Hanwha Ocean Floating Turbine Receives ABS Approval
ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean for its new design of a semisubmersible-type floating offshore wind turbine.The design, named WindHive 15-H3, supports 15-megawatt (MW) turbines on three hexagonal columns. ABS completed design reviews based on class and industry requirements.“Floating offshore wind power is set to play a critical role in the world’s future energy landscape, and we are proud to collaborate with industry leaders like Hanwha Ocean on innovative solutions that are focused on advancing safety at sea,” said Rob Langford, ABS Vice President
MOL Teams Up with Kinetics for ‘World's First’ Floating Data Center
and deployment of a state-of-the-art data center hosted on a retrofitted vessel.The facility will be supplied with uninterrupted, dedicated power from a range of flexible sources, including Powerships developed by Karpowership, as well as options to integrate land-based grids, onshore solar farms, offshore wind, or other power generation solutions depending on project location and client requirements.The partnership combines Kinetics' expertise in mobile energy infrastructure with MOL's extensive maritime and offshore logistics capabilities to address the surging global demand for digital
FET to Provide ROVs to Offshore Construction Firm
The Forum Energy Technologies (FET) Subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to CCC (Underwater Engineering) S.A.L (CCC (UE)), the UAE-based offshore construction organization.The FET Perry XLX-C 3000m systems will be used for construction, drill support, pipeline and platform inspection, survey, salvage and cleaning services. The first of the two ROVs will be delivered in November 2025, with the second scheduled for delivery in June 2026.The XLX-C features significantly enhanced performance across the full range of demanding intervention
Blue Logic and Hydromea to Accelerate Subsea WLAN Deployments
risk of corrosion and short circuits, while Hydromea’s optical communication ensures high-speed, low-latency data transfer and remote control without requiring direct line of sight.Ready for Deployment: Both technologies are fully commercial and can be deployed today, offering immediate value to offshore operators and defense organizations.By enabling wireless, real-time communication and remote control of UIDs, the combined solution will reduce reliance on supply vessels, lower operational costs, and minimize the carbon footprint of underwater missions
Subsea7 Nets ‘Substantial’ Contract off Norway
Subsea 7 today has secured a ‘substantial’ contract offshore Norway, worth between $150 million and $300 million.Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of pipeline bundles, spools, protection covers and tie-ins using key vessels from Subsea7’s fleet.Project management and engineering will begin immediately at Subsea7’s offices in Stavanger, Norway and Aberdeen, Scotland.Fabrication of pipeline bundles will take place at Wester, Scotland, while the offshore operations are expected to take place in 2025-2027.Subsea7 did not
Acteon’s Rocksteady Tension Tool Selected by InnovateUK
a UK program designed to fast-track knowledge transfer and accelerate innovation. The RSTT is a reusable in-line winch and connection system designed to enable mid-line hookup of mooring lines at final tension to optimize the hook-up and disconnection processes between mooring systems and floating offshore wind turbines.The RSTT is expected to significantly reduce capital expenditure and installation costs by eliminating the need for fairleads, tensioners, and chains; reducing vessel size requirements and using a reusable subsea winch system that minimizes rigging operations for each new mooring installati
Survey Sequence Important to Predicting Underwater Landslides
Submarine landslides can hamper the productivity of offshore installations, but researchers at Texas A&M may now be able to accurately predict the occurrence of marine landslides using underwater site characterization data.Although data from personnel with different expertise are needed to tell the story of the land below the sea, the order in which they perform their tasks toward site characterization is important, says Zenon Medina-Cetina, associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. This sequence, if violated due to budgetary or time constraints, could lead to
Endangered Gulf of Mexico Whale Threatened by Oil and Gas Vessel Strikes
The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize the existence of the endangered Rice's whale.The analysis, known as a biological opinion, governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from oil and gas activities in the region, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America.There are an estimated 51 Rice's whales in the Gulf, according to the analysis, which sets speed restrictions and a requirement for
Skyports Trials Drone Deliveries for UAV-Enabled Maritime Services
Skyports Drone Services, a firm specializing in drone delivery and inspection services for healthcare, maritime, logistics and energy use cases, has been conducting a series of Proof-of-Concept Ship-to-Shore beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights and deliveries in Michigan’s Great Lakes region.Conducted in partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) and Newlab, the trial is operating from DeTour, Michigan, and running from until May 27, 2025, ferrying cargo to Interlake Steamship vessels.The
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