ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, as of recently part of Prysmian Group, is carrying out a major upgrade of its 2003-built offshore support vessel (OSV). According to ACSM’s reports, the OSV Genesis is currently undergoing improvements and upgrades at the shipya
Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel under the UK Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3). XOCEAN reported earlier this month that Lloyd’s Register (LR) had certified its X-30 ROUV under the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (M
Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing fa
The seabed clearance phase for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy has begun, aiming to make the cable corridor route debris-free and safe for cable installation. Following the completion of the detailed marine route survey carried out by Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo),
Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator KN Energies has awarded Aker Solutions with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda. The planned terminal is expected to have a capacity of approximately 2.8 mill
Oslo-headquartered Fred. Olsen 1848 has completed the pilot installation of automatic Tension Buoys at Europe’s first open-access laboratory dedicated to testing technologies for floating and hydro solar power generation, an adaptive mooring technology designed to ensure stability and performance fo
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named
Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first s
Offshore fabrication contractor Lamprell has been tasked by India’s state-owned energy company Oil and Natural Gas Limited (ONGC) to deliver a pipeline replacement project in Indian waters. Lamprell’s scope includes the replacement and laying of approximately 285 kilometers of subsea pipelines of va
Brazil’s offshore vessel owners OceanPact and CBO are set to combine their businesses by incorporating CBO’s holding company into OceanPact, thereby creating a firm that will have a total fleet of 73 vessels. The partners note that the business combination is a catalyst for implementing sustainable
Greek Corinth Pipeworks, part of Belgium’s Cenergy Holdings, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100-year-old longitudinal submerged arc welding (LSAW) pipe mill in the UK for a total consideration of GBP 10 million (around €11.45 million). Corinth Pipeworks UK Ltd and the joint administrator
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), verifying the vessel’s compliance with relevant rules at the detailed design level. NYK reported that it had, on February 13, co
Subsea7 has secured an extension to the contract with Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) announced in August 2025 for the third development phase of Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. The variation order announced today, March 4, represents an extension to the contract announced
Dutch-Norwegian SolarDuck has launched an advisory board to support the integration of its offshore floating solar technology within the carbon capture and storage (CCS) and wider offshore energy sectors. The board will initially consist of two members, including Neil Kavanagh, formerly Chief Scient
