UK’s Rovco has appointed Fraser Moonie, previously Regional Director for Mermaid Subsea Services UK, as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) as part of the company’s global expansion targets. Shortly before taking over the role at Rovco, Moonie worked to bring the Asia-based subsea contractor Merma
Fugro has received full navigation licensing from the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure for its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The navigation licensing for Fugro Pegasus represents the first registration of an over-the-horizon USV in the UAE, making the Blue Essence USV the firs
France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future offshore substations at two floating wind farm sites in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea. After an evaluation of environmental impacts, Fugro mobilised its G
UK-based remotely operated vehicle (ROV) solutions provider ROVOP has secured a new $25 million senior credit facility with global infrastructure and real assets manager Cordiant Capital in order to pursue growth steps. The support comes as ROVOP continues to invest in its fleet infrastructure and e
UK’s C-Kore Systems has delivered testing tools to DeepOcean that were deployed at an Equinor-operated field in the North Sea to confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers. C-Kore said that the testing tools were used to “quickly and simply” confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on th
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Germany-based EnBW have issued contract notices seeking services for the development of offshore wind farms in the Doordewind wind farm zone and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), respectively. RVO aims to publish a tender around the end of May o
InterMoor, part of Acteon’s engineering, moorings and foundations division, has secured a contract extension with Chevron for a decommissioning scope in Thailand. Following the completion of Phase 1 decommissioning work in 2021 in the Gulf of Thailand, Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production (CT
Subsea robotics and engineering company Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has revealed its plans to exceed £100 million turnover within five years, which includes the electrification of its vehicles and two new facilities. To reach the turnover goal, SMD said it has ambitious recruitment targets and plans
Greece-based Asso.subsea has developed what is said to be the company’s most advanced jetting remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for post-lay burial operations. The AssoJet III Mk2 is a newly built jetting vehicle for cohesionless soil, based on full in-house design. Equipped with over 1.5 MW of availa
Acteon Geo-services brands, TerraSond and Benthic, have been awarded a combined geophysical and geotechnical survey by the BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership for its Bellrock and Broadshore offshore wind farms, located northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. The geophysical scope will involve using
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from Ma
Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) has made an investment into new premises in Singapore, triple the size of the previous facility, as part of the goal to strengthen its presence in the APAC region. STR has moved to a larger 10,000 square feet facility, three times the size of its previous premises
UK’s Modus Subsea Services has secured a £5 million term loan from advisory and investment firm Gordon Brothers for the development of solutions. Modus said it had used the loan for refinancing with existing lenders and to assist in developing best-in-class solutions for clients globally. The UK fir
James Fisher Subtech has signed a charter agreement with Olympic Subsea for the exclusive use and operation of the multipurpose offshore vessel Olympic Taurus. Olympic Taurus has already been mobilized for work from Montrose Port, Aberdeenshire, and fitted with a work-class remotely operated vehicle
