A new study shows nuclear ship propulsion can cut costs and regulatory risks and examines the possibility of treating reactors as reusable assets.
Fit-out works are currently underway on the converter stations in Germany and the UK for NeuConnect, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the two countries. The construction of the 24-meter-high, 70-meter-wide converter hall buildings reac
Omega Subsea has secured a five-year agreement with NKT to provide a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system for the newbuild cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, following the contract for NKT Victoria reported last June. The agreements are part of a wider investment program as part of which Omeg
The Marinus Link electricity and telecommunications interconnector to be built in Australia has secured the country’s first offshore transmission license, representing the final Commonwealth approval leading into construction. Marinus Link, which will connect North West Tasmania and Victoria’s Latro
Van Oord has named its two new subsea rock installation vessels (SRIVs) Vindnes and Vestnes, in line with the names of other vessels in the company’s SRIV fleet. The SRIV duo, being constructed in China at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard, was designed by Norway’s Ulstein, will be equipped
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has started the construction of the first of two Asso.subsea’s trenching support vessels (TSV), described as the most powerful TSV ever built. Asso.subsea reported on September 23 that the steel-cutting ceremony was held for the TSV Avra at the CMHI Shenzhen shi
Dutch Fugro has secured additional survey contracts offshore Timor-Leste that will support the planning and development of critical offshore energy infrastructure associated with two gas developments. In addition to the geophysical contract announced in July, Fugro has secured two further awards fro
A consortium of Global OTEC, a UK-based pioneer in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) development, and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been selected to study a site in the Bahamas for OTEC. This has been requested by the Government of the Bahamas to provide an evidence ba
Subsea7 has secured yet another contract extension with Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for the third development phase of Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. Turkish Petroleum hired a consortium of SLB, Subsea7, and Saipem on an engineering, procurement, construction and inst
Netherlands-headquartered Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has won its first contract with Saipem for cable transportation and transpooling services in the Caspian region, valued at approximately $20 million. Under the contract secured with Saipem Contracting Netherlands BV, SCA will provide engineering, s
