Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy has invited input on the technical specifications currently being prepared for the procurement of seabed and metocean survey services that will support the country’s offshore wind development plans. The Ministry has called on representatives of all interested parties t
Fugro and Fraunhofer IWES are set to carry out the geophysical investigation of offshore wind areas in the German North Sea. Fugro will perform the positioning and sub-bottom profiling recording and interpretation, while Fraunhofer IWES will focus on the seismic survey and interpretation. Work on th
UXOcontrol has completed a UXO ID campaign for Vattenfall at the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind projects in Denmark. The work included conducting ten target locations in total, eight at Vesterhav North and two at Vesterhav South. This scope was conducted in July onboard the EDT Hercu
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project to support the global initiative to produce the complete map of the ocean floor. Under the terms of the agreement, the two parties will work together to advance understanding of oce
UK engineering firm Forth is looking for assistance to bring the working prototype of a friction stir welding robotic crawler for oil pipeline repair to the commercial stage. The FSWBot is being developed to travel hundreds of miles down an oil pipeline to scan for defects and carry out subsequent r
Tekmar Group and DeepWater Buoyancy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in the floating offshore wind sector. The partnership will offer a collective package of geotechnical assessment and engineering analysis, cable, and mooring system design, cable protection and stabi
Norwegian seismic player Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has completed the ROV-deployed ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the North Sea.
AqualisBraemar LOC (ABL) has secured a contract to deliver Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.
Six industry partners have kicked off a joint industry project to develop software that integrates all GIS, hydrographic, geophysical, geological, and geotechnical data types and contractor interpretations into one software environment. The software is being developed by Norway’s Geocap, while other
SEAJET Systems (SJS) has signed a manufacturing partnership agreement with Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) for subsea excavation and trenching technology. The partnership will see SMD exclusively build, test and commission the fleet of CFE equipment in its production facility in Wallsend, Newcastle upon
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. (NnGOWL) is set to replace the boulder clearance vessel Sartor with Vos Sweet at the 450 MW UK offshore wind project. Vos Sweet is expected to replace Sartor from 10 August to undertake the remaining seabed preparation works within the project site. The work
Bureau Veritas has completed, together with MaDfly – Marine Drone Services, the first full in-water ship’s hull survey with a mini remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has selected MMT SWEDEN AB to carry out the unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable route of the Calvados offshore wind farm. The 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm is being developed by Éolien Maritime France (EMF) and wpd. EMF is a joint ventur
Magseis Fairfield has won a contract to carry out an ocean bottom node survey (OBN) in the North Sea for the repeat client.
