The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) plans to start a new industry competition next month with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel consumption in offshore wind vessels. OWA is now calling on the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the scope of the compet
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a ship management contract with Statnett Transport for technical management of Statnett’s ro-ro vessels Elektron and Elektron II. The vessels are mainly used for subsea works and transport of transformers, generators and turbines to Norwegian energy plants. The co
Topaz Energy and Marine has taken delivery of the subsea vessel Topaz Tiamat from Vard at its shipyard in Brattvaag, Norway. The vessel will go straight to work in the North Sea under the charter agreement with Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea. The charter is for two and a half years, with three ye
TAMS Group is expanding beyond Western Australia with the acquisition of Gladstone-based marine services firms MIPEC and Cairns-based diving company Taylored Offshore Services. These companies are a great fit for TAMS, and increase the scope of work and size of contracts we can take on, the company
Offshore services player Helix Energy Solutions has acquired from Marathon Oil certain operating depths associated with the Droshky Prospect on Green Canyon Block 244, along with related infrastructure. As part of the transaction, Helix will perform the required plug and abandonment operations for w
Scottish engineering consultancy QED Naval said that its Subhub tidal power platform was lifted into the water earlier this month. The lift was managed and supported by Doyle Shipping Group who conducted all stevedoring operations and provided boat support. They contracted Kavanagh Cranes to perform
CGG has decided to extend its Gabon multi-client data footprint with a 9,800-km long-offset 2D seismic survey in an unexplored deepwater area of the South Basin. A subset of the data over the offered license blocks will be available in advance of Gabon’s 12th offshore licensing round planned for Jun
Telstra, together with Ericsson and Ciena, has announced a new restoration service on its busiest subsea cable routes in Asia, to help keep customers continuously connected. The new continuous connection service combines the vast scale and diversity of Telstra’s subsea cable network, with flexible p
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Shell said it has decided to go with subsea compression as a concept for the Ormen Lange Phase 3 to increase the recovery rate from the reservoir. The partnership will now choose between two remaining options for subsea compression; one for wet gas developed by OneSubsea and built on technology inst
Preston-based Submarine Manufacturing and Products (SMP) has recently signed a contract with a Far East Navy, as main contractor to supply a complete submarine rescue system package. SMP will design, manufacture, supply and integrate the complete systems into a newbuild vessel. In addition the compa
Italian Saipem has received two engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contracts from Saudi Aramco. According to Saipem’s statement, the contracts are worth $1.3 billion. The EPIC contracts are for the development of Berri and Marjan offshore fields. The contracts were awarde
An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain has launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean. The cross value chain Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), currently made up of nearly thirty
Fugro is set to start its first project using new multipurpose ROV support vessel, Edda Sun,with mobilisation for the IRM contract planned for March 2019. With a recently announced two-year charter of the Edda Sun, Fugro has enhanced its IRM, construction and decommissioning support services in Euro
