Fugro will conduct a UXO survey at the Morecambe Bay area this month, ahead of a geotechnical site investigation for the Morecambe offshore wind project that is planned to start in May 2026. The UXO work will be undertaken by the survey vessel Fugro Frontier and is planned to commence around April 1
Northern Phoenix, the third liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway, has officially been blessed and will now start final preparations and commissioning ahead of operations. China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Co
Boskalis’ new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, described by the company as the largest in the industry, has arrived in the Netherlands for final outfitting and commissioning ahead of its first assignment later this year. Windpiper, whose purchase Boskalis announced in January 2025, was develop
Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices and Australia-headquartered Searcher have completed this season’s multi-client 3D seismic acquisition campaign in Brazil’s Pelotas Basin. This Phase Three contributed an additional 7,500 km2 of high-quality 3D data, building on the 9,500 km2 previously acquired, bring
ZenaTech, a Canadian technology company specializing in AI drone, drone as a service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS and quantum computing solutions, has entered the underwater robotics market with the development of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) prototype. ZenaTech reported on March 31 that its Ze
Dutch advanced unmanned robotics services provider DroneQ Robotics has received exclusive rights to deploy Mark Offshore’s research and survey vessel for its own and third-party projects. This comes as Dutch Mark Offshore signed an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University to handle the managem
Petrobras has awarded a contract to Fugro for a geotechnical site investigation for the Brazilian oil major’s first offshore wind project, a pilot proposed to be built off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to Fugro, the 18 MW Rio de Janeiro offshore wind pilot project is the first
Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured two new call‑offs under its frame agreement with compatriot state-owned energy firm Equinor which will see its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Reach Remote 1 deployed for gas reservoir monitoring and subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services on the Norw
The second energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) being built for Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore at a shipyard in Vietnam has been launched into the water. REM Ocean, for which the steel-cutting ceremony was held in February 2025 and keel laid in July, will, once completed at Myklebust Sh
Canada-headquartered marine technology player Kraken Robotics is set to acquire the UK’s Covelya Group, the parent company of Sonardyne International and EIVA, among others. Covelya Group designs, manufactures, sells and supports high-performance underwater technology for maritime defense and commer
Dutch offshore services company Mark Offshore is set to manage and operate a catamaran research vessel for offshore renewables, marine survey and nearshore energy projects under an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University. Built in 2014, the 40-meter DP1 subsea support vessel Mintis has suppor
Norway’s Reach Subsea has appointed GeoForce Technical Services, part of Oceanscan and the wider Venterra Group, to deliver the geotechnical component of a bigger offshore survey campaign for the second 525 kV HVDC cable link between Shetland and the Scottish mainland, known as the Shetland HVDC Lin
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has received bids from carbon storage developers for more than 2 million acres of North Sea seabed as part of its second carbon storage licensing round. The licensing round was opened in December 2025, offering five locations offshore Scotland and nine offsh
The Northern Lights CO2 project in the Norwegian North Sea has started injecting the first biogenic CO2 from wastewater treatment delivered to the receiving terminal in Øygarden. Carbon removal company Inherit has delivered CO2 cargos to Northern Lights from Veas, Norway’s largest wastewater treatme
