Okeanus has secured a framework agreement with offshore surveyor MMT for the provision of marine survey and deck handling equipment. The US-based oceanographic equipment provider will support MMT’s plans to expand its hydrographic as well as geophysical survey efforts in the United States in 2021. T
Oil and gas exploration firm Providence has secured the approval from the Irish government to undertake a seabed and shallow geophysical survey and an environmental baseline and habitat assessment survey, at the K-Site location, Barryroe in the North Celtic Sea. The offshore survey, when completed l
Survey specialist Sulmara Subsea, through its APAC entity, has entered into a new partnership with Singapore-based autonomous marine robotics specialists BeeX Autonomous Systems. Glasgow-based firm recently opened a regional office in Singapore, with James Hope as regional manager. Founded in 2019,
Fugro is set to begin geophysical survey work at the Dublin Array offshore wind project located approximately 10 km from the Irish coastline. The geophysical surveys will characterize the project’s offshore array and export cable search area, with the latter intended to provide options for export ca
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has opened a tender procedure for a geotechnical soil investigation at the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind site. TenneT seeks geotechnical information on two, optionally three, platform locations at IJmuiden Ver which are suitable to progress the design and
Seabed survey has started in the Baltic Sea as part of the construction of Harmony Link, a new subsea power connection between Poland and Lithuania. The project is being implemented by PSE and Litgrid, electricity transmission system operators in Poland and Lithuania. Harmony Link is one of the larg
Norwegian offshore contractor BOA has secured a new contract with DEME Offshore for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C. DEME previously hired the vessel for W2W and accommodation services, grouting and ROV inspections at Morray East offshore wind farm. The new contract will see BOA Sub C utili
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore, has secured a one-year contract extension with BP for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) in the Gulf of Mexico. Currently mobilised, the vessel Island Venture and team are in the field working on one of BP’s assets now. The initial RLWI co
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) and Fugro are taking steps to make seabed research at the IJmuiden Ver offshore wind farm zone more sustainable. According to the parties, Fugro’s research vessel Despina will blend biofuels with existing fuel during the survey work and thus save approximat
Texas-based hydraulic repair, manufacturing and rental company Logan Industries has manufactured and delivered the second set of a new and innovative design of small-footprint coiled tubing (CT) reelers. Logan’s new CT reelers are suitable for storing and deploying 10,000 ft of 2 3/8 in. tubing. The
Tasik Subsea DP3 dive support vessel Southern Star is the first ship in the world to receive IDM-A (Infectious Disease Mitigation – Arrangements) class notation from U.S. classification and technical advisory ABS. Following the outbreak of the worldwide pandemic, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in
Subsea technology company Rovco has announced a record year for 2020, delivering £7.5 million ($10.3 million) in revenues – mostly from offshore wind and also a 286 per cent overall increase on 2019. 2020 also saw the winning of new contracts and growth of backlog that now stands over £16 million ($
Survey specialist Sulmara Subsea is making an expansion drive in the APAC region by opening a regional office in Singapore. A Glasgow-based firm, founded in 2019, also has operational hubs in Aberdeen, Scotland and Houston, Texas. With APAC identified early on as a key market, a regional presence wa
Fugro and NYK Group have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese geoscience specialist OYO Corporation (OYO). Back in November 2020, Fugro and NYK signed an MoU to jointly provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan, with an option to jointly operate a specialist inves
