Fugro’s geophysical vessel Fugro Pioneer is ready to be equipped with methanol engines following the conversion of the main components on board. The vessel was converted in the Netherlands as part of the Fugro-led Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping (MENENS) consortium with
In an effort to build an advanced autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) fleet, ocean surveying and inspection company Argeo Subsea has signed a Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance with CSI Nordics for the second Kongsberg Discovery HUGIN Superior AUV. Under a three-party Certificate of Delivery and
OEG Renewables’ subsidiary Hughes Subsea has been awarded a contract to carry out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and clearance campaign on the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. The campaign is expected to last six months, commencing in mid-March and continuing
Stromar, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has awarded Sulmara with a contract to conduct site characterization work at the namesake 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. For this work, Sulmara will utilize the 60-meter multi-purpose subsea vessel Vos Gorgeous t
Shortly after securing a 100-day project charter for the subsea vessel, Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has extended the charter for Olympic Taurus due to a “solid backlog and substantial tender pipeline for the coming periods”. In mid-February, Reach Subsea announced a 100-day project charter for
Italian oilfield services company Saipem and compatriot shipbuilding giant Fincantieri have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of evaluating opportunities for cooperation in subsea robotics for surveillance and control of critical underwater infrastructure. With the MoU, signed
Siem Offshore has secured a contract extension for its 2009-built diesel-electric driven multipurpose support vessel (MPSV). The 93.6-meter-long MPSV Siem Dorado has been awarded a contract extension for utilization for a period reaching towards the end of Q4 2024. Commencement will be in direct con
Spain’s GONDAN Shipbuilders has cut the first steel for an advanced unmanned surface vessel (USV) that will perform subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV in collaboration with USV A/S, an alliance of DeepOcean, Solsta
Naples-headquartered survey contractor Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has completed survey works for the east section of the Italian Tyrrhenian Link connecting Sicily with Campania. NextGeo has wrapped up all the pre-installation survey tasks for the Tyrrhenian Link East branch on behalf of Italian cab
Norway-based Shearwater Geoservices has won two 4D monitoring projects from Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned energy giant, for the Mariner field in the UK North Sea and the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. Shearwater plans to utilize its Isometrix technology for conducting surveys, employing 4D s
Oceaneering has placed an order with a UK-headquartered company for a next-generation auto-drop piston corer expected to enable time-saving for subsea geotechnical surveying. A piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of soft sediment, which provide information
UK-based maritime autonomy solutions company Exail has introduced its transoceanic uncrewed surface vessel (USV), the Drix 0-16, that can deploy multiple payloads and subsea assets. With an autonomy of 2,500 Nm and a “unique naval architecture”, this USV can endure harsh ocean conditions and was eng
Following conversion, DEME Group’s subsidiary G-tec has welcomed a new survey vessel that can completely run on biofuel to its fleet. The survey vessel Karina is equipped with a hull-mounted dual-head multibeam, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, magnetometers and gradiometers frames to serve va
Fugro has extended its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PTSC Geos & Subesa Services (PTSC G&S) to provide site characterization services to support Vietnam’s offshore wind sector. Under the two-year agreement, Fugro’s full range of marine site characterization services will be deployed with PT
