Norway’s Solstad Offshore has placed an order with compatriot Omega Subsea Robotics for the delivery of six additional remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems that will be integrated onboard its selected vessels this year. With six ROV systems already in place, this order doubles Solstad and Omega S
Fugro has expanded its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) fleet with the addition of a new Blue Essence vessel which has received the highest level of UK coastguard approval. Fugro Vaquita has joined Fugro’s 12-meter Blue Essence USV fleet and has earned Category 0 approval from the UK Maritime Coastguar
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has taken delivery of the last in a series of eight new high-tech, ammonia-ready Armada vessels. The vessel NB 941 was delivered by Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam on January 24. Vard received a contract to design and build these highly advanced, 78-mete
UK-based Rovco has added a second hull-mounted survey vessel to its fleet, a move said to come in response to client demand for geophysical and geotechnical survey solutions. Rovco has entered into a four-year charter agreement with Glomar for the DP2 vessel Glomar Worker. “We are delighted with our
Dutch Boskalis has installed a new energy storage system on board its diving support vessel (DSV) BOKA Atlantis as part of the efforts to make its fleet more sustainable. Boskalis reported that a set of powerful batteries was recently installed on board BOKA Atlantis along the quay of the Boskalis S
Ulstein Verft and Nexans have cut the first steel for Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV), four months after signing the shipbuilding contract. On January 19, on the day four months after signing the shipbuilding contract, Nexans Marine Operations and Ulstein Verft celebrated the start of the cons
Following the delivery of equipment for Nexans Aurora, Ulstein Verft has awarded Red Rock with another contract to provide an upgraded crane package for Nexans’ new cable-lay vessel (CLV). The new CLV will have a deck capacity of 10.000t of cable, an under-deck capacity of 3.500t cable, and will be
After introducing its jet trenching system to the U.S. market, DeepOcean has completed the burial of a fuel support pipeline in the US Gulf of Mexico for Genesis Energy. DeepOcean’s trenching system, UT-1, was utilized for the burial of a portion of the High Island A5 fuel support pipeline. Accordi
A French consortium comprising three partners has secured a €3 million grant to develop and qualify subsea resident patrol technologies. The consortium is made of Ifremer, a French research institute dedicated to the ocean, FinX, a start-up specialized in bio-inspired underwater thrusters, and led b
Subsea7 has awarded the Netherlands-based Huisman with a contract to deliver a full electric offshore mast crane for one of its pipelay vessels that will be deployed for deep water installations. The 500mt offshore mast crane will be equipped with a passive and active heave compensation system on th
Argeo’s subsea vessel Argeo Searcher has completed a job in Nigeria for Shell and is now set to mobilize for work in the Indian Ocean. In its most recent vessel schedule, Argeo reported that its backlog update was currently running at around NOK 550 million (over $52.3 million), with a further sales
Ulstein Verft has completed the conversion of a 2015-built platform supply vessel (PSV) into a geotechnical survey vessel for Fugro, representing one out of two vessel transformation tasks it has on its to-do list. Ulstein Verft finished the conversion of the Fugro Resilience at the end of 2023, on
Another vessel is set to join N-Sea Group’s fleet as the company has chartered a 2016-built offshore support vessel for IRM, survey, UXO and cable operations. N-Sea has entered into an agreement with Rederij Groen to long-term charter the modern offshore support vessel Aquarius-G. With its length of
Norwegian subsea services provider DeepOcean and oil and gas player Aker BP have completed subsea trials with an autonomous inspection drone (AID) at an Aker BP-operated field in the central North Sea. As part of a ten-day inspection campaign, Aker BP and DeepOcean inspected subsea trees and other s
