Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra to French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans, purpose‑built for the transport, laying, protection, repair and jointing of subsea power cables. Nexans Electra was ordered as the second vessel by Nexans at No
A UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider has completed a survey campaign supporting the subsea cable installation work for a project that will link Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Island to the country’s main electrical grid. Sharjah-based Geosonic performed the offshore survey campa
Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month. The LirIC interconnector project wi
A group of national industry players has come together to form the first shipbuilders consortium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will work toward aligning national shipbuilding capabilities to drive maritime innovation and growth. According to AD Ports, the initiative is designed to strengt
Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, owner of premium jack-up rigs, has been hired to supply a jack-up rig for a drilling campaign off the coast of Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has commissioned its FLS200 integrated floating LiDAR buoy at an offshore wind development site of Azerbaijan Green Energy Company (AGEC) in the Caspian Sea. The Spanish floating LiDAR provider said the campaign was the first offshore wind site assessment initiative of
Carnegie Clean Energy and its supply chain partners have completed the fabrication and manufacture of many key components of the scaled CETO wave energy unit to be deployed at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the ACHIEVE Programme, with the final component fabrication work packages u
An arbitration regarding a disputed 2024 charter hire related to the largest vessel in Solstad Offshore’s fleet has been resolved in the favor of the Norwegian offshore vessel owner, the company reported. Solstad reported yesterday, May 14, that arbitration proceedings related to a disputed charter
Malaysia’s state-owned oil & gas heavyweight Petronas has awarded a local company a five-year contract for the delivery of tubular running services (TRS). Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Destini Oil Services, the energy arm of Destini Group, officially secured the contract on March 30, 2026, with it endi
ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has won a new offshore drilling assignment off the coast of Nigeria for one of its jack-up rigs.
Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has been hired on a jack-up assignment for a development drilling program at a field off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia.
Fugro is set to deploy its geophysical vessel in a couple of days to carry out a maintenance survey of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The 2 GW IFA 2000 high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical interconnector is approximately 70 kilometers long, w
Spain-based consulting, engineering, and architecture services firm IDOM has deployed its prototype wave energy converter (WEC) at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the system’s technological validation and to obtain key information for its future scalability. The MARMOK A 5 float
ABL Energy & Marine Consultants Brasil has been selected for the marine warranty surveyor (MWS) role to support Subsea7 with the transportation and installation of subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) infrastructure offshore Brazil. The scope will encompass pipelines installed on FPSO Mar
