Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) and Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) crew deployed the FAST-3 monitoring platform at the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) deployment is part of the Pathway 2020 Project which aims at providing a solution of e
DeepOcean has secured a contract from Equinor for subsea IRM services in 2020. The contract has a duration of up to nine months work offshore, using the vessel Normand Ocean. The work comprises subsea ROV operations covering inspection, maintenance and repair activities on Equinor’s assets on the No
The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has informed that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battlecruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on December 08, 1914, during the Battle of th
JFD has partnered with Innovation Maritime, a non-profit innovation organisation developing marine solutions through applied research, technical assistance and information dissemination. The partnership will further the ability of submarine operating nations to train their submariners for escape and
Neptune Energy said it has begun seismic surveys in the Petrel field, located in the Bonaparte Basin of Australia. The study will expand the area of seismic data Neptune holds and increase the quality and breadth of data to allow Neptune and its partners to plan for the future. Neptune, on behalf of
Prysmian Group and Equinor have signed agreement for the supply of the submarine inter–array cable system for the Empire Wind project, an 816 MW offshore wind project in New York. Prysmian Group will provide the 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cable system that will transmit power from the wind tur
Sapura Energy has secured several new contracts and contract extensions, valued at approximately RM615 million ($147 million), for its engineering and construction (E&C) as well as drilling segments. Namely, Sapura Fabrication has won a contract from Hess Exploration And Production Malaysia under th
Rotech Subsea Ltd. has completed a major sand-wave clearance scope at the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. The UK-based company deployed its non-contact TRS2 Controlled Flow Excavation tool to carry out the work for Van Oord. According to Rotech, the result was that instead of the two campa
Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Telkom Kenya and SubCom said that all manufacturing aspects for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system are complete. The system will have four landing stations to help expand connectivity in Eastern Africa: Djibouti (Djibouti), Bosaso (Somalia
Rotech Subsea has competed a sand-wave clearance for Van Oord at the Norther offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Aberdeen-based subsea excavation pioneer Rotech deployed its TRS2 controlled flow excavation tool to carry out the scope of work. The TRS2 result was that instead of the two camp
Two Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grants were signed to support the construction of the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and studies for the development of the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. For the Celtic Interconnection, €530 million were awarded, to
Motive Offshore has launched a new Flexibles division with the completion of acquisition of Stavanger-based Pumptech. The seven-figure acquisition reflects the growth strategy which follows investment earlier this year from private equity firm, EV Private Equity. Specialists in flexible flowlines an
Rever Offshore has completed the subsea infrastructure decommissioning project of the Greater Dunlin Area for Fairfield Energy. The project utilised saturation DSVs, Rever Sapphire and Rever Polaris, along with the heavy CSV, Normand Clipper. The workscope involved multiple campaigns comprising of p
Maritime Developments has completed a project offshore Equatorial Guinea with new client, Ocean Installer. The project included installation of umbilicals and flexible flowlines using MDL’s equipment and service personnel: Horizontal Lay System (HLS) with 85-tonne tensioner plus work platform and 40
