Subsea
Xtera Delivers Guantanamo – Puerto Rico Subsea Link
Subsea fiber optic solutions company Xtera has announced completion of the Final Splice and marine operations on the Guantanamo – Puerto Rico submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This is the second submarine cable system that Xtera has deployed for DISA (agency o
Crown Estate Fine-Tunes Round 4 Offshore Wind Seabed Lease Plan
The Crown Estate has shared its updated proposals for Round 4 offshore wind leasing, at its latest stakeholder engagement event. The updates include The Crown Estate’s proposed refinement of available seabed regions – within which developers would have the opportunity to identify and propose sites.
NOC Embarks on Southern Ocean Expedition
RRS Discovery is currently sailing to remote waters beyond the southeast tip of Chile. This is part of a NOC-led project to understand how the Southern Ocean takes up and stores carbon from the atmosphere. The CUSTARD (Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Remineralisation Depth) project will focus o
AML Kits Out GSI Research Vessels
The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) has purchased two Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) from AML Oceanographic to improve their survey operations. GSI works in partnership with the Marine Institute of Ireland under the joint programme INFOMAR to survey the coastal and deep waters surrounding Ireland,
MacArtney TRIAXUS ROTV for Chinese Ocean Science Market
MacArtney Singapore has recently delivered a TRIAXUS ROTV with customised sensor payload to the Chinese Academy of Science for oceanographic research projects in the South China Sea. The Chinese Academy of Science, via MacArtney agent Geo Marine Technology, has purchased the first TRIAXUS ROTV to be
McDermott Secures Zama Project Off Mexico
McDermott has been awarded a contract for concept and engineering services by Talos Energy for the Zama field development project offshore Mexico. The contract award is for engineering services, including concept selection and follow-on pre-FEED. McDermott will execute this contract award with io oi
Okeanus Supplies NGC MHU Winch System to Northrop
Okeanus Science & Technology has completed the factory acceptance test, source inspection, and delivery of its latest USV based winch for Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting system. The NGC MHU winch is the newest in the expanding Okeanus catalog of autonomous USV based products. The NGC MHU winc
Joint Lab Set Up for Subsea Vision & Photogrammetry
Offshore robotics company FORSSEA ROBOTICS has chosen GMS as main technical partner to certify its real-time visual positioning technologies. A joint laboratory will be created to develop a common offer covering camera calibration, subsea image treatment and innovative photogrammetry solutions. FORS
Trio Executes Sat Dive Projects in Vietnam
Consortium of ThienNam Offshore Services, PT Advanced Offshore and PVMTC has recently completed two subsea construction works of saturation diving. The first saturation diving project was for Petro Vietnam Exploration and Production for the installation of subsea clamps on Dai Hung 1 Jacket The seco
Fendercare Moors Japan’s JS KAGA
Fendercare Marine Asia Pacific has supplied docking support for the largest serving vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), the JS KAGA. The agreement included the supply of mooring equipment and fenders to the vessel while it was being hosted by the Singaporean Navy at Changi Naval
Aibel Inks Gudrun Deal
Aibel has been awarded the FEED contract for Gudrun Phase 2 Water Injection. The contract with Equinor also includes an option for the actual implementation (EPCI). The FEED phase (front end engineering design) starts immediately at Aibel’s headquarters in Stavanger and in Haugesund. The project wil
JDR Partners Up with McAllister on US Offshore Wind Cable Services
JDR and McAllister Towing have established a memorandum of understanding for the development and collaborative operation of a US East Cost Offshore Wind subsea power cable service base with an integrated cable training center. This new facility is being targeted to be developed on an existing McAlli
DOF Subsea Collects $106M in Bond Sale
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF Group, has completed a new unsecured bond issue of NOK 900 million ($106 million). Net proceeds from the new bond issue will be used to refinance existing bonds and for general corporate purposes. The debt matures in November 2023. In addition, DOF Subsea has repurcha
New Concept Introduced for Loch Linnhe Subsea Campus
Development agency, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has introduced a new ‘vision’ for an international, multi-use, offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe. The move follows the closure of The Underwater Centre in Fort William, which entered administration last month. The facilit