In a first for the sector, industry bodies Subsea UK and the Umbilical Manufacturers Federation (UMF) have joined forces to deliver a conference focusing on the new developments and opportunities which exist in the subsea umbilicals industry.

Prysmian receives binding offer from Carlisle Companies Incorporated for the acquisition of the business of Draka Fileca SAS

ABB, in collaboration with Keppel O&M’s technology arm, Keppel Marine and Deepwater Technology (KMDTech), will jointly develop the technology for autonomous vessels and retrofit a 32-meter harbor tugboat with leading-edge digital solutions, enabling autonomous vessel operations in the Port of Singapore at the end of 2020. Upon project completion, the vessel is anticipated to be South Asia’s first autonomous tug.

SubCableWorld (SCW), a leading provider of news and market intelligence for the submarine cable industry, and the Business Network for Offshore Wind (The Network), a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing an offshore wind supply chain in the United States, has announced the dates for the first conference to specifically address the cable-related supply chain challenges for the offshore wind industry in the United States.

Richard will be leading the company’s vessel operations and activities as the Director of Marine Operations at TDI-Brooks.

In support of the Trump Administration’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, the Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced steps to ensure workplace safety on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) renewable energy facilities.

Seabed Geosolutions has secured a letter of award to provide a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in 2000 m of water in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.

WindPower Korea, EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have formed a consortium with the ambition to develop an initial 500 megawatt (MW) floating wind farm off the coast of Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Korea.

The latest additions to the modern and diverse fleet operated by Homeland Integrated Offshore Services (Homeland IOS Ltd) have arrived safely in Nigeria and are now being prepared for their first assignments.

McDermott International, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Company") announced that it has entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") with certain of its secured lenders (the "Lenders") under which the Company will have access to up to $1.7 billion of additional financing, including letter of credit capacity.

A consortium of five universities, including Heriot-Watt University, working with 35 industrial and innovation partners, has unveiled the latest results from its multimillion-pound research collaboration.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and biofuels supplier GoodFuels are set to take the next key step in the ‘Boskalis on Bio’ program for the testing of sustainable bio-fuel oil.

Poland’s leading maritime thought-leadership conference heard that the country is set to become one of the biggest centers in Europe for offshore wind, turbo-charging billions of Euros of investment.

Inmarsat, a world leader in global mobile satellite communications, has published a new and authoritative guide to the information and communication technology that plays an increasingly critical role in the safety, efficiency and environmental performance of ships.

Unplanned outages are on the rise globally from both equipment failures and damages. Smaller operators do not have the excess capital to conduct the same level of planned outages.

OPITO, a global, not-for-profit skills organization for the energy industry, has collaborated with drilling employers to develop an online assessment to reinforce the competency of roustabouts.