Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has outfitted its new subsea rock installation vessel with a new inclined fallpipe with the aim of expanding its range. Following its first rock installation project in Australia earlier this year, the Seapiper subsea rock installation vessel was outfitted w
Norway’s shipbuilder VARD has contracted compatriot TMC Compressors to supply a complete marine compressed air system for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) that it is constructing for Italian cabling giant Prysmian. Under the contract whose value has not been disclosed, TMC will deliver a marine compresse
Chouest Group has bought ROVOP, an Aberdeen-based remotely operated vehicle (ROV) company, to widen its subsea capabilities.
Solstad Offshore has won new contracts for four members of its fleet, encompassing three CSVs and one AHTS vessel.
Corvus Energy has been picked to provide energy storage systems (ESS) for a new energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV), which will be built for REM Offshore.
Argeo has secured its fifth patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent office, this time for an innovative sensor configuration for subsea vehicles said to provide higher reliability, better signal, and improved detection. Argeo reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Argeo Robotics had been gran
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has acquired UK-based subsea services company Modus Subsea Services, boosting its autonomous subsea offering. Modus Subsea Services provides offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous subsea operations using underwater intervention dr
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured multiple contracts with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras expected to generate revenue beyond $192 million. Following a competitive tender process, Petrobras awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore and DOF S
Van Oord has held the christening ceremony for its fifth unmanned autonomous survey vessel (USV), developed jointly with DEMCON Unmanned Systems. The VO:X Barentsz USV came after Van Oord’s in-house survey department and DEMCON Unmanned Systems jointly developed and operated four USVs in the past ye
In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro reported a 9% revenue growth for Q1 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was €503.2 million, a 9%
UK-based Exail has secured a contract with French maritime services provider Bourbon to deliver technology for multiple multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that is expected to enhance the vessels’ efficiency in installation, maintenance and repair tasks for the oil & gas and offshore wind industri
Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of $10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured $7.4 billion of c
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Fugro’s near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets. Fugro’s net-zero target spans all three emission scopes, with the ultimate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain by 2050. “This v
Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery has completed factory acceptance testing for the first production system of its long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) HUGIN Endurance. Sea trials for the first production unit began in September 2023, and over the last months, the Kongsberg Discovery Uncrewed Pl
