Fugro has reported a revenue of €1.76 billion for the whole year of 2022, representing a 14.8 per cent growth in comparison to 2021, said to be due to a 42 per cent increase in offshore wind. Infrastructure and oil & gas were also up, with 7 per cent and 9 per cent respectively. Marine […]
TDI-Brooks has been awarded a geophysical, geotechnical, and benthic sampling survey campaigns to study seabed conditions within the project lease area and potential export cable routes off the U.S. East Coast. The data collected will help determine safe and responsible project design and engineerin
Netherlands-headquartered Fugro is acquiring two platform supply vessels (PSVs) which will be repurposed into geotechnical vessels. Fugro announced the purchase of 2015-built PSVs Topaz Endurance and Topaz Energy as part of its net zero 2035 roadmap. According to the company, these vessels are signi
Dutch General and Military Intelligence and Security Services (AVID and MVID) have sent a letter to the government together with an update on the latest insights into activities being covertly conducted by Russia, including those that are potentially being carried out in preparation for sabotage of
Celtic Sea Power (CSP) has launched a tender for offshore survey services that would inform its project off Pembrokeshire, where CSP plans to build one or two multi-connection offshore substations to support the deployment and grid-connection of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. Under the te
UAE-headquartered P&O Maritime Logistics has unveiled plans to convert one of its multi-carrying vessels (MCVs) into a cable-laying vessel (CLV) that would be used to connect offshore wind farms with the mainland. The CLV will feature an ultra-shallow draft, engineering grounding capability, and a 4
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the EU-SCORES project partners have recently held a two-day stakeholder engagement event on energy multi-use parks at the Marine Energy Hub in the Hague, spotlighting the benefits of combining different offshore renewable energy sources at one site.
Seaway 7 has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of cables on the Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, Seaway 7 will be responsible for the transport and installation of inter-array cables, the respective cable protection systems, and four export cables.
The Netherlands-based Fugro has signed a letter of intent to optimise and perform a site characterisation programme for undisclosed offshore wind development on the U.S. East Coast. The programme is focused on accelerating the construction and operations permitting process and represents Fugro’s lat
Even though it is an industry which is seeing major growth, European offshore wind saw no investments in an offshore wind farm in 2022 (except in a few small floating wind projects). Oil companies are also tip-toeing around new capital investments. Meanwhile, in the shipping sector, deals on new, gr
Offshore construction will soon continue on the South Fork offshore wind project in New York with the installation of the project’s 68-nautical mile (about 126 kilometres) submarine cable to kick off in early 2023. The work installing South Fork Wind’s submarine cable involves six stages: seabed pre
Prysmian has kicked off the construction of its new cable-laying vessel with a steel-cutting ceremony at VARD’s shipyard in Romania. The construction of the sister vessel to cable-layer Leonardo da Vinci began on 16 February at Vard Tulcea in Romania. “Prysmian Group had the honor of hitting the but
France-headquartered Bourbon and Canada’s Horizon Maritime have established a new company with a base fleet of seven vessels dedicated to providing marine services and operations with a focus on the North Sea and Canadian offshore markets. Incorporated in Norway, Bourbon Horizon is strategically pos
EU-backed Forward Looking at the Offshore Renewables (FLORES) project has been officially launched to develop tools and activities to foster the development of skills in the offshore renewable energy sector.
