US-based companies Berger Geosciences and Integral Consulting have partnered with French company Akrocean to deliver a full range of solutions for site characterization for the US offshore renewable energy market. The consortium has a single flag named BIA Offshore Studies and gathers expertise and
US-based companies Berger Geosciences and Integral Consulting have partnered with French company Akrocean to deliver a full range of solutions for site characterization for the US offshore renewable energy market. The consortium has a single flag named BIA Offshore Studies and gathers expertise and
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
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia. TechnipFMC defines a large contract as being between $500 million and $1 billion. This contra
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
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 18 – March 24). This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Technipfmc Lands Subsea Deal For Johan Sverdrup Development https://subseaw
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
EOM Offshore has acquired the assets and operations of the New Jersey-based marine monitoring and survey specialist Ocean Tech Services. Ocean Tech Services should increase EOM Offshore’s capabilities by providing metocean data collection solutions, subsea remote sensing, and offshore logistics. “Wi
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
