Surveys & Interventions
Venterra’s GeoForce joins Reach Subsea on second Shetland HVDC link
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
Second UK CO2 storage licensing round yields interest for over 2 million North Sea acres
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
Norway: Northern Lights starts injecting first CO2 from wastewater
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
ACSM’s offshore support vessel undergoing ‘major’ upgrade
ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, as of recently part of Prysmian Group, is carrying out a major upgrade of its 2003-built offshore support vessel (OSV). According to ACSM’s reports, the OSV Genesis is currently undergoing improvements and upgrades at the shipya
UK: Lloyd’s Register certifies another remotely operated uncrewed vessel
Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel under the UK Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3). XOCEAN reported earlier this month that Lloyd’s Register (LR) had certified its X-30 ROUV under the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (M
Saipem’s subsea drone clears tests with Petrobras ahead of offshore deployment
Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing fa
Aker Solutions bags FEED contract for Lithuanian CO2 terminal
Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator KN Energies has awarded Aker Solutions with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda. The planned terminal is expected to have a capacity of approximately 2.8 mill
First US subsea rock installation vessel begins sea trials
Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first s
Four more UK-made ROVs to join DOF’s fleet
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has placed an order with the UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) which covers the delivery of four new-generation work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs). Signed in August 2025, the contract includes the delivery of four XLX EVO III ROVs, scheduled for April,
Leask Marine takes delivery of purpose-built Multi Cat vessel from Damen
Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a purpose-built vessel to Scottish Leask Marine, designed to support a range of sectors, including offshore wind, subsea, and wave and tidal energy projects, among others. The Multi Cat (MuC) 3113, named C-Trojan, was handed over to Leask Marine at Damen Shi
Asso.subsea orders second next-gen trenching support vessel from China Merchants
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed the shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of a second next-generation trenching support vessel (TSV), sister to the one announced in September 2025. The TSV Andromeda will be built at CMHI’s Shenzhen Shipyard, where the
Fully certified Reach Remote USV to inspect Gassco’s subsea pipelines
Norway’s Reach Subsea has won a contract to perform an external inspection of a large part of the subsea pipeline portfolio of Norwegian state-owned gas grid operator Gassco, using its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV). Under the contract secured with Equinor on behalf of Gassco, Reach Su
Hull of new Dutch multifunctional workboat soon to be launched
Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine is set to soon launch the hull of an EuroCarrier it is building for Van Wijngaarden Marine Services, which will, among other things, be capable of performing survey and geotechnical services. The EuroCarrier 2712 – DP1 – TIER III, named Maasstroom, will
Odfjell Technology buying majority stake in lightweight intervention and P&A businesses
UK-headquartered Odfjell Technology, a spin-off of Odfjell Drilling, has entered into agreements to acquire a majority stake in two businesses supporting lightweight intervention and plug and abandonment (P&A). Odfjell Technology will acquire a 70% ownership stake in Kaseum Holdings Limited and Razo