Omega Subsea has secured a five-year agreement with NKT to provide a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system for the newbuild cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, following the contract for NKT Victoria reported last June. The agreements are part of a wider investment program as part of which Omeg
LD TravOcean, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs) specialized in subsea cable installation and protection, has taken delivery of the DP2 multipurpose support vessel TVO Mariner, previously known as SIDDIS Mariner, following the acquisition announced in April. The 88.3-meter vessel
Van Oord has named its two new subsea rock installation vessels (SRIVs) Vindnes and Vestnes, in line with the names of other vessels in the company’s SRIV fleet. The SRIV duo, being constructed in China at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard, was designed by Norway’s Ulstein, will be equipped
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has started the construction of the first of two Asso.subsea’s trenching support vessels (TSV), described as the most powerful TSV ever built. Asso.subsea reported on September 23 that the steel-cutting ceremony was held for the TSV Avra at the CMHI Shenzhen shi
Dutch Fugro has secured additional survey contracts offshore Timor-Leste that will support the planning and development of critical offshore energy infrastructure associated with two gas developments. In addition to the geophysical contract announced in July, Fugro has secured two further awards fro
Rotterdam-based CSL OWL Subsea Rock Installation (CSL OWL SRI), a partnership between The CSL Group and Offshore Wind Logistics (OWL), has launched its first of two subsea rock installation (SRI) vessels. The company announced in November 2024 that it had placed an order for the construction of two
OMS Group has opened a new remote operations center (ROC) in Singapore, dedicated to remote supervision of unmanned surface vessel (USV) operations, real-time monitoring and validation of survey data, and coordinated multi-vehicle operations across geographically dispersed projects. The ROC, operate
Jan De Nul is further expanding its fleet with the order of a new trenching support vessel, which will be an exact copy of its Isambard Kingdom Brunel, announced in March. With this latest order, Jan De Nul has five vessels under construction for subsea cable installation and protection, including t
RWE has awarded Swedish offshore survey company Njord Survey a three-year framework agreement for surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) across its offshore wind farms in the UK and European waters. “We are incredibly proud to secure this long-term agreement with RWE, one of the world’s lea
King Frederik X of Denmark has opened the first full-scale CO2 storage site in the EU, led by INEOS Energy, with partners Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund (Nordsøfonden). Project Greensand was in December 2022 granted an exploration permit for the injection and storage of up to 15,000 to
The second hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) that Norwegian shipbuilder VARD is constructing for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore is on its way to Norway to undergo completion. Island Offshore placed an order with VARD for the design and construction of the first hybrid p
Hornbeck Offshore Services, which recently merged with Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract set to commence in the North Sea next year. The contract by a “major operator” was awarded to the company’s subsidiary Helix Well Ops (U.K.) and will have a duration of tw
