The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to publish a call for tenders for geotechnical investigations at IJmuiden Ver V and VI offshore wind sites around the end of June 2022. Together with the two sites, the agreement with a successful tenderer will also include two other investigation areas,
N-Sea has commenced geophysical, (limited) UXO and environmental surveys within the area of the White Cross floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea. The activities, which began on 29 May, will see the company survey the offshore wind farm location and the project’s export cable route corrid
Rovco has signed a charter party agreement with Glomar Offshore for the DP2 multipurpose support vessel Glomar Worker. The 60-meter long vessel will be put to work on Rovco’s subsea survey campaigns for “major” operational offshore wind farms in UK waters. Rovco will mobilize a dedicated team on the
Clinton Marine Survey, on behalf of wpd offshore GmbH, has completed a comprehensive geophysical survey at the planned site of the Eystrasalt offshore wind farm in Sweden. The study was conducted over the past six months by the vessel, Northern Storm, which wpd says emitted 1,723 tonnes less of CO2
Legasea has completed a subsea circular economy project, which saw the disassembly of ten decommissioned subsea production systems recovered from the Celtic Sea, that is said to have reduced the carbon emissions of subsea decommissioning operations. The Shore-to-Store service has reduced the carbon
BP, on behalf of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), has awarded Shearwater GeoServices with a contract for geophysical data processing and imaging to advance the East Coast Cluster carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project. Shearwater’s UK Processing & Imaging centre will execute
DeepOcean has signed a contract extension with Østensjø Rederi for the hybrid-powered construction vessel Edda Freya. Designed by Salt Ship Design and built by Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, Edda Freya is suited for cable laying operations, offshore construction, as well as advanced maintenance
Titan Surveys’ Titan Discovery is set to soon kick off nearshore geophysical site investigations at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The survey will be carried out along the project’s export cable corridor at the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, off the Caith
NDT inspections specialist TSC Subsea has won a contract with an offshore wind operator in Europe to deliver a subsea diverless weld inspection campaign. TSC Subsea stated that the contract has been signed with a “leading” European offshore wind operator for work off the coast of Germany. The underw
A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a
EDF Renewables has carried out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection by deploying a customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Blyth offshore wind farm in the UK. Equipped and operated from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub, the
DEME Group’s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune is about to begin a geotechnical site investigation survey at the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. The aim of the survey is to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park off Wick
Fugro is set to kick off a geophysical survey campaign at the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project at the end of May. The 42-meter long survey vessel Fugro Mercator is expected to carry out the operations between 27 May and 30 June, weather permitting, at the site located off the coast
Multi-purpose pontoon NP459 is en route to the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm where it will work on repairing one of the project’s export cables. The 82.5-meter long pontoon passed N-Sea Group’s head office yesterday, 17 May, through the river Oude Maas in Dordrecht on its way to the Gwynt y Môr pro
