Subsea
Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz Team Up
Dutch company Glomar Offshore has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Belgium-based GEOxyz. Under the agreement, the companies will offer several services including: cable and trenching operations; offshore support vessel operations; guard/chase vessel support; survey operations; drone sup
JDR, Tekmar Join Forces in Offshore Wind Cables Arena
Tekmar Energy and JDR Cables have signed a collaboration agreement for offshore wind subsea cables and accessory supply. The companies said they will work together collaboratively on technology and value engineering projects to support the industry drive for cost, risk and lead time reduction. Over
Fugro Starts Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project
Fugro has started a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea metocean and ice network project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors in the region known as “The Far North” – a frontier region for
United Cable Company to Market C-Lion1
Finland-based Cinia Group signed up David Ross Group (DRG) to provide asset and capacity sales for C-Lion1, the new subsea fiber optic cable running under the Baltic Sea connecting Finland and Germany. The David Ross Group affiliate, United Cable Company (UCC), should provide Cinia with a presence o
Tennet Starts Nordergründe Cable Laying Ops
Electricity transmission system operator, Tennet, has begun subsea cable installation works of the grid connection project Nordergründe. Nordergründe is TenneT’s third offshore grid connection in the twelve sea mile zone in Lower Saxony. As it is only 30 km away from the coast the most efficient con
PDL to Support Viking SeaTech’s North Sea Engineering Team
PDL Solutions, the engineering design and analysis consultancy based in the North East of England, has secured a two-year framework agreement with specialist marine service provider, Viking SeaTech. The framework agreement will see PDL engineers providing advanced structural engineering design, Fini
DeepOcean Beefs Up Its Subsea Trencher
DeepOcean has placed a contract with subsea equipment manufacturer SMD to deliver a mechanical cutting boom and associated cable handling system for its tracked trenching vehicle the T3200. According to DeepOcean, the cutting boom will be twice as powerful and deliver double the torque of any other
Bibby Offshore Scoops North Sea Subsea Gig
Bibby Offshore secured a contract with an undisclosed energy company to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016, will see Bibby Offshore’s construction support vessel Olympic Ares, and its diving supp
Vard Could Be Stuck with Harkand’s Newbuild
Following the financial crash of Harkand Group, that saw four charter deals terminated and over 170 jobs lost, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the newbuild DP3 dive support vessel the Harkand Haldane, which was scheduled for delivery in Q2 2016. Namely, the vessel is in an advanced s
Siem Cancels Harkand Vessel Deal
Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has terminated the charter party for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish, due to non-performance of the charterer’s obligation, the company said on Monday. In November 2013, Harkand had entered into a charter agreement with Siem Offshore fo
Reach Subsea Gets MarMine Contract in Norway
Reach Subsea has entered into a firm contract with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for the MarMine project, the first project in Norway focused on the resource potential and technological aspects related to seabed minerals and mining. Reach has been tasked to complete a scienti
COBRA Cable Gets Green Light
Dutch Tennet and its Danish partner Energinet.dk have received all the necessary approvals for the construction of COBRA subsea cable. The COpenhagen-BRussels-Amsterdam (COBRA) cable, with a length of 300 km, will directly link Eemshaven in the Netherlands to Endrup in Denmark. The approval for the
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 02 – May 08). IMR and light construction player Harkand has entered into administration after it, earlier this year, defaulted on the payment of its senior secured bond issue and interest, due to
Harkand North America and Africa to Relaunch as Ethos Offshore
A team led by AJ Jain, Harkand North America managing director, has agreed to a management buyout (MBO) of Harkand’s North American and African business. The new company, to be named Ethos Offshore Ltd, will continue to provide subsea engineering and construction services to Harkand’s existing US, M