US-based CSA Ocean Sciences has partnered with Cepemar to serve the ocean and offshore industries in Brazil and South America. The partnership will as a result operate under the banner of CSA’s Brazilian subsidiary, CSA Ciências Oceânicas (CSACO). “As we seek to build our capabilities in the region,
Offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie has appointed Matthew Laing as UK business development manager. He joined the company as a senior project engineer in 2018. The role will see him lead BD initiatives throughout the UK, manage key client relationships and also ensure
Canada’s ocean company Kraken Robotics announced that Cathy Bennett has joined its board of directors. Bennett brings over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business executive, and corporate director across various sectors. These include the government, energy, manufacturing, mining, restau
THURN Group has acquired a new SL40 autonomous survey vessel from OceanAlpha. The 1.6 meter vessel will be equipped with 40Ah of Lithium Polymer batteries for up to 10 hour endurance at survey speeds, with waterjet propulsion, data and control telemetry, a video monitoring system, collision avoidanc
Fincantieri and Saipem have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the development of deep-seabed mining (DSM). Specifically, this deal sets the ground in the field of designing, engineering, building and managing DSM systems. Deep-sea floors are rich in minerals, mostly sulphides, cobalt c
Underwater laser scanner and imaging systems specialist 2G Robotics has said that its founding chief executive officer Jason Gillham is stepping down from his role at the company this August. He will remain available to the board of directors and to parent company Sonardyne Group during the leadersh
TGS will return to Argentina, where it operates as NOPEC Geophysical, to complete the previously announced Malvinas 3D multi-client survey. The survey covers an area of 17,800 square kilometre. Acquisition is set to resume in Q4 2020 on the highly- funded survey and will continue to grow the 3D libr
Spanish grid operator Red Electrica has awarded a contract to an undisclosed company for the provision of geophysical, UXO and geotechnical services along a corridor of approximately 345 kilometers between Spanish mainland and Mallorca Island, in the Mediterranean Sea. Red Electrica spokesperson sai
Dutch surveyor Fugro has ordered two 12-metre SEA-KIT X class uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The two new USVs are the first of multiple builds for Fugro as part of the partnership. Essex-based SEA-KIT and Fugro first announced their partnership in March this year. The schedule also includes the de
Researchers have conducted a study revealing that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from sediment as old as 100 million years can revive and multiply. The researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the URI Graduate S
A successful voltage test of the NordLink land cable recently took place in Germany. The “green cable” between Germany and Norway is now almost all set and ready to go. The approximately 54-kilometre long NordLink land cable successfully passed the test from the converter station in Wilster. The lan
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), the deep-sea exploratory division of the DEME, has completed two key assessments of its seabed mineral collector technology, prior the expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean. A new umbilical and winch combination has been evaluated mi
Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters. The project took place 250 kilometres east of Scotland, using an ROV and Fugro’s remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the platform’s entire jacket structure was inspect
Subsea protection specialist Tekmar said that James Ritchie-Bland has resigned as CEO and stepped down from the board. He plans to leave the business before the end of the current financial year. Alasdair Macdonald (Ally), currently non-executive chairman of the Group, has assumed the role of execut
