Swiss based marine engine technology developer WinGD continues to invest in its R&D testing infrastructure with the opening of a new collaborative Global Test Centre in Shanghai, China.

Subsea 7 has been awarded a large¹ contract to Subsea Integration Alliance² by Woodside, as Operator for and on behalf of the Scarborough Joint Venture³, for the Scarborough project, located approximately 380km offshore North West Australia.

Oceanology International (Oi) is just three months away, starting on March 15th at Excel in London. Exhibitors are already keen to take part in this world leading event where industry, academia and government share knowledge and connect with the world’s marine science and ocean technology communities.

AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) has acquired the remaining 29 percent stake in Innosea – a leading engineering, design and R&D consulting firm specializing in marine renewables – increasing its total shareholding to 100 percent.

Fulkrum, a leading provider of inspection, expediting, auditing and technical staffing services to the energy industry, has reported a highly successful year, with the opening of new branches in strategic global locations and new appointments to support business growth strategy, despite challenging market conditions.

Inmarsat ORCHESTRA, the future network for global mobility and government communications, achieved its first milestone in space with the successful activation of a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite payload.


Siemens Gamesa is deeply committed to sustainability and has set the ambitious target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2040. This includes emissions produced by the company’s entire value chain.

The exponential growth of offshore wind power will be the main driver of a nine-fold increase in demand for ocean space by the middle of the century, according DNV’s Ocean’s Future to 2050.

TotalEnergies and its co-venturers have been successful in winning the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of the Atapu and Sépia pre-salt oil fields offered by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) in the Transfer of Rights (ToR) Surplus Bidding Round.

Feedback on the Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT) Virtual Subsea Awareness Course and their Virtual Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Course proved so positive that third iterations of both are to be held in March 2022.

Until now, most devices and machines on board vessels are monitored via analog cables and wires. They often only indicate whether they work or not and whether there is a failure. By connecting all devices and machines to the vessels’ network, much more information becomes available.


ICR Integrity (ICR), global provider of specialist maintenance, integrity, and inspection solutions, has been awarded a long-term hire contract with Aker Solutions for the provision of Quickflange™ weldless connections for bp’s offshore assets in Angola.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable¹ contract by Aker BP for the Hanz field development located in the North Sea.

A dedicated Kongsberg Maritime project team has successfully carried out a major upgrade of the Safety and Automation Systems on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel belonging to the Norwegian oil exploration and development company Aker BP.

Subsea Data Systems, Inc., a new partnership between Samara/Data and Ocean Specialists, Inc., announces a new investment from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program toward the company’s efforts to develop SMART (Sensor Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications) Cable technologies.

Global demand for oil products has seen strong recovery this year, however, depressed kerosene demand from the aviation sector is a major barrier to full recovery, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.