Allseas has resumed pipelaying for the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands after a one-month break caused by a technical issue. Allseas’ purpose-built offshore construction vessel (OCV) Oceanic was in charge of a special unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along t
UK-based subsea technology company Vesipro has supplied 1,366 meters of its Blue Ocean Protectors (BOP0130, 120 millimeter bore) to support the installation of a 33 kV subsea power cable at a high-current tidal energy site in Orkney, Scotland. According to the UK-based company, the site is known for
Siemens Energy has been appointed as the preferred bidder for the delivery of two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for the fourth out of five subsea electricity superhighways between Scotland and England. This news for the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) project comes as National Gr
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a marine environmental consulting firm, has shed light on a scientific discovery at an offshore natural gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea, which has spurred subsequent investigation among faculty members at Tel Aviv University and collaborating partners in the regi
Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Brazilian oil & gas player Petrobras for a construction support vessel (CSV) built in 1999. The CSV Normand Pioneer will be on a bareboat contract from the vessel owner Solstad Maritime ASA (SOMA) to Solstad Offshore, which is t
The first section of the export cable for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been pulled ashore, making landfall at Bawdsey in Suffolk. NKT, which is supplying and installing the export cables for the project under a turnkey contract secured in 2022, started working on East Anglia T
Van Oord has signed a contract with SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the contract, SPIE Wind Connect will be responsible for the termination and testing of 21 61 kV inter-array cables o
Australian offshore vessel player MMA Offshore has officially rebranded to Cyan Renewables, following the acquisition by the Singapore-headquartered company last summer. To remind, Cyan Renewables, a portfolio company of Seraya Partners, closed the agreement to acquire MMA Offshore in July 2024 for
The UK National Grid has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries as the preferred bidder to supply and install 138 kilometers of subsea cable for Sea Link, a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk. Sumitomo Electric will perform the work out of its manuf
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has selected the UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC for work on its project in the Norwegian North Sea.
Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer Strohm has completed the first field trials with Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras for its TCP design, performed at water depths of approximately 1,500 meters offshore Brazil. According to Strohm, the testing and engineering assessments were conduc
Texas-based 3U TECHNOLOGIES has been added to the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) facility network. According to TEAMER, the company name refers to “Underground Underwater Under-Ice,” reflecting its capability to support a wide range of subsea numerical modellin
Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind project in South Korea. The export cable installation, covering two 28-kilometer lines and carried out by Taihan’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) PALOS, was performed in two phases. Th
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to deliver marine warranty survey (MWS) services for a 750 MW, 345-kilometer-long power interconnector project in Australia. ABL’s operations in Australia will provide MWS services to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) campai
