Norwegian offshore contractor BOA OCV has secured a contract with Subsea 7 for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C. The contract will commence in spring 2023 for a firm period of one year. The agreement also includes options which, if declared, will keep the vessel utilized into the first quart
Prysmian has awarded Sumitomo Electric Industries with a contract for the supply of 150 kilometers of HVDC submarine cable for the NeuConnect Interconnector between the UK and Germany. Sumitomo Electric has been appointed as a subcontractor to supply a section of 525 kV HVDC mass impregnated cable t
Seaway 7 has won a contract for the transport and installation of inner-array grid cables on an offshore wind farm project in the US. The contract is valued at between $ 50 million and $ 150 million. The scope includes the transport and installation of around 160 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cab
Magseis Fairfield has secured a conditional contract award for a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) project in Asia from a repeat customer. The project will be conducted with Magseis Fairfield’s MASS technology. Activities are expected to take approximately one month. “We are pleased to see continued intere
Seaway 7 has taken delivery of its new 50,000-ton DWT semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) named Seaway Swan. Seaway Swan is suitable for float-over operation projects, feeder duties alongside installation vessels, and subsea construction support. Seaway 7 entered into a bareboat contract w
With the next United Nations Climate Change Conference approaching in a few months, governments and energy companies around the globe are working on strategies on how to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
A government-owned Maltese company has issued a tender looking to appoint a contractor to deliver the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a new interconnector in the central Mediterranean.
Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the ca
Texas-based seismic solutions provider Geospace Technologies has signed an extended duration rental contract with compatriot marine geophysical services provider SAExploration for seabed ocean bottom wireless seismic data acquisition nodes. Under the agreement of an estimated value of $12 million, S
The stability of Russian gas flows to Europe remains uncertain, despite the reopening of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, as further disruptions are expected as winter approaches, Wood Mackenzie stated, outlining two potential scenarios. Nord Stream restarted gas transmission yesterday, 21 July, after a
Adira Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kim Heng, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Crowley Wind Services to cooperate on offshore wind farm cable laying installation projects across the US East Coast. Under the MoU, Kim Heng will issue updates about material develop
U.S. President Joe Biden has visited the site of Prysmian’s new submarine power cables plant in Brayton Point, Massachusetts, which is a part of the company’s support for the development of offshore wind in the US. President Biden visited the site on 19 July, shortly after the first layer of approva
Moray West Offshore Windfarm is getting ready to conduct unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey investigations at the project’s site and export cable corridor. The offshore wind project is located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline, offsh
Well-Safe Solutions has inked a new decommissioning deal on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) with an undisclosed European operator.
