James Fisher Marine Services has completed the subsea cable installation works at the Wave Hub test site off Cornwall, UK.
The 4,550-tonne offshore substation built for the 350MW Wikinger wind farm departed last weekend from Cadiz in Southern Spain and is now en route to the installation site in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The journey is expected to last for around three weeks, according to ScottishPower Renewabl
Technip and DOF Subsea joint venture, TechDof Brasil AS, has taken final delivery of the pipe-lay support vessel Skandi Açu. The vessel has started its 8-year charter contract with Petrobras. It is the first of 4 PLSVs fixed on long-term charters with Petrobras which were awarded to the joint ventur
The drone video above shows a 2007-built Eidesvik subsea vessel “Acergy Viking” which went through a conversion project at Westcon yard in Norway this summer. Westcon Karmsund prepared the vessel for a contract with Siemens Wind Power in Germany. The Acergy Viking was previously a survey vessel, but
The operation to offload the Normandie 1 (N1) power cable at Archirondel, Jersey is scheduled to take place today (Monday) between 3pm and 5pm with the incoming tide. The installation of a third 100MW cable between France and the largest of the Channel Islands began last Wednesday, August 10. The 40
Daya Maxflo, the oilfield service subsidiary of Daya Materials specialised in drilling, well intervention and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been awarded a contract by Schlumberger in the Middle East. Namely, a three-year contract, should see Daya Maxflo deliver specialized well services for Schlum
Hamburg-based Buss Port Logistics has completed the near-shore logistics and storage operations related to all 67 of the world’s largest monopiles built by EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. Buss Port Logistics loaded the 1,300-ton monopiles from the fact
Ashtead Technology said it has completed a subsea integrity management project to support BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, West of Shetland. Namely, Ashtead deployed its new Deflection Monitoring System (DMS), to capture data required to safely deploy and install two
Marine survey specialist, MMT, has been awarded a contract with the Black Sea Maritime Archaeological Project (Black Sea MAP) for archaeological and geological scientific surveys at the Black Sea. The second season of the project will be performed during September 2016 from the vessel Stril Explorer
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has launched a public call for tenders for provision of diver inspections services on bridges, ferry and express boat quays in the Central Region. According to NPRA, the objective of the procurement is to have the elements/structural parts that lie un
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has recovered an underwater monitoring platform in the Minas Passage of the Bay of Fundy, following its 27-day sea trial. The Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) platforms are recoverable instrument platforms designed to monitor and characterize the
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded more than £200,000 in the final stage of its exploration licence competition which was launched earlier this year to stimulate further interest in offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). Australian privatel
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 08 – August 14). Subsea 7 has acquired polymer lining technologist, Swagelining Limited. Subsea 7 and Swagelining have cooperated together as a partnership, designing and installing in excess o
Ireland’s National Ocean Test Facility, Lir-NOTF, has commissioned the new wave and current flume test tank.
