Subsea & Survey

Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has successfully launched floating LiDAR and wave buoys as part of the metocean campaign for the proposed floating offshore wind farm project off the North East of Scotland.

Subsea7 has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Shell for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure associated with the FPSO Fluminense in the Bijupirá and Salema fields of the Campos Basin, at 700m water depth.

In September, Argeo announced the purchase of three new advanced AUV’s from Kongsberg, two Hugin Superiors and one Hugin 6000. On November 14, the contracts for all three vehicles were formally signed at Kongsberg’s premises in Horten.

DOF Group is pleased to announce a contract with Subsea7 for a Time Charter of Skandi Acergy, adding a minimum of 18 months firm backlog, at a value in the range $85–105 million, to the Group. Commencement is expected to be Q1 2025 after the vessels current commitments.

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix), under the direction of the US Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), recovered the remaining debris of the Titan submersible from the North Atlantic seafloor near the RMS Titanic shipwreck.

Ignitis Renewables, an international green energy company, has awarded Fugro a contract to conduct a geophysical survey at Lithuania's first offshore wind farm site. This critical step in the project's development aims to enhance the understanding of seabed conditions, which will inform the location, construction and design of future wind turbines at the Baltic Sea.

CGG, in association with PETRONAS, has announced the start of the Selat Melaka 2D multi-client seismic program over the Langkasuka Basin offshore Malaysia. Located in the Malacca Strait, the project has received industry funding and will deliver early products in December 2023 and final results in August 2024.

N-Sea Group has entered into an agreement with Rederij Groen to long term charter the Dutch flagged vessel 4-WINDS, a modern offshore support vessel built in 2012.

Galp, a Portuguese energy corporation, awarded Fugro a contract to conduct an environmental and geophysical survey offshore Namibia.

Pioneering exploratory geotechnical surveys for the construction of offshore wind farm Ossian have recently been completed, with involvement from Ocean Infinity’s newly developed device, the ‘Infinity CPT 250’.

Reach Subsea, the trusted data and subsea service provider for ocean-based industries, has signed an attractive three or five-year charter contract and additional options with Agalas for a modern IMR/Survey vessel with low emission, smart lifting arrangement and a state-of-the-art equipment package that can be adapted to several market segments, with delivery early 2026.

C.A. Richards & Associates, Inc, a Sottomarine Company, is excited to announce an agreement to represent GeoAcoustics Ltd across the 50 United States of America. The new agreement expands on the existing relationship which focused on meeting demand for GeoAcoustics’ innovative hydrographic technology primarily in Gulf States.