Survey Vessel

VESSELS

VESSELS

Vard has won its first-of-a-kind €220 million contract for two multi-function buoy and lighthouse maintenance vessels from British charity Trinity House.

22nd July 2026

Vard wins €220 million first-of-a-kind contract

22nd July 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A routine sea trial in the Firth of Forth turned into a drifting emergency and engine room fire when a single weak component buried deep inside a diesel generator failed without warning. According to a Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)…

7th May 2026

MAIB: How substandard engine parts triggered catastrophic failure

7th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has won an international tender to build two advanced hydrographic research vessels for the German government.

11th December 2025

Gondan wins German vessel contract after 3-year tender

11th December 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Next Geosolutions Europe is teaming up with the Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven to convert an offshore vessel into a high-spec seabed survey vessel.

6th June 2025

Offshore vessel conversion under way

6th June 2025

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VESSELS

The first Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) will be delivered to the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management executive agency (Rijkswaterstaat) in a four-year contract.

13th February 2025

First USV ordered for Dutch water board

13th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The test launch of autonomous, unmanned surface vessel (USV) Pioneer has been launched by UK-based ACUA Ocean less than one year after Ad Hoc Marine Designs completed the design.

30th January 2025

INTERVIEW: Pioneering autonomous H2 USVs

30th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Italian geosciences company Next Geosolutions has secured a €43 million contract to carry out surveys in the North Sea to look at offshore wind grid connections.

17th December 2024

New contract signed for subsea survey

17th December 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Operating a crane without safeguards on board a survey and supply vessel resulted in an officer’s leg being crushed then amputated, a report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has concluded.

19th September 2024

Officer’s leg amputated after crane accident: Report

19th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fugro’s research vessel Pioneer is being readied for part conversion to methanol engines, with the main components already successfully converted, the company says.

27th August 2024

Methanol conversion begins on research vessel

27th August 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ocean Infinity says it has produced first-of-its-kind data from a survey for Ørsted and PGE’s offshore wind farm project in the Polish section of the Baltic Sea.

30th July 2024

WATCH: Lean-crewed wind farm survey

30th July 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

An offshore ROV and subsea services company has been launched after two Dutch firms merged to create FreeStar.

4th June 2024

A star is born in Subsea Services

4th June 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A platform service vessel (PSV) used in the oil and gas industry has been converted into a geotechnical survey vessel to be used around offshore wind farms.

22nd January 2024

‘Fugro Resilience’ PSV given new role

22nd January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The MAIB has published a report into the flooding and sinking of a survey workboat Bella in British waters.

7th September 2022

Survey vessel sinking report

7th September 2022