UK’s National Grid and TenneT Germany will together develop a multi-purpose interconnector designed to connect offshore wind generation in Britain and Germany to both countries’ electricity systems, the companies said on January 26. The interconnector, called GriffinLink, could link up to 2 GW of of
UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilizing a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also
Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group is set to acquire ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, including subsea surveying, route planning and seabed preparation. Based in Vigo, ACSM has been operating for over 20 years across 60 countries, with over 350 employees. Its
Glenfarne Alaska LNG, a subsidiary of Glenfarne Group, has taken steps to move the first phase of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export development in Alaska from development into early execution by announcing conditional awards for pipeline construction and line pipe supply, following a multi-roun
Dutch Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has signed a contract with compatriot shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine for the construction of an EuroCarrier that will be capable of performing survey and geotechnical services, among other things. The new EuroCarrier 2712 – DP1 – TIER III, to be named M
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed trenching and survey operations at a U.S. offshore wind project under a contract awarded by what it says is a global provider of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI). DeepOcean’s scope of work included trenching and surveying
Dutch Royal IHC and Demcon Unmanned Systems have entered into a strategic partnership for the deployment of unmanned and autonomous vessels for scalable autonomous maritime operations. The partnership has started with the development and integration of containerized launch and recovery systems (LARS
McDermott has landed a major assignment, worth between $750 million and $1 billion, for an expansion project designed to boost offshore oil production at a development operated by the United Arab Emirates-headquartered energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
France-based geophysical services company Viridien and U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB are set to begin a large seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Egypt that will help explorers and investors identify new opportunities for exploration and enhanced production. Viridien and SLB
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has kicked off a reprocessing project offshore Australia designed to enhance subsurface imaging and geological understanding. The multi-client Bonaparte Basin Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) Reprocessing Project includes the reprocessing of the Cyg
A hybrid survey and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) support vessel that will kickstart a charter for N-Sea Group has officially been launched in the Netherlands. N-Sea signed a long-term charter agreement with Mainport Shipping at the end of 2024 for the delivery of Geo Master, built by Neptune Cons
Consumers in Great Britain have benefited more than £1.65 billion (around $2.211 billion) from subsea electricity interconnectors since 2023, the UK National Grid reported. The analysis of the benefit of National Grid’s subsea electricity interconnector portfolio, said to be the largest in the world
James Fisher and Sons is investing in a U.S.-based autonomous marine technology company to support the development and deployment of what is said to be the world’s first and only wind and solar-powered autonomous underwater and surface vehicle (AUSV). James Fisher announced it was investing a strate
