Subsea
Hayle Harbour Authority partners with USS to monitor hydrographic changes in port
Hayle Harbour Authority has partnered with Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) to help with the development of robotic vessels in performing hydrographic surveys in Hayle Harbour. The aim is to monitor the effects of dredging, sluicing and periodic natural changes to the depths of the harbour in fulfilm
IFCA invests in new survey tech
Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) has invested in new sonar technology for its survey works throughout its district. The HYPACK Max technology has been supplied by Hayle-based survey support company Swathe Services. Colin Trundle, principal scientific officer at Cornwall I
Ocean Installer boosts offshore wind unit
Norwegian subsea contractor Ocean Installer has established a new business segment – developer of offshore wind. Consequently, the company has appointed Olav Hetland to the role of director Offshore Wind Farms to lead this strategy. This follows the appointment of Even Larsen as the director of Offs
Saint-Nazaire export cable installation kicks off
Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday,
NKT to provide power cable system for BorWin5 offshore wind connection
NKT has secured a turnkey contract by TenneT, worth below EUR 250 million, to deliver and install a high-voltage direct current (DC) XLPE power cable system for the BorWin5 project in Northern Germany. The order comprises the manufacturing of approximately 230 km of 320 kV high-voltage DC on-and off
Petronas Research joins FASTsubsea’s subsea pump development
FASTsubsea and Petronas’ subsidiary Petronas Research signed a Joint Industry Project contract to develop and test a low-cost, topside-less subsea multiphase pump. FASTsubsea is a joint venture between Aker Solutions and FSubsea. The new company combines Aker Solutions’ multiphase hydraulic technolo
Archer Knight adds offshore wind to its market intelligence platform
Archer Knight has expanded its software-as-a-service market intelligence platform to include offshore wind developments as well as subsea oil & gas. The Aberdeen-based subsea market intelligence and consultancy firm, formed by Mike Watson & David Sheret, launched Flowline this year. The platform giv
Orca provides dive system support and engineering services for Well-Safe Solutions
Orca Oceanic Systems Ltd (OOS) has secured a contract with Well-Safe Solutions for the provision of dive system support and engineering services onboard the Well-Safe Guardian semi-submersible decommissioning rig. Mike Masson, OOS’s managing director sad: “We’re delighted to finally secure the Maste
Oceanteam board member resigns
Oceanteam’s Hendrik Johannes Jesse has resigned from the board of directors as per 15 August 2020. The board plans to call for an extraordinary general meeting of the company to appoint one additional director. “Oceanteam wishes to thank Mr. Jesse for his contribution to the Company over the last tw
Cellula Robotics and NOC to advance marine autonomy
Cellula Robotics has joined the NOC’s Marine Robotics Innovation Centre. Vancuver-based subsea robotics specialist currently has a team of around 30 engineers, technicians and programme managers. It also has a regional office in Aberdeenshire UK, which currently concentrates on business development,
Rovco to probe Erebus floating wind site
UK firm Rovco has scored a contract with Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between Total and Simply Blue Energy. Specifically, Rovco will carry out survey work on Erebus, a planned 96MW offshore floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea. The work will kick off this month, the press statement said. The surve
Marine seismic industry in numbers after exploration capex slash
The low oil price has led energy companies to scale back near-term investment plans significantly, and 2020 will be very challenging for the marine seismic industry. Adding COVID-19 pandemic and energy transition from fossil fuels to this scenario has made the situation even worse, forcing seismic p
Fugro delivers ROV survey and monitoring services for North Sea Link
Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable in Norway. National Grid NSN Link and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector between Kvilldal in Norway and Blyth in the UK whic
New CEO for Axxis Geo Solutions
Ocean bottom node seismic player Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said on Friday it has appointed Ronny Bøhn as its new CEO. Bøhn, who takes over from Lee Parker, has more than 20 years of experience from the seismic industry. He has held management positions as vice president of marine operations at CGG a