The Port of Barcelona has selected Danish equipment provider PowerCon to build its first onshore power supply (OPS) system for cruise ships under a deal valued at €12.2 million (around $13.8 million). As disclosed, the OPS is planned to be installed at Terminal H of Adossat wharf, which is under con
UAE-based logistics group DP World and Philippine port operator, developer, and investor Asian Terminals have invested approximately $100 million into the capacity expansion of the Manila South Harbor (MSH), the Philippines’ international trade gateway.
Subsea7 has secured a contract worth over $1.25 billion with Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras for a field located at 2,000 meters of water depth off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Under the contract defined as “super-major”, Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installati
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for drilling operations. The contract is seen as major and represents over $130 million in potential revenue. The agreement includes the supply of ca
UK-headquartered CRP Subsea, part of AIS, has won a contract with Shell for the supply of crushable foam wrap (CFW) for a deepwater development located offshore Houston in the Gulf of Mexico/America. The initial order for the Whale development is for one well-set, with additional orders for four mor
Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the U.S., has started. LS Cable & System announced that its U.S. subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the larges
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has signed an agreement with Norway’s aluminium and renewable energy company Hydro for the supply of low-carbon aluminium wire rod through to 2033. The two firms have been partners for over 40 years. According to NKT, the ag
UAE-headquartered diving company PETRODIVE has relaunched its saturation diving operations in Central Africa following a period of technical upgrades and investment. According to PETRODIVE, the move is part of the company’s broader expansion efforts and includes the deployment of a certified saturat
The Dutch company Van Oord has introduced a new trencher, Jet-It, to its subsea cable burial fleet. The unit has completed testing in the North Sea and is now ready for deployment. Jet-It joins the company’s two existing trenchers, Dig-It and Deep Dig-It, which use both mechanical cutting and jettin
DEMCON Unmanned Systems has carried out inspection tests using one of its uncrewed vessels during a wave energy converter (WEC) trial by The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco), off the coast of Scheveningen, the Netherlands. According to DEMCON Unmanned Systems, the demonstration aimed to ass
The Port of Seattle has unveiled a new clean energy strategy aimed at gauging the power infrastructure investments and initiatives needed to support the electrification of vessels, equipment, buildings and vehicles owned by the port. As disclosed, the Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategy (SWCES)
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has signed a manufacturing agreement with California-based All-Ways Metal for the production of floaters for its first U.S. wave energy installation at the Port of Los Angeles. All-Ways Metal, a woman-owned fabrication company, is expected to deliver the floaters
The Surface Engineering & Tribology Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has joined the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) facility network, expanding developer access to specialized tribology testing for marine energy applications. According to TEAME
Techano Oceanlift, a subsidiary of Oslo-listed Nekkar, has secured a contract with Hercules Supply to supply an offshore crane for a newbuild multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) being constructed in China. The 70-ton capacity knuckle boom crane is capable of performing subsea construction work and to
