Vessels & Vehicles
Solstad vessel to keep sailing with DeepOcean in 2027, instead of work with Prysmian
A construction support vessel (CSV) owned by Norway’s Solstad Maritime is set to return to work for DeepOcean in 2027 instead of beginning a five-year contract with Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group as announced in 2024. Under a contract defined as very large, meaning it is worth between $50 mill
After Taiwan, Mermaid Maritime creates joint venture in Equatorial Guinea
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has established a joint venture company in Equatorial Guinea with the African country’s national oil company GEPetrol S.A for services in the oil & gas industry. The primary activity of the j
One of Solstad’s largest CSVs fully commited until end of 2027
One of the largest construction support vessels (CSVs) in the Solstad fleet has won a contract award that will keep it fully committed until the end of 2027. As Solstad Maritime (SOMA) reported, the CSV Normand Sentinel secured the award with an international subsea contractor for operations worldwi
DeepOcean nets subsea contract to extend life of Equinor’s field operating since 1992
Norway’s state-owned oil & gas giant Equinor has awarded DeepOcean with a contract for subsea construction and installation activities for a project that aims to extend the production life of an oil & gas field operational since 1992. DeepOcean’s scope of work includes the installation of a subsea s
2009-built source vessel to spend more time in Western Hemisphere
Cyprus-headquartered SeaBird Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has secured a contract extension for its source vessel for work in the Western Hemisphere. The three-month contract extension for the 2009-built Fulmar Explorer, which joined the company’s fleet in 2019, will
Ocean Infinity to perform geotechnical survey for UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a geotechnical survey later this month for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England. The marine survey activities for the 2 GW EGL5 are expected to commence on November 23
Saipem gives out €8.5M contract to compatriot NextGeo for work offshore Libya
Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has won a €8.5 million contract with compatriot engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem for survey and support to installation activities for an offshore gas project in North Africa. NextGeo will deploy the vessels NG Worker and NG Surveyor t
New Asso.subsea cable layer to sport automation system from Finnish company
Greece’s Asso.subsea has placed an order with a firm headquartered in Finland for an Integrated Automation System (IAS) to be delivered for its DP 2 cable-laying vessel (CLV) currently being built in China. Valmet will supply its automation technology for the vessel named Althea, which the China Mer
DOF gets call from the Atlantic from BP
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a three-year firm, with two-year options, contract with UK-headquartered energy giant BP for subsea services in the Atlantic region. DOF said it would deploy a high-capability subsea vessel to support BP with subsea construction, installation, repair, and
WATCH: NKT Eleonora parts to come together in Tulcea
The aftship of NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora has arrived at another Vard shipyard in Romania to be connected to the foreship and superstructure. To remind, NKT Eleonora entered the water for the first time in mid-October following the launch of its aftship at VARD’s shipyard in Br
Chinese shipyard starts building Asso.subsea’s new cable-laying vessel
The China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard has begun the construction of a DP 2 cable-laying vessel (CLV) ordered by Greece’s Asso.subsea for the offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for Althea was held today, November 5, at the CMHI shipyard on Mazhou Island, Shenzhen, China. “The firs
Allseas to install export pipeline that will ‘significantly enhance’ Gulf of America oil transport capacity
Allseas has secured a contract for the installation of a new deepwater export pipeline for Shell that is set to significantly enhance oil transport capacity, flexibility and efficiency in the central part of Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico). The contract was awarded by pipeline operator She
TGS and Chevron ink long-term deal for deepwater seismic services
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron have signed a three-year capacity agreement for marine streamer and ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition services. The parties plan to collaborate on seismic acquisition projects using TGS streamer and OBN
DeepOcean and Saudi partner to form joint venture for subsea work in Middle East
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has signed a heads of terms agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Jana Marine Services to establish a joint venture company that will offer integrated subsea solutions to the offshore energy industry in the Middle East. To be named JADE Subsea Services, the joint ventur