Global Marine Group companies Global Offshore, CWind, and OceanIQ will install the inter-array cables at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany, under a turnkey contract signed with Parkwind. Global Offshore will install and bury the inter-array cables by using the Normand Clipper and Globa
Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract for its cable-laying vessel Maersk Connector with Seaway 7 in the North Sea.
When it comes to the energy transition, we have already seen that the first-mover advantage is there.
Provider of integrated subsea and offshore solutions Unique Group has purchased an iXblue Gaps M7 Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) acoustic positioning and communication system. This new addition will be placed in Unique Group’s rental pool of equipment and made available to clients across the Americas.
Subsea 7 has revealed the proposed executive team for Seaway 7, the company set to be created by the planned combination of OHT and Subsea 7’s Renewables business unit. Seaway 7 will be managed by an experienced executive team led by Stuart Fitzgerald as chief executive officer (CEO). Current OHT CE
A new project aiming to advance offshore wind grid connection technology and develop new solutions has been launched in Norway. The Ocean Grid project – led by Equinor and gathering 15 other companies and research institutions – will develop new cable designs, subsea technology, and floating convert
TechnipFMC is selling 7.6 million Technip Energies shares through a private sale transaction with HAL Investments, the Dutch investment subsidiary of HAL Holding. The sale price of the shares in the sale is set at €11.15 per share, yielding total gross proceeds of €196.2 million. Upon completion of
McDermott has completed the transportation and installation subcontract of the SVDN gas and condensate developments offshore Vietnam.
JDR Cable Systems has adopted HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden’s Resonant Test System (RTS) for testing inter-array cables at offshore wind projects. The test system is purpose-built for post-installation testing of 66 kV offshore inter-array cables according to the international standard IEC 63026. The
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has completed the replacement of the submarine electricity distribution cable between Skye and Harris, following a cable fault in October last year. SSEN Distribution connected and energised the new cable on 31 August before gradually re
DOF Subsea has secured a contract extension with Petrobras for its 106-meter long diving support vessel (DSV) Skandi Achiever. To remind, Petrobras awarded DOF Subsea with a three-year firm contract with a two-year extension option for Skandi Achiever back in April 2018. With this contract extension
UK’s new subsea industry organisation The Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has appointed Andrew Hodgson, former CEO of Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), as its first chair. Hodgson will take up the role as Subsea UK transitions into a new strategically-focused organisation that aims to transform the UK’s unde
Orient Cable (NBO) has completed works on the dynamic subsea cable at China’s Yangxi Shapa III offshore wind project that will connect a floating wind turbine to a fixed unit for the first time. Commissioning tests of what is said to be the world’s first anti-typhoon floating wind turbine were compl
Ocean Infinity has selected Valeport sensor technology to provide sound velocity and bathymetric data for its Armada fleet of uncrewed, low-emission, robotic vessels. Valeport’s miniSVS will be mounted on the vessels next to the multi-beam echosounder in the sensor gondola to provide surface sound v
