel operations. Formerly of Oceaneering, Dunn will assemble and manage a subsea vessel management team, as CEO Shane Guidry looks to grow the company’s subsea business. Prior to Oceaneering, Dunn was the director
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign by ONGC in Western Offshore India. The project is scheduled to start in Q1 2020. The 4-month survey covers 2,000 sq. km of 3D in a shallow-water area of the Arabian Sea. The contract award follows last month’s anno
Ocean data company XOCEAN has provided its XO-450 unmanned surface vessel (USV) for seabed surveys on seven of the turbines at the 140-turbine Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, located 23 kilometres off the UK coast. Throughout the survey, the data collected was monitored from shore in real-time b
Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea. The study involved shallow water seabed sediment coring, geochemical analyses, and seabed heat
Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialing Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa. The route provides direct, low-latency trans-Atlantic routing and simplifies the turn-up of services to better serve data consumpti
PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International Network will cooperate on the PEACE South extension of the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) submarine cable system. This cooperation positions PEACE as a major cable system to head south from the Europe-Asia route, in a move that will deliver c
