A new Danish research and innovation project, led by Teledyne RESON, is looking to develop a drone that can capture and immobilize unwanted underwater vehicles, thereby protecting critical underwater infrastructure such as pipelines, communication cables, and offshore wind farms. The project named U
Norwegian Solstad Offshore and Solstad Maritime have signed a three-year framework agreement with compatriot Port Vantage covering support and services across multiple locations where Solstad operates. The agreement covers the delivery of maritime support services, including technical maintenance, l
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired a 70% majority stake in the first phase of H2APEX’s hydrogen project in Lubmin, Germany.
Florida-headquartered marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and its Suriname subsidiary, CSA Suriname, have secured several projects for oil & gas operators in Suriname. Under the multi-year contracts for operators described as “major”, CSA will manage multiple environmental
U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has secured a contract with the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), a joint venture of BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies, to deliver completions and downhole monitoring services for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project
Malaysian offshore support vessel (OSV) provider Nam Cheong Group has unveiled what it says is Malaysia and Sarawak’s first purpose-built multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV), set to be deployed in the oil & gas, renewable energy and telecommunication sectors. According to the company, the advanced d
A subsidiary of ADES Holding Company, which is part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Group, has signed an agreement with UAE-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling to acquire the latter.
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has certified the €2.8 billion NeuConnect project, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the UK and Germany, as an Independent Transmission System Operator (TSO), a prerequisite necessary before the link bec
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has begun construction of an advanced cable laying vessel (CLV) that will service offshore wind, island interconnections and regional grid expansion projects in Asia Pacific (APAC). The new-generation, self-propelled CLV will be 139.8 meters long, with a 38-meter
Taihan Cable & Solution has won a turnkey contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the 532 MW Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. The contract, valued at approximately ₩181.6 billion (about €113 million), is planned to run until the end of 2028. Under the contract, Taiha
Marinus Link, a 1.5 GW, 345-kilometer power interconnector project in Australia, has reached the final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the project’s first stage. The project, to be built in two 750 MW stages, will link North West Tasmania and the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, with 255 kilome
U.S. subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering International has upgraded its 77-meter-long research vessel, launched in 2000, to perform simultaneous autonomous survey operations. Ocean Intervention II, purpose-built for geophysical and geotechnical surveys, underwent upgrades in e
Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has secured another contract with Brazilian oil & gas company Petrobras for a construction support vessel (CSV). The CSV Normand Commander will be on a bareboat contract from the vessel owner Solstad Maritime (SOMA) to Solstad Offshore, who holds the contr
Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has set off on a dredging quest to prepare the site where Poland’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) will be stationed as part of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk, representing a new gas entry point for the European country.
