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Equinor Halts Activities on Empire Wind Project After US Stop-Work Order

Dec 23, 2025

Equinor said it is complying with a stop-work order issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which ordered the suspension of offshore construction activities on the Empire Wind project citing national security concerns…

Lamprell Lands Four Offshore EPCI Contracts in Saudi Arabia

Dec 22, 2025

Offshore construction firm Lamprell has secured four engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts earlier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Across the four projects, Lamprell’s combined scope includes the installation of new platforms…

Tekmar Secures Over $9M Offshore Wind Cable Protection Deal

Dec 19, 2025

Asset protection technology and offshore energy services provider Tekmar Group has signed a contract worth over $9 million from an existing engineering, procurement and construction customer for a major U.K. offshore wind project.The AIM-listed…

2025: Fascinated with Subsea Discovery

Dec 18, 2025

Our fascination with the depths of the ocean revealed itself in some of our most-read stories of 2025.What’s really down there? asked New Wave Media President Greg Trauthwein in his interview with Matt Grove, Regional Segment Manager Offshore at Seequent in September…

NKT Expands Swedish Cable Accessories Plant Amid Rising Demand

Dec 16, 2025

NKT has completed the construction of a new test hall, the expansion of production capacity, and a new office building at its cable accessories factory in Sweden to support the high demand for high-voltage power cable accessories in Europe.The new facilities in Alingsas are now fully operational…

Ocean Geophysics, HighTide Team Up for Offshore Data Processing

Dec 16, 2025

Offshore wind industry suppliers Ocean Geophysics and HighTide have entered into a joint venture aimed at combining their seabed data processing, analysis and interpretation capabilities.The partnership brings together Ocean Geophysics’ large…

Jan De Nul Wraps Up Cable Installation Job for TenneT’s DolWin Platform

Dec 15, 2025

Belgian offshore contractor Jan De Nul has concluded the 2025 transport and installation campaign of three HVAC grid connection cables at TenneT’s DolWin kappa platform.When finalized, these cables will ensure the transport of almost 660 MW renewable electricity from two offshore wind farms…

North Sea Gas Platform ‘Goes Green’ with Offshore Wind

Dec 15, 2025

Dutch gas producer ONE-Dyas has started operating the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German North Sea to be powered by offshore wind energy, after completing an electricity cable connection to Germany’s Riffgat offshore wind farm…

Solstad Sells Normand Clipper CSV to Global Maritime Group

Dec 12, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Maritime has sold its Normand Clipper construction support vessel (CSV) to Global Maritime Group.Global Maritime Group, the current charterer of the vessel, declared the purchase option for the Normand Clipper…

DEME Set for Monopiles, Cables Installation Job at Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 11, 2025

DEME has secured three contracts for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland.The combined contracts are valued between $174 million and $350 million (€150 million and 300 million)…

GE Vernova, Seatrium Ink TenneT Deal for 2.2GW North Sea Grid Link

Dec 11, 2025

A consortium of GE Vernova and Singapore’s Seatrium has secured a major contract from Dutch-German grid operator TenneT to deliver the BalWin5 offshore grid connection, a 2.2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system designed…

Thistle Wind Partners Submits Plans for Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2025

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm, planned for 44 km off Stonehaven in North East Scotland, has submitted the application for planning permission in principle for the onshore infrastructure of the Project to Aberdeenshire Council. The submission covers the elements from the landfall point near Benholm…

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