A UK-built 12-meter-long autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV), designed for long-distance over-the-horizon operations, has hit the water for the first time, with three sister vessels soon to follow. After nearly 18 months of design, engineering, and build, UK-headquartered Zero USV launched its
The Spanish Freire Shipyard has delivered a new maintenance support vessel, named Forth Constructor, to the UK-based Briggs Marine. Briggs Marine placed the order for the vessel in December 2022 and Freire Shipyard launched Forth Constructor and moved it to a “wet berth” at its yard in Vigo in July
An advanced, 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi has been floated out. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March 2024, following the order from USV A/S, a joint ventu
Spanish maritime survey and ROV services operator ACSM is in the process of upgrading its 25-year-old offshore support vessel (OSV) Nautilus to enhance its operations in the subsea sector. The 73-meter-long vessel has completed its upgrading phase at the shipyard Viana do Castelo in Spain, and is n
Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming s
Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil, for a large deepwater 4D ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey. According to Shearwater Geoservices, the survey is set to begin
Switzerland-headquartered contractor Allseas has put the wheels into motion to get ready for its new assignment at Brazil’s second largest oil field.
Greece’s Asso.subsea has launched a Marine Technology Business Unit, a division focused on advancing shipbuilding, innovation, and sustainability in offshore energy. According to Asso.subsea, the unit will drive the development of marine assets, reinforcing the company’s fleet expansion strategy an
UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has introduced its ultra-heavy-duty work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) designed to enhance subsea operations with increased payload capacity and advanced control capabilities. According to FET, the XLX EVO III ROV features larger thrusters for improved th
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS is set to kick off a new multi-client 3D seismic acquisition and processing project in the Goliat area of the Norwegian Barents Sea. According to TGS, the upcoming GeoStreamer survey will cover up to 1,600 square kilometers over key discoveries,
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured two subsea construction projects for its subsea vessel Skandi Implementer in the Gulf of Mexico/America with two international oil companies. Skandi Implementer, which recently departed Mexico following contract termination after payment default from a cl
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has held the steel cutting ceremony for its second energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) being constructed in Vietnam. Two and a half months after entering the contract with compatriot Myklebust Verft, Rem Offshore announced it had celebrated the steel cutt
Allseas is making moves to enhance the capabilities of its 27-year-old, 397-meter-long vessel Solitaire, described as one of the world’s most advanced and largest pipelay vessels. Allseas has awarded a contract for the double joint factory (DJF) upgrade to Goriziane under which the Italian family-ow
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has kicked off the acceptance testing phase of its second Aquanaut vehicle, which facilitates the transformation of tethered remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations to fully autonomous operations. Nauticus Ro
