Offshore Project Support (OPS) has signed a collaborating agreement with the UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) to set up marine coordination centres in the Port of Den Helder and the Port of Eemshaven.
Fugro’s geophysical & hydrographic survey newbuild, the Fugro Venturer, is set to make its maiden voyage to the deep waters of Ireland’s Atlantic margin and the far North of the Barents Sea. Venturer is the newest of Fugro’s successful purpose-designed, standardised survey vessels, originally formul
UK-based Wind Energy Marine has placed an order for two wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) with the French shipbuilder Piriou.
TechnipFMC has entered into a three-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy in Australia for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment services. Under the agreement, TechnipFMC will initially perform installation an
Aquatic Engineering & Construction has been contracted by Ocean Installer to provide a powered reel system solution to be used on Ocean Installer’s vessel Normand Vision. The contract is a follow-up to the recently signed three-year frame agreement. Aquatic will provide its 400Te drive system. The t
Maersk Connector has performed its first engineered grounding at Walney out of Heysham in the West of England. This operation was the first ever for Maersk Connector and the first in Maersk Supply Service’s history. The onshore cable-laying capability was carried out together with client DeepOcean.
In the run up to the UK General Election, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has published its response to the UK government’s Industrial Strategy consultation.
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said it has developed a concept for collection of plastic from the oceans. The solution uses the inherent benefits of seismic vessels and takes advantage of their air compressors and capabilities for handling large towing configurations, PGS explains. The PGS plastic col
Aquatic has been selected to provide tensioning capabilities to DeepOcean on behalf of Subsea 7 for the Pharaonic Petroleum Company’s Atoll Main umbilical installation project in Egypt. Aquatic said it will provide its dual tensioner system solution to tension the umbilical during installation. Mart
VBMS has been awarded a contract to assist Tideway with the installation of three nearshore and shallow water sections of export cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The scope of work for VBMS consists of the shore landing, installation and burial of three 33-kilometer lo
Verdant Power has been selected by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to continue a project advancing its TriFrame foundation with $3.75 million of second-phase funding. The project is part of an EERE Water Power Technologies Office initiative to dr
Columbia Power Technologies has been selected to receive $3.75 million in second-phase funding from the US Department of Energy to further advance its wave energy technology.
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding has partnered MHWirth to harvest shallow methane hydrates from the seabed of the Japan Sea. Japan’s Government Agency started the estimation of possibility shallow methane hydrates in 2013. The surveys, carried out from 2013 to 2015, revealed that there were 1,742 g
US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has awarded $3.75 million to Verdant Power to further develop its TriFrame tidal foundation.
