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
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a contract with Allseas, described as major, for the supply of line pipes for what is said to be one of the world’s largest deepwater fields. Vallourec said it would supply line pipes for the Búzios 10 offshore project located at the Búzios
UK provider of remotely deployed subsea inspections, TSC Subsea, has secured a multi-year contract in Brazil for subsea phased array (SPA) inspection of circumferential welds on rigid subsea pipelines, covering both flowline and riser sections at depths of up to 3,000 meters. According to TSC Subsea
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has purchased four work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs) from Norway’s Argus Remote Systems. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) (MSST) on Decembe
Texas-headquartered Perma-Pipe International has secured several projects in the Americas and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region that have a combined value of over $27 million. Perma-Pipe said that the projects would use its anti-corrosion coating capabilities and the XTRU-THERM insulati
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has received a notice of award to supply oil country tubular goods (OCTG) to Algeria’s national oil & gas company Sonatrach. Vallourec will deliver carbon steel OCTG threaded with its VAM connections, set to be manufactured across several of the company
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, will install MOL-developed Wind Challenger wind-assisted ship propulsion systems on a newbuild LNG carrier.
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Yangjiang Fanshi II offshore wind project in China. As part of this initiative, ZTTSC will deploy a 500 kV three-core AC submarine cable system, stretching 92 kilometers to tran
Luxcara has signed an inter-array cable contract with Twentsche Kabelfabriek BV (TKF) for the Waterkant offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under this contract, TKF will be responsible for the 66 kV inter-array aluminum core cables and accessories, totaling 130 kilometers. The supply scope i
