The Danish Energy Agency has sent a draft permit for preliminary offshore and onshore studies related to the Hesselø offshore wind project for consultation with the relevant authorities. The feasibility study permit will give the transmission system operator Energinet, which is to be responsible for
Malin Marine has secured a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Well-Safe Solutions for the provision of engineering, naval architecture, shipping and fabrication services. Well-Safe Solutions has recently set out its commitment to invest £200 million in bespoke assets in the next three years, with
Bergen-based Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) has signed an exclusive agreement with Abu Dhabi Oilfield Services Company (ADOS). Furthermore, this agreement gets support with the appointment of John Charalambides as CSS executive VP – Middle East & North Africa. The agreement has a minimum duration
As announced in July, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has now issued an invitation to tender for geotechnical soil investigations at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ), located some 62 kilometres off the Dutch coast. The tender is divided into two lots, one to be awarded for seabed Co
DNV GL has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). In-water bottom surveys using ROVs have now been carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels with the first having been completed on the Wilson Fedje in December 2019 by a survey
US-based CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) has revealed the latest addition to its coastal survey fleet, the R/V Dolphin. Specifically, CSA has configured the 15-metre multipurpose vessel to support marine geophysical survey. The R/V Dolphin’s layout includes an aft working deck, a raised wheelhouse, as well
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has welcomed Gilar Prakoso to the OPT commercial team as Asia-Pacific representative, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. “The Asia-Pacific region presents significant opportunities for OPT’s power and communications solutions among nations concerned with maritime border enfo
Fugro has secured a three-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) for the provision of statewide survey services. Active from now until August 2023, the contract involves services including topographic
Norwegian vessel operator DOF Subsea has been awarded four new contracts worth around $110 million with Petrobras in Brazil.
Fugro has, in partnership with Solstad and Oceanpact, been awarded three long-term contracts by Petrobras to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services for a variety of subsea activities in Brazil. All three contracts are for three-year firm periods with additional one-year options. Fugro will
GC Rieber Shipping has delivered IMR vessel Polar King to the new owner. The company entered into the sale agreement for the vessel last week. GC Rieber did not reveal the name of the buyer. The Polar King is a multipurpose subsea vessel specially capable of execution operations under severe weather
Coda Octopus Group and NAVSEA 00C3 have restarted the GEN 1.0 Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system roll-out program to the U.S. Navy fleet. The first Navy Team to complete field training and receive delivery of a DAVD GEN 1.0 system is the NAVSEA Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC)
SEA-KIT’s 12-metre Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), for which the company recently received an order from Fugro, has completed a 22-day demonstration project, carrying out remote surveys on Europe’s continental margin in the Atlantic. “The project’s overall aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of c
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) plans to open a tender for the collection and processing of hydroacoustic and seismic data for the N-9 and N-10 wind areas in the North Sea. Through the tender, expected to be launched in October, BSH will seek services related to geophysical
