Subsea Services

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A European consortium is advancing new technology to reduce underwater noise from offshore wind projects as research highlights increasing risks to marine life from subsea engineering activity.

13th April 2026

France makes sound investment to curb subsea noise

13th April 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

Entries are flooding in for the celebrated Seawork Awards, offering maritime businesses, teams and individuals the chance to showcase innovations on one of the industry’s biggest stages.

10th April 2026

DON’T MISS OUT: Get your Seawork Award entry in NOW

10th April 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has received applications covering more than 2 million acres of North Sea seabed at the close of the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round last week.

30th March 2026

UK seabed carbon storage licensing attracts bids for 2 million acres

30th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Subsea cable protection and polymer designer CRP Subsea has announced it will supply cable protection for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm.

30th March 2026

CRP Subsea wins contract for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

30th March 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Despite fears being raised over the risk of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery lying laden with explosives off the coat of Kent, recent surveys have shown she remains stable.

27th March 2026

FEATURE: ​Living next to an explosive WW2 wreck

27th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

ZeroUSV has successfully launched a subsea glider from an uncrewed surface vessel (USV), marking a milestone for autonomous vessels in subsea operations.

18th March 2026

USV launches subsea glider in milestone for unmanned operations

18th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

It’s a very bold ambition: to change the entire mindset of the offshore survey sector so that in the future, vessels will be entirely unmanned.

17th March 2026

Ocean Infinity: To boldly go where no man will go again

17th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Lloyd’s Register has certified one of the first uncrewed vessels to achieve full compliance to the updated Workboat Code 3 framework to regulate the design and operation of ROVs in UK waters.

12th March 2026

ROV certification marks breakthrough for uncrewed vessels

12th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chinese unmanned vessel builder OceanAlpha has launched a 24-metre unmanned surface vessel paired with a two-tonne work-class ROV that can plunge depths to 3,000 metres.

12th March 2026

OceanAlpha launches 3,000m USV/ROV system

12th March 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Exail has secured contracts to supply subsea positioning technology for two major offshore energy developments in Brazil and Angola, marking a significant deployment of its long baseline (LBL) acoustic positioning systems in…

11th March 2026

Exail wins deepwater positioning contracts

11th March 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

With Oceanology International awash with launches this year, it would be impossible to list all of them. Here is a sample of some of them.

11th March 2026

Subsea launches galore at Oceanology International

11th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

ABB will supply integrated vessel propulsion, power and vessel automation systems for two hybrid-electric cable repair ships being built for Orange Marine. 

10th March 2026

ABB power for Orange Marine cable fleet

10th March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Discovery has developed a north-seeking micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) that it says represents an advance in inertial navigation technology.

3rd March 2026

Kongsberg Discovery unveils north-seeking MEMS navigation system

3rd March 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A £950 million (€1 billion) framework to connect remote Scottish islands with new or repaired subsea cabling has been announced by SSEN Distribution.

24th February 2026

SSEN pledges €1 billion to plug in remote Scottish islands

24th February 2026

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

It seems the sky is no longer the limit for Kongsberg Discovery, which is moving into outer space in a giant leap into the future.

23rd February 2026

PODCAST: From ocean to orbit – KD takes Giant Leap

23rd February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Offshore wind farm developers Equinor and Polenergia have begun building Poland’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 wind farms, marking a ‘new chapter’ in the development of offshore wind in Poland, they say.

20th February 2026

Building begins on ‘new chapter’ in Poland’s offshore wind sector

20th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Vard has announced that Orange Marine has placed an order for two additional vessels of the VARD 9 03 design, marking a renewed commitment to fleet expansion at Colombo Dockyard.

20th February 2026

Vard secures Orange Marine orders

20th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Steel has been cut on a unique ocean-going technology platform being built by the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR).

19th February 2026

German space centre cuts steel on ocean-going tech platform

19th February 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Briggs Marine has been appointed to SSEN Distribution’s multi-year subsea programme to strengthen electricity links serving Scotland’s island communities from 2027.

17th February 2026

Scottish subsea cable programme for Briggs

17th February 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

GeoAcoustics, who appeared in Maritime Journal’s latest Special Report, Autonomy at Sea, has appointed Seafloor Systems Inc. as its channel partner in the United States, expanding distribution of its hydroacoustic survey equipment…

12th February 2026

GeoAcoustics explores new depths in US

12th February 2026