Vessels & Vehicles
ACSM’s offshore support vessel undergoing ‘major’ upgrade
ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, as of recently part of Prysmian Group, is carrying out a major upgrade of its 2003-built offshore support vessel (OSV). According to ACSM’s reports, the OSV Genesis is currently undergoing improvements and upgrades at the shipya
UK: Lloyd’s Register certifies another remotely operated uncrewed vessel
Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel under the UK Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3). XOCEAN reported earlier this month that Lloyd’s Register (LR) had certified its X-30 ROUV under the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (M
Saipem’s subsea drone clears tests with Petrobras ahead of offshore deployment
Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing fa
Training simulator in the making for Jan De Nul’s Fleeming Jenkin
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named
First US subsea rock installation vessel begins sea trials
Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first s
Brazilian merger to create company with 73-vessel fleet
Brazil’s offshore vessel owners OceanPact and CBO are set to combine their businesses by incorporating CBO’s holding company into OceanPact, thereby creating a firm that will have a total fleet of 73 vessels. The partners note that the business combination is a catalyst for implementing sustainable
Japanese long-distance cable-laying vessel receives general design approval
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), verifying the vessel’s compliance with relevant rules at the detailed design level. NYK reported that it had, on February 13, co
Four more UK-made ROVs to join DOF’s fleet
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has placed an order with the UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) which covers the delivery of four new-generation work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs). Signed in August 2025, the contract includes the delivery of four XLX EVO III ROVs, scheduled for April,
Leask Marine takes delivery of purpose-built Multi Cat vessel from Damen
Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a purpose-built vessel to Scottish Leask Marine, designed to support a range of sectors, including offshore wind, subsea, and wave and tidal energy projects, among others. The Multi Cat (MuC) 3113, named C-Trojan, was handed over to Leask Marine at Damen Shi
Asso.subsea orders second next-gen trenching support vessel from China Merchants
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed the shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of a second next-generation trenching support vessel (TSV), sister to the one announced in September 2025. The TSV Andromeda will be built at CMHI’s Shenzhen Shipyard, where the
Fully certified Reach Remote USV to inspect Gassco’s subsea pipelines
Norway’s Reach Subsea has won a contract to perform an external inspection of a large part of the subsea pipeline portfolio of Norwegian state-owned gas grid operator Gassco, using its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV). Under the contract secured with Equinor on behalf of Gassco, Reach Su
Hull of new Dutch multifunctional workboat soon to be launched
Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine is set to soon launch the hull of an EuroCarrier it is building for Van Wijngaarden Marine Services, which will, among other things, be capable of performing survey and geotechnical services. The EuroCarrier 2712 – DP1 – TIER III, named Maasstroom, will
Kongsberg Maritime equipment ordered for South Korean cable laying vessel
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has been appointed to deliver an integrated technology package for what is said to be South Korea’s first specialized HVDC installation vessel, being built in Türkiye. South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution signed a contract with Türkiye’s Tersa
N-Sea’s new cable layer arrives in the Netherlands for final outfitting
The hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for N-Sea Group has arrived from Poland at Neptune Marine’s yard in the Netherlands. The hull of the 100-meter-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera was launched early in February in Poland, after which it started its journey fr