Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said that Phil Towers has joined its team as Technical Adviser – Diving. Towers has experience in the subsea construction industry having held diving roles with operators BP, ExxonMobil, Qatargas and Repsol Sinopec. He also spent major part of
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro said it will reduce its workforce by up to 10 per cent due to challenging market situation. The company posted loss before interest and taxes of €26 million for the first quarter 2020, against loss of €19 million in Q1 2019. Fugro recently announced a program
Reach Subsea has secured a contract from a new tier 1 client involving 50 project days of survey and construction support in the North Sea. The project will be executed together with its cooperation partner MMT Sweden during the summer season. The companies plan to use the Topaz Tiamat for this proj
A comprehensive cost reduction programme is being developed and will be announced in the second quarter.
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service has awarded Fugro another hydrographic survey contract as part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme. Fugro has already completed 10 surveys for the programme since 2006 and acquired over 140 000 square kilometres of data. This latest survey will collect high-res
Vermilion Ireland is planning an inspection repair and maintenance campaign of the Corrib pipeline and associated infrastructure. The work scopes include offshore pipeline and subsea structure inspection, engineering work on well P3. Weather permitting, the works should start on 6th May 2020 and wil
Marine survey specialist EGS has launched the latest addition to its fleet of multipurpose survey vessels, the Bold Explorer. The Bold Explorer is a former Stalwart-class vessel from the US Navy. It is also the sister ship of the Geo Resolution who joined the EGS fleet in 2014. The conversion of the
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger won a service contract by Equinor to execute inspection activities on multiple offshore installations. The deal will cover work in 2020 with options for 5-year extension. Stinger will utilise ARROV underwater drones and tools tailored for the harsh conditi
Reach Subsea and MMT have won several contracts and call-offs under frame agreements for 2020 execution. The contracts represent about 450 project days. The projects involve inspection, survey and construction support across Europe and the Americas, in the oil & gas and renewables sectors. With the
Sonardyne and XOCEAN have completed a live seabed-to-shore data harvesting mission for Norske Shell using an unmanned surface vessel (USV). The survey is part of a seabed monitoring campaign at the Ormen Lange field offshore Norway. The teams completed the project without a single person having to t
Houston-based offshore services and robotics specialist Helix Energy Solutions has reported net loss of $11.9 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2020 compared to $1.3 million profit for the same period in 2019. Sequentially, profit fell from $8.1 million of 5 cents per d
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded VBW Weigt with a contract for hydrographic investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area in the North Sea. The seafloor investigation is part of the geological preliminary investigation in the area and includes data acquisition, data
Fugro has won an initial three-year contract with UK-based decommissioning service provider Well-Safe Solutions. Fugro will deliver its marine-based solution onboard the Well-Safe Guardian semi-submersible rig. The contract will see Fugro supplying and supporting remotely operated vehicle (ROV) serv
