Fugro is set to begin a geotechnical survey campaign at the Caledonia offshore wind project site in May, following earlier geophysical investigations. According to a Notice to Mariners, the first survey vessel is expected on site no earlier than May 9, with a second vessel scheduled to arrive from M
As part of its fleet optimization journey, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is selling a 14-year-old vessel that has been in lay-up since 2021 to be converted into a dedicated source vessel. Through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement with an und
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Norway’s VARD has completed upgrades of DOF Group’s 2018-built subsea vessel Skandi Minder to strengthen its capabilities and extend service life. The repair and conversion described as “major” were performed at Vard Langsten and included a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/LARS upgrade with installat
Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has further extended its contract with the subsea support vessel Island Valiant, which it has used for North Sea operations for the last three years. Mermaid Subsea Services began using the 93.4-meter-long vessel in 2024 for well plug & abandonment
Norway’s AF Gruppen is acquiring Aberdeen-headquartered Claxton, a provider of technology-driven services and engineering primarily within offshore decommissioning, from the UK-headquartered Acteon Group for an agreed enterprise value of £63.5 million (around €72.8 million). The transaction comprise
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has won another contract to deploy its seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard for an offshore wind site characterization campaign in Europe. Under the contract that has a duration of approximately one and a half months, Ramform Vanguard will commence data
Terna, Italy’s national grid operator, has awarded Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) with a contract valued at over €28 million for preliminary marine survey and environmental characterization services for a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector that will link Lazio and Lombardy. NextGeo w
Geoquip Marine Operations and GEO Denmark are set to start a geotechnical investigation campaign at the Bowdun offshore wind farm site in Scotland, developed by Thistle Wind Partners. Two vessels, Geoquip Seehorn and Geo Connector, will be used to perform the surveys, with the work expected to comme
Boskalis has marked a milestone from its Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, with the first deployment of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from the new facility. During the test phase, ROVs underwent a week of intensive trials from Boskalis’ construction support vessel (CSV) BOKA
DeepOcean has signed an agreement with Boskalis for the charter of a subsea vessel the Dutch company recently purchased from Norwegian vessel operator Sea1 Offshore. Boka Spearfish, to be renamed from Sea1 Spearfish, will join DeepOcean’s fleet of advanced subsea vessels for the remainder of 2026, w
Fugro will conduct a UXO survey at the Morecambe Bay area this month, ahead of a geotechnical site investigation for the Morecambe offshore wind project that is planned to start in May 2026. The UXO work will be undertaken by the survey vessel Fugro Frontier and is planned to commence around April 1
Northern Phoenix, the third liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway, has officially been blessed and will now start final preparations and commissioning ahead of operations. China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Co
Boskalis’ new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, described by the company as the largest in the industry, has arrived in the Netherlands for final outfitting and commissioning ahead of its first assignment later this year. Windpiper, whose purchase Boskalis announced in January 2025, was develop
