https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8rhG265esk Check out this video showing how a Maersk Supply Service cable layer carried out the company's first ‘engineered grounding’ to run a cable and bring offshore wind energy ashore, meaning a more cost-effective process and a better flow of power. “Actually doing it was very unusual,” says Captain Peter Grøn, Master of the Maersk … [Read more...]
DeepOcean Signs Long Term Charter for Subsea Construction Vessel
Norwegian subsea contractor DeepOcean AS is hoping to sign a major contract at the end of this week according to Chief Financial Officer Dennis de Vreede. In the meantime however, they have pulled the trigger on a 3 year charter contract with Rem Offshore for the Rem Forza, a 7,692 gross ton, MT 6022-design subsea construction vessel featuring a moonpool, a hanger for two … [Read more...]
DeepOcean Orders New High Spec Cable Lay Ship, Signs Long Term Charter
A 7-year charter agreement between expanding subsea contractor DeepOcean and Maersk Supply Service has triggered a newbuild order for a Damen Offshore Carrier DOC 8500 - the second order for this new ship design from Damen Shipyards Group. The DOC 8500 will extend DeepOcean’s capabilities in the larger cable laying end of the market, representing a new focus on … [Read more...]