Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter array cable routes on the innogy operated Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm. The company utilised the Modus HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) for the work. The Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind
Subsea 7 has issued further details of its workforce and fleet reduction initiative announced earlier this year. Namely, the offshore engineering firm predicts overall workforce reduction of approximately 3,000 by the end of the second quarter 2021. Subsea 7 also said that two-thirds of the reductio
Igeotest Geoscience has secured a contract with Prysmian to carry out the geophysical and geotechnical campaign for the installation of the Lanzarote-Fuerteventura AC cable. In December last year, Prysmian announced a €27-million deal with Spanish TSO Red Eléctrica de España (REE) to connect two Can
Subsea services specialist Acteon said that Dr Carl Trowell will become Group’s new chief executive officer, succeeding Richard Higham. Trowell will join Acteon from offshore drilling company Valaris (Ensco). He was Ensco’s chief executive and subsequently became executive chairman in 2019 following
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has widened its quarterly loss against prior-year comparable period on currency effects and IFRS16 depreciation effect. For the first quarter 2020, Reach booked loss of close to NOK 32 million, versus loss of NOK 19 million in the year-ago quarter. To remind, in the
DOF Subsea has reported loss in Q1 2020 of NOK 1.5 billion, against NOK 25 million in Q1 2019. Earnings hit was due to depreciation and impairment of NOK 976 million. This was because of the weakening market for vessel services and the low demand visibility for services going forward. DOF Subsea als
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with a contract to carry out geophysical site investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area. The geophysical survey is set to be conducted this summer as part of the geological preliminary investigation at the N-6.6 a
Subsea integrity and inspection firm 1CSI has appointed new director, Richard Gibson to the company’s board. As a result of 38 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, Gibson brings experience and knowledge in business and product development. His appointment also reflects 1CSI’s strategy to g
Next Geosolutions has secured a contract with Swedish TSO Svenska kraftnät for the Hansa PowerBridge complementary marine survey. The Hansa PowerBridge (HPB) project is a 300-kilometre HVDC interconnector between Sweden and Germany. The contract will see Next Geosolutions carrying out marine geophys
Underwater positioning specialist Sonardyne has increased the capabilities of its Fusion 2 software package. According to Sonardyne, this latest release of Fusion 2 unlocks new benefits for surveyors and construction personnel. Namely, it includes a simplified surface box-in app and the ability to p
Marine survey specialist EGS has expanded their vessel fleet with the addition of the coastal vessel EGS Echo. The 15-metre purpose-built aluminium hulled catamaran, incorporates a deck crane, davits, side mounts and a moonpool with a retractable transducer mount. EGS Echo will service contracts in
Subsea digitalisation specialist WFS Technologies has welcomed a former Formula 1 engineer as head of engineering and projects. Colin Drysdale takes up the post and will be responsible for leading the delivery of projects at WFS. Drysdale was previously head of technical projects at McLaren responsi
Denmark’s energy operator Energinet has selected consulting engineering group Ramboll for cable route survey as part of the KBH02 ‘København02’ project. The city development of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is expanding offshore with the aim to create artificial islands for housing and commercial
Nexans has completed the repair of a 95 kilometre subsea high voltage cable linking Malta with Sicily. The Interconnector cable suffered a damage at the end of 2019 by a ship anchor. Nexans mobilized its IMR team to help Enemalta find the damage location and confirm the nature of the fault. In the f
