Marine-i has agreed to support marine engineering specialist Feritech Global in its plan to create the world’s first autonomous subsea vehicle specially designed for geotechnical survey work.
Nicola Offshore, a new German-based company specialising in turnkey services for marine survey campaigns, has started operations from its headquarters in Hamburg.
GateHouse Maritime has won a contract with the Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM to monitor the area surrounding the Baltic Pipe between Denmark and Poland. The contract concerns the Baltic Sea offshore pipeline with an estimated length of 275 kilometres. The 5-year deal will see Ga
Aberdeen-based Underwater Contracting (UCO) and Gulfxstream from the Isle of Lewis, have teamed up with aim to reduce costs of underwater inspection and survey. The deal sees the permanent installation of one of UCO’s observation and inspection ROVs aboard Gulfxstream’s MV Viking. “The combination o
Subsea, trenching and excavation specialist Rotech Subsea has recently completed a well-head and jacket reburial scope in the North Sea. The Aberdeen-based firm mobilised its next generation TRS2 controlled flow excavation (CFE) and suspended jet trenching tool to complete the project in the Souther
Subsea technology company Rovco has once again chartered Glomar Offshore’s DP2 vessel Glomar Wave following offshore wind ROV campaigns in summer and autumn last year. The Edinburgh-based company utilised the 2014-built Glomar Wave for work on offshore wind farms in both UK and German waters. The 66
Fugro has completed the final geotechnical survey campaign at the Moray West offshore wind project in the UK. The new data will be combined with survey results from 2019 to finalize the design of the foundations for each turbine location, as well as the two offshore substations. Survey vessel Norman
Back-deck equipment specialist Maritime Developments MDL has secured a two-year frame agreement with Helix Robotics Solutions for project engineering services and equipment supply. The agreement covers the provision of MDL project management and engineering services, as well as personnel and equipme
Sonardyne is supporting Norske Shell’s ongoing long-term, large-scale seabed monitoring project at Ormen Lange, Norway’s second largest gas field. The UK-based marine technology firm has for the first time deployed a new breed of underwater sensor that is able to self-calibrate, enabling precise, lo
Norwegian firm Optime Subsea has recently completed a successful subsea operation for Aker BP using its remotely operated controls system (ROCS). The deployment of the system, which eliminates the umbilical during well completions, represents a first type of this operation for the industry, Optime s
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has acquired Swedish marine survey specialist MMT. Ocean Infinity believes that the combined force will maximise the potential of its fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and the soon to be launched Armada fleet of uncrewed, low-emissio
Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large, an EDF EN France company developing a 24 MW floating wind demonstration project in the French part of the Mediterranean Sea, has launched a tender for offshore survey services. The developer is looking to carry out seabed clearance, unexploded ordnance (
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has seen another record quarter in 2020 as well as the best annual result in the company’s history. Despite challenging market and operating conditions, Reach maintained high utilisation levels and successful project execution. The oslo-listed company has booked fou
Uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) specialist HydroSurv is joining forces with marine technology firm Sonardyne to develop and demonstrate transformative seabed-to-shore sensing and data acquisition technologies for offshore operations. Through a collaborative project, part-funded by Innovate UK through
