Subsea Services

VESSELS

VESSELS

Autonomous vessel firm Saildrone is expanding its manufacturing and operations into Europe, opening new production lines in the Netherlands, Norway and Poland alongside a new EU headquarters and technical hiring in Copenhagen.

18th August 2026

Saildrone sets sail for Europe with major expansion

18th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK Crown Estate has granted a seabed lease for the offshore phase of a carbon capture and storage project in Liverpool Bay.

5th August 2026

Seabed lease unlocks offshore phase of Liverpool Bay CCS project

5th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch offshore solar developer SolarDuck is developing a floating platform designed to provide power, communications and control systems directly to remote subsea assets, potentially eliminating the need for long subsea cables, diesel…

30th July 2026

Solving the offshore power challenge with floating hubs

30th July 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Dutch fibre-optic sensing tech firm Optics11 has signed a contract with the Dutch Ministry of Defence for a towed sensing array that can be used for all surface vessels.

23rd July 2026

Dutch deep-tech firm proves military/civilian crossover

23rd July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new cable and offshore service hub has been set up at the Swedish port of Oskarshamn to expand offshore services in the Baltic Sea region.

22nd July 2026

New cable hub positions Baltic for offshore growth

22nd July 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Subsea engineering specialist SMD has delivered a heavy-duty power cable plough designed to install and protect high-capacity submarine power cables supporting offshore wind and grid interconnection projects.

15th July 2026

​SMD delivers heavy-duty subsea cable plough to Prysmian

15th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine salvage firm Resolve Marine will begin one of the UK’s most sensitive wreck salvage projects in September when it starts removing three masts that have become an iconic sight for residents…

14th July 2026

Bomb-laden WWII wreck to have masts removed after 82 years

14th July 2026

OPINION

OPINION

Decommissioning could be the UK’s next infrastructure crunch – logistics firms hold the key to success, says Nigel Kent, Head of Group Strategic Projects (Project Cargo) within the Peel Ports Group.

10th July 2026

Decommissioning: Bottleneck or opportunity?

10th July 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Just weeks after outlining plans for a permanent human habitat beneath the waves, subsea technology company DEEP has deployed its Vanguard module on the seabed.

9th July 2026

Going DEEP: ‘Vanguard’ takes the plunge

9th July 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is boosting its expansion into the underwater technology sector, agreeing to buy majority stakes in four Italian companies that specialise in subsea services.

8th July 2026

Fincantieri’s €600m deep dive puts on show of underwater force

8th July 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg will supply technology to protect critical subsea infrastructure as the world struggles to respond to recent sabotage events.

7th July 2026

Kongsberg lands subsea protection deal as cable sabotage fears grow

7th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis has announced the christening of what it says is the world’s largest rock installation vessel, which can carry a whopping 45,500 tons of rocks across two holds.

6th July 2026

Boskalis christens world’s largest rock installation vessel

6th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME has used specialist marine construction vessels and installation techniques to install one of Europe’s largest oyster reef restoration projects.

29th June 2026

Marine contractors hired to engineer oyster habitats

29th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has launched one of Europe’s largest offshore wind procurement rounds, opening the door to a decade of work for vessel operators, port infrastructure providers, equipment suppliers and marine contractors.

16th June 2026

France launches one of Europe’s largest offshore wind tenders

16th June 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Kongsberg and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) have launched a groundbreaking deep-sea mapping expedition in the central Pacific, aiming to chart vast areas of previously unexplored seafloor using advanced multibeam sonar technology.

12th June 2026

Kongsberg maps Pacific Ocean depths

12th June 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Subnero and HydroSurv have teamed up to transform long-term ocean monitoring by reducing reliance on crewed recovery vessels and enabling continuous seabed-to-shore data delivery.

8th June 2026

Subsea data ops partnership launches

8th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fincantieri subsidiary Vard has won its largest single-vessel order in the company’s history in a contract worth nearly €700 million, and says it’s also the largest ever awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder.

5th June 2026

Vard wins record-breaking vessel order

5th June 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UK government will impose tougher penalties on shipowners and operators who intentionally or recklessly damage subsea cables amid mounting concern across Europe over the vulnerability of underwater infrastructure.

1st June 2026

UK spearheads subsea cable damage penalties

1st June 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK ocean engineering company DEEP is on the verge of deploying the first subsea human habitat for 40 years.

22nd May 2026

Subsea human habitat on cusp of deployment

22nd May 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Next Geosolutions has secured a contract worth approximately €9 million from TenneT to deliver marine survey activities for the offshore wind area Voordelta – Nederwiek 3 in the Netherlands.

22nd May 2026

NextGeo wins TenneT survey deal

22nd May 2026