Subsea services provider Mermaid has reported net loss of $84.1 million for the three-month period ended 30 September 2020. This result compares with loss of some $6.2 million in the corresponding period in 2019. The Singapore-listed company generated quarterly revenue of $22 million, versus $27 mil
The Japanese Kiso-Jiban Consultants (KJC) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for offshore wind energy in Japan. The two parties plan to jointly undertake work related to geotechnical investigations, site characterization and foundation desi
Expro Group Australia, a subsidiary of Expro International Group Holdings, has secured a contract from Chevron Australia for its subsea riserless well intervention (RWI) solution.
Fugro and the Tokyo-based transportation company, NYK Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan. The two companies will also collaborate on a feasibility study into jointly operating a specialist investigation vessel for renewables proj
German transmission system operator TenneT Offshore GmbH has launched a qualification system for the provision of floating units or vessels for nearshore cable failure repairs in the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. In case of a cable failure, TenneT will choose vessels as per the predefined scenario f
Works on bringing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind turbines to spin off the Scottish coast are moving forward with export cable route boulder clearance now completed. The same operations that were being carried out at the inter-array routes are paused for the winter, while activities on getting th
Kraken Robotics has completed its third offshore data acquisition and technology demonstration campaign as part of the $19-million OceanVision project. During this campaign the Canadian ocean tech company deployed its new SeaScout system. The system consists of Kraken’s KATFISH towed synthetic apert
Boskalis has reported a revenue increase at its Offshore Energy business in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous two quarters, but also a drop in its order book to € 1.3 billion (€ 1.47 billion at the end of June). The company noted a strong contribution from the seabed intervention u
Rambøll has secured another contract with Energinet to carry out an export cable route survey for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract concerns the proposed export cable route with landfall in Gilleleje. Two export cable routes were initially explored, thus two tender processes we
Fugro Netherlands Marine BV has won a contract to develop an Integrated Ground Model and a Geotechnical Interpretative Report for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The IGM and the report should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, the Netherl
Nippon Paint Marine has developed a new hull inspection tool that eliminates the need for divers or remotely operated vehicles. A single inspector can now perform underwater inspection of a ship’s hull coating on dry land or from a boat. The NPM ‘Hull Monitor System’ uses GoPro camera technology att
UK’s most advanced polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough has left Liverpool for technical sea trials. Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) the new polar ship should transform UK research in the polar regions. Its missions are critical for understanding and making sense of our changing
The Royal Netherlands Navy has disposed of unexploded ordnance (UXO) found at the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) I & II project site, where Vattenfall will build a 750 MW offshore wind farm. The UXO inspection and removal campaign at HKZ I & II, which started in July, has now been completed. UXOcontrol,
Rotech Subsea has completed a North Sea rock placement removal scope for a ‘major’ oil and gas offshore contractor. Rotech Subsea’s TRS2 controlled flow excavation (CFE) and suspended jet trenching tool mobilised from Aberdeen for the North Sea for the decommissioning scope in early September. The d
