Star of the South Wind Farm has partnered with Curtin University and Deakin University to assist with offshore site investigations for Australia’s first offshore wind project. Curtin University’s Centre for Marine Science and Technology is helping understand marine mammals in the project area, while
Richmond-based marine robotics firm Greensea is expanding its international presence to meet demand for its navigation, control, autonomy, and human-machine interface technology. Newport-based Wight Ocean will represent Greensea products to customers across Europe. This will include the Greensea INS
Alam Maritim Resources has been awarded a contract for the provision of underwater services for Sapura OMV Upstream. The contract is valued at approximately $1,5 million, the company said. The contract expected to begin in June 2020 and last until July 2020. It is expected to contribute positively t
2G Robotics has officially launched a line of payloads for use on light, modular autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). 2G’s RECON line of products include the RECON CS, a 4K stills camera and LED lightbar payload. It also included the RECON LS, a payload featuring the ULS-500 Micro laser scanner an
Next Geosolutions has secured a contract by Prysmian Group for marine survey works in support of the route engineering and design of the Viking Link interconnector project. The company’s scope of work includes full geophysical, geotechnical and UXO tasks covering the onshore, nearshore and offshore
Oceaneering International’s Remotely Operated Survey (ROS) group has completed an Integrated Rig Services campaign for an operator offshore South America. ROS recorded a milestone 150,000 hours of operations with 99% uptime with no client operations or vessel downtime. Oceaneering was contracted by
GC Rieber Shipping has agreed with Nexans to extend the charter of the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar King. The extension is valid for additional two months, making the charter firm until September 2020. The extended period is in direct continuation of the ongoing charter, which started in
IEV Group has been awarded an advanced inspection solutions contract in Malaysia. The contract was awarded by an unnamed oil and gas producer. The contract will see IEV provide ultrasonic scanner technology deployed by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to inspect a subsea pipeline located at the off
Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
Okeanus has partnered with SeaRobotics to make autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) increasingly available for international rental. The SR-Surveyor M1.8, a man-portable ASV from SeaRobotics, is one of the first additions to Okeanus’ portfolio of survey solutions. Specifically, the SR-Surveyor M1.8 se
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said that Phil Towers has joined its team as Technical Adviser – Diving. Towers has experience in the subsea construction industry having held diving roles with operators BP, ExxonMobil, Qatargas and Repsol Sinopec. He also spent major part of
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro said it will reduce its workforce by up to 10 per cent due to challenging market situation. The company posted loss before interest and taxes of €26 million for the first quarter 2020, against loss of €19 million in Q1 2019. Fugro recently announced a program
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with tanker operator Penfield Marine to provide underwater hull maintenance for their fleet. The contract is the natural evolution of the existing successful relationship between the two companies. As one of the leading tanker operators
Reach Subsea has secured a contract from a new tier 1 client involving 50 project days of survey and construction support in the North Sea. The project will be executed together with its cooperation partner MMT Sweden during the summer season. The companies plan to use the Topaz Tiamat for this proj
