Boskalis’s recently commissioned subsea rock installation vessel, the Windpiper, has placed the first rock on its maiden project, the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, developed by Equinor and Polenergia Offshore Wind Poland. Shortly after the christening ceremony, the Win
Spanish GONDAN Shipbuilders has launched a 120-meter-long ocean energy support vessel (OESV), the largest-ever vessel built by the shipyard, for Norway’s shipowner Østensjø Rederi. The C513 OESV was launched on September 10 at GONDAN’s Figueras facility and is the 23rd vessel the Spanish shipyard bu
Italy-headquartered offshore survey specialist Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) is expanding into Germany with a new office to open in Bremen. According to the company, Bremen’s position at the heart of the North Sea maritime cluster and its growing marine technology community provide a strong environmen
Shearwater Geoservices and SLB have launched a 3D multi-client seismic survey offshore Amapá in Brazil, said to address critical data needs as exploration interest grows following Petrobras’ Morpho hydrocarbon discovery. The survey area is located approximately 130 kilometers from the Morpho well in
Norway’s Shearwater Geoservices has secured an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey contract in the North Sea, representing the first commercial deployment of its newly installed electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The seven-week survey will be performed by the SW Tasman with Pearl nodes, as the R
The 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) Challenger, owned by a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi, has completed its first fully remote project. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV in March 2024, following the order from the joint venture com
Film-Ocean, a UK-based subsea contractor providing ROV inspection and intervention services, has taken delivery of another remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, completing a major fleet investment program. This comes as Film-Ocean took delivery of two Quantum 250-hp heavy-duty work-class ROVs in
XOCEAN has been tasked with performing geophysical survey operations, starting this month, for the 2,200 MW Western HVDC Link cable route between Hunterston, Scotland, and the Wirral, England. XOCEAN’s uncrewed survey vessels (USVs) X-05 and X-29 will be used for the geophysical inspection survey of
Singapore-headquartered offshore marine service contractor Kim Heng and South Korea’s marine and civil work construction company Heungwoo Industrial have entered into a joint venture agreement (JVA) to incorporate a joint venture (JV) company in Korea. Kim Heng’s 50%-owned subsidiary Thaitan Interna
TenneT Netherlands has selected compatriot survey company Deep to perform annual offshore cable integrity surveys between 2026 and 2029. Deep announced today, August 31, that it would use hydrographic and geophysical techniques to determine the level of seabed cover above the cables, identify object
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched a tender for preliminary geophysical investigation of offshore wind sites in Zones 3 and 4 of the German North Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contract, covering work in 2027 and 2028, will enable collecting seabed and subs
France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, has kicked off the first-ever combined streamer and sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Asia-Pacific region.
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS is staying longer on a seismic acquisition campaign off the coast of Indonesia, which extends work aboard its 2008-built vessel and reinforces the company’s revenue visibility.
NKT’s new subsea trencher, deemed the world’s most powerful, is approaching final assembly and entering the first round of testing, the Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm reported. NKT announced the investment in the NKT T-3600 trencher in June 2025, as part of its ongoing investm
