Smart Ocean has won SFI-status by the Research Council of Norway. The centre will run for eight years with a total budget of close to NOK 300 million. The Smart Ocean concept consist of 20 partners from across the entire value chain. This includes operators, service and technology providers, univers
Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) will formalize and expand its longstanding partnership with NOAA’s Office of Exploration and Research. The partnership aims to explore, characterize and map the deep ocean and boost public understanding of the global ocean. The memorandum of agreement with NOAA will exp
MMT and Reach Subsea are set to carry out inspection services at Equinor’s Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. Simon Møkster Shipping’s vessel Stril Explorer is expected to begin the work this month. Hywind Scotland comprises five Siemens 6 MW floating turbines mounted on SPAR-type foundati
Fugro is set to begin geophysical surveys at innogy’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project in the UK. Survey works are expected to commence in mid-June, lasting up to eight weeks, a spokesperson from innogy told Offshore WIND. Three dedicated vessels will map the characteristics of the seabed and subsea
16 industry, research and public players have partnered in GCE‘s Centre for Deep Sea Innovation to step-change autonomous exploration. The main application is towards marine minerals, but the potential is far greater, GCE said. Specifically, the Centre’s main goal is to increase deep sea exploration
C-Kore has completed a campaign offshore Nigeria with VAYCO Oil tools and local Nigerian partner Cranium Engineering. The operation for an oil operator in over 1,000 meters water depth allowed rapid testing of umbilicals and electrical flying leads (EFLs) for regulatory compliance and immediate rect
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded BioConsult SH with a contract for ecological investigations of benthos and fish in the N-6.6 and N-6.7 offshore wind areas. The company will carry out the preliminary investigation of the areas to assess their suitability for the c
Offshore geotechnical player TDI-Brooks has entered into an agreement to acquire Gregg Drilling’s CPT cone manufacturing capability in Nacogdoches, Texas. The acquisition includes offices, laboratory, machine shop and warehouse space of Gregg Drilling’s cone penetrometers. TDI-Brooks has also purcha
Fugro has deployed two vessels off the coast of New York to perform a site characterisation programme for Sunrise Wind, the offshore wind project from Ørsted and Eversource. The four-month operation will involve acquisition and analysis of integrated geotechnical and geophysical data to support mult
OCTIO Gravitude has secured gravimetry survey work on the Norwegian Ormen Lange gas field during summer 2020. The operation should last four weeks and produce water depth and gravitational field measurements at the seabed above the reservoir. Seabed gravimetry and subsidence measurements occur every
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has appointed DebraAnn Braun as chief information officer. Specifically, Braun will lead the digital aspects of the business including delivery of high-quality data to clients. She has led many technology companies through change and growth by optimising the us
Moana Project marine scientists from New Zealand have gathered virtually to review their progress in the $11.5 million five-year research project to revolutionise the understanding of Aotearoa’s oceans and the ability to forecast ocean behaviour. In less than two years since being awarded the fundin
Teledyne Marine has promoted Stephen Apsey to the role of vice president and general manager of Teledyne RDI. California-based Teledyne RDI manufactures acoustic Doppler products, servicing a wide array of marine markets and applications. Apsey is a graduate of Louisiana State University where he ea
Richmond-based marine robotics firm Greensea has entered into a sales partnership with 3D Spatial Solutions. The Houston-based company will provide US sales support for Greensea’s open architecture navigation, control, autonomy, and human-machine interface technology. 3D Spatial Solutions delivers s
