Subsea
Vocus to Connect Tiwi Islands with Darwin (Australia)
Vocus Group will, in collaboration with the Northern Territory Government, construct a new fibre optic cable link between Darwin and the Tiwi Islands in Australia. For the first time, communities located on Melville and Bathurst Islands will have access to a reliable, high capacity and trusted fibre
TenneT Starts NordLink Cable-Laying in German North Sea
Transmission system operator TenneT has begun laying its NordLink subsea cable section in the German North Sea. During the next weeks TenneT will wind out 99 kilometres into the seabed between the cable landfall at the Büsum dike (Schleswig-Holstein) and southwest of the Island of Sylt through the t
Stinger on Equinor Duty
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger has been awarded a frame agreement by Equinor for the provision of light intervention, inspection and monitoring services. Stinger believe that a low carbon footprint is a competitive advantage, providing attractive business opportunities in a transition t
CGG Sets Up Centre for Advanced Imaging for Petronas
CGG and Petronas, have agreed on a collaboration to provide access to CGG’s latest technology and expertise in high-end seismic and multi-physics imaging, and reservoir characterization. CGG received an award of contract from Petronas to develop a Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) for five years whi
Swan Hunter Readies Norther OWF Export Cable
Swan Hunter has completed the loadout of Norther offshore wind farm export cable onto Van Oord’s Nexus cable lay vessel. Approximately 29 kilometers of HVAC export cable, totaling 3150Te, was spooled onto the Nexus vessel from the DOC-Swan Hunter cable storage and spooling yard, Vlissingen, The Neth
WHOI in $1M Acoustic Telescope Project
A first-of-its-kind acoustic telescope is under development at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, that will permit researchers to map and study the underwater soundscape. Seawater quickly absorbs or scatters light, radio waves
Oceana Kicks Off Quark Area Survey Between Finland and Sweden
Oceana has launched a 20-day expedition to survey important areas of marine life in the Quark (also known as Kvarken or Merenkurkku), between Finland and Sweden. The organisation’s second research project in the Quark is generously funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery and will build on Oceana’S in
New Maritime Technology Development Firm Launched in Norway
Five Norwegian investors with experience from maritime technology innovation and industry have joined forces to establish Invento Team. The company said it will focus on technical solutions and products for the global marketplace. “We’re looking to establish a new cluster for maritime electronics de
EM&I Names Director of Operations
EM&I, the international asset integrity specialists, has appointed Simon James as its new director of operations. James has over 20 years experience in operations and asset integrity for offshore oil, gas, and renewables. He has held senior and executive positions in Total, CNR, Subsea 7, Fugro and
Tekmar Sets Health and Safety Standards
Tekmar, provider of protection systems for subsea cable, umbilical and flexible pipes and offshore engineering services, has transitioned to ISO 45001:2018. ISO 45001:2018 is an International Standard that specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enab
AI Leads Data-Driven Survey of Changing Underwater Habitats
A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton demonstrated how the use of autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence at sea can accelerate the exploration and study of hard to reach deep sea ecosystems, like intermittently active methane seeps. Thanks to rapid high throughput data analysis at s
Jifmar Adds North West Marine
Jifmar Offshore Services has acquired the Scottish company North West Marine (NWM) based in Oban. After the acquisition of VDC Offshore in 2017, this investment illustrates Jifmar’s strategy to rely on locally established players to boost its development in France and internationally. The JIFMAR gro
ODE Wins Duty Holder Contract for Humber Gathering System
ODE Asset Management (ODEAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the international engineering and operations support services contractor ODE, has been awarded a contract to be the installation and pipeline operator (Duty Holder) for the Humber Gathering System which will initially serve the Tolmount fiel
Van Oord in North Sea Oyster Recovery Pilot Project
Together with the North Sea Foundation and the Natuur & Milieu organisation, Van Oord and Eneco are starting a project to restore natural underwater features around wind farms: “the Rich North Sea”. A pilot project at Eneco’s Luchterduinen wind farm will investigate how nature conservation and susta