DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin i
Fugro has started work on its first task under a recently awarded multi-year hydrographic services contract with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Located off the north-west coast of Florida, the project involves acquisition of high-resolution bathymetry data over four s
UK-based Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) recently delivered a purpose built pre-lay plough to marine service providers Boskalis. Boskalis will utilise the plough at Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Hornsea Two to install 380 kilometres of export cables. The pre lay plough, named Megalodon by Boskalis, will b
Maritime Developments (MDL) has executed transpooling of 64 kilometres of MEG coiled tubing for subsea contractors Ocean Installer and DeepOcean. The operation consisted of transpooling MEG injection lines from 28 Tenaris transportation reels onto seven offshore installation reels. MDL project manag
LOC Group has secured a contract with Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation and installation of the inter-array and export cables. Technical docu
Next Geosolutions has secured a contract with Swedish TSO Svenska kraftnät for the Hansa PowerBridge complementary marine survey. The Hansa PowerBridge (HPB) project is a 300-kilometre HVDC interconnector between Sweden and Germany. The contract will see Next Geosolutions carrying out marine geophys
Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract by Fairfield Betula Limited for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames.
DOF and DOF Subsea have entered into standstill agreements with secured lenders, representing 93 per cent of the secured debt. Pursuant to said agreements, the companies will suspend payments of principal and interest until 30 June 2020. The deals excluded payments on the NOK 100 million credit faci
Underwater positioning specialist Sonardyne has increased the capabilities of its Fusion 2 software package. According to Sonardyne, this latest release of Fusion 2 unlocks new benefits for surveyors and construction personnel. Namely, it includes a simplified surface box-in app and the ability to p
BOEM has selected CSA to review survey data to identify and describe potential hard-bottom areas in US Gulf of Mexico. While much of the GoM seafloor is a soft sediment, there are also hard substrate habitats across the shelf. These hardbottom habitats are often high in biodiversity and biomass, and
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Nadine Robinson to lead its strategy on environmental sustainability. Robinson is a policy professional with over 20 years experience advising on climate change, environment and sustainability. She has worked in the private sector
Novacavi has launched a selection of subsea and marine cables suitable for a wide variety of underwater technologies, named Aquancable. A long-term expertise in custom cable design and manufacturing for underwater technologies, led Novacavi to identify and come up with a selection of subsea and mari
Marine survey specialist EGS has expanded their vessel fleet with the addition of the coastal vessel EGS Echo. The 15-metre purpose-built aluminium hulled catamaran, incorporates a deck crane, davits, side mounts and a moonpool with a retractable transducer mount. EGS Echo will service contracts in
Marine geophysical firm PGS will carry out three new surveys for Eastern Canada in 2020. PGS’ new Blomidon, South Bank, and Torngat Extension GeoStreamer surveys are all supported by industry funding. Together they will cover approximately 10,000 square kilometres offshore Labrador and Newfoundland.
