Rovco, one of the offshore energy industry’s leading providers of ROV and hydrographic services coupled with artificial intelligence-based technology, has been awarded a long-term contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project.   

TWI Training and Examination Services, the internationally recognized training provider, has placed an order for two digital video recorders (DVRs) from Scottish video specialists NETmc Marine. The new DVRs will replace old DVD recorders and better reflect the technology integrity engineers will find in the field during offshore operations.

The UK subsidiary of the world's largest food and beverage company, Nestlé, has signed a 15-year indexed fixed price agreement with Ørsted, the world leader in offshore wind, to buy green power from the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm.

China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has ordered 6 × MAN 12V32/44CR main engines in connection with the building of a new 5,000-tonne floating installation crane vessel – already christened ‘Les Alizés’ – for Jan De Nul Group, an international maritime construction expert.

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn), a leading developer-owner-operator of transoceanic subsea fiber optic cable systems, and Jacksonville’s Network Access Point (JaxNAP), servicing specific needs datacenter needs and local area networks in Northeast Florida, announced today that the JAX NAP (Jacksonville Network Access Point) will host Seaborn as their endpoint for the AMX-1 Subsea cable between Jacksonville, Florida and Rio de Janeiro Brazil.

Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF), Canada’s Ocean Company, announced it has filed its financial results for year-ended December 31, 2019.

Martin Neubert, Executive Vice President and CEO of Ørsted Offshore, says:

The hybrid jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid has been awarded a contract for the drilling of three wells and plugging of one on the Martin Linge field. Maersk Drilling will also get a framework contract with Equinor. 

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) announces that Phil Towers has joined the team as Technical Adviser – Diving.

Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc, comments on the first quarter 2020 results

Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants, reports have suggested.

SevenCs, part of the ChartWorld Group, has released the ground-breaking ORCA™ Pilot X software. Originally designed as a primary navigation aid for Pilots, ORCA Pilot X is the industry’s leading tool for professional navigators. In an industry first, ORCA Pilot X is being offered as a free download on the Apple AppStore for iOS tablets.

The widescale impact of COVID-19 had not hit when DNV GL Maritime Advisory (DNV GL) was contracted to conduct a cyber security assessment and penetration test for an offshore asset.

Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus), an established provider of oceanographic rental equipment and turnkey survey systems, has announced a new partnership with SeaRobotics Corporation, a leading developer of unmanned marine systems, in a move to make Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) increasingly available for international rental.

Wison Offshore & Marine’s (“WOM”) innovative 200K LNG Carrier (“200K-LNGC”) design has received Approval in Principle from DNV GL.

DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has approved as qualified, technology for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant.