Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery has completed factory acceptance testing for the first production system of its long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) HUGIN Endurance. Sea trials for the first production unit began in September 2023, and over the last months, the Kongsberg Discovery Uncrewed Pl
Hellenic Cables Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of Cenergy Holdings, has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its planned cable manufacturing facility in Maryland. Hellenic Cables Americas is planning to build a new cable manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is adamant that a recent gas pipeline rupture at a platform offshore Australia spotlights the need for regulatory action.
Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter and Verlume’s Halo underwater battery storage system have returned to shore after over 12 months of testing at sea off Orkney as part of the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project that combines wave energy with subsea storage to power subsea equipment.
Fugro has transferred its self-elevating platform (SEP) Amberjack to Japan in order to easier support the local offshore wind market with geotechnical services. Amberjack was reflagged in December 2023 and is now based in Tokyo, from where it will be deployed to Japanese wind farm projects and provi
What is said to be the world’s first eco-friendly cable protection system has been deployed at sea, The Crown Estate, UK seabed manager, reported. The UK’s Crown Estate announced that earlier this month the world’s first carbon-neutral and plastic-free cable protection was deployed off the coast of
The Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, which was shut down in October 2023 due to a rupture, has commenced commercial operations following the completion of repair work. Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering and its Finnish counterpart Gasgrid closed Balticconnec
Designer and manufacturer of cable systems Nexans and Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor have expanded their long-standing relationship with a four-year contingency and preparedness contract. The long-term collaboration between the two companies is extended through a four-year agreement that
South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its high-voltage submarine power cable factory in the U.S. LS GreenLink USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS C&S, plans to build a manufacturing facility to produce high-volt
On April 18, 2024, after the shareholders’ meeting, the Italian cabling giant Prysman has confirmed its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager to be Massimo Battaini.
Subsea7 has completed a pipeline replacement project offshore Brunei for oil & natural gas company Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), a subsidiary of UK oil major Shell. The Pipeline Replacement Project 8 (PRP-8) involves engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) of various sizes o
South-Eastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom has selected ABL, part of ABL Group, to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for a natural gas project which is said to be the largest one in the Romanian area of the Black Sea.
Deemed the world’s largest interconnector, Viking Link, connecting the UK and Denmark, has officially been inaugurated. The £1.7 billion Viking Link, which started operating on December 29, 2023, has a capacity of 1.4 GW and stretches for 475 miles under land and sea, joining the Bicker Fen substati
Balmoral Group company Balmoral Comtec has won a multi-million-pound contract with TechnipFMC to provide more than 600 buoyancy modules for Equinor’s UK oil & gas field.
