International Submarine Engineering Ltd. has bolstered its subsea offering with an exclusive collaboration with Babcock Canada for autonomous underwater docking applications, and a successful delivery of an ROV to Japanese sea-user Fukada Salvage and Marine Works.
Genoa Design International and Seaspan Shipyards announced in October 2025 their agreement on technical design services contract for Canada's heavy polar icebreaker project. Through this partnership, Genoa will grow its workforce of naval architects and marine systems designers to 100-plus - continuing a trend of supporting Canadian maritime infrastructure development.
ROMOR Ocean Solutions of Nova Scotia continued to cement its presence in the market by conducting training with its defense partners and participating in major marine industry conferences in November 2025, adding to its 30 years of experience in ocean technology design and solutions.
Nexans Norway AS and Ulstein Verft have reported a key project milestone with the launch of the Nexans Electra in Ulstein Verft’s dock hall in Norway for final outfitting, along with commissioning and testing for complex subsea power cable projects.
OceanWise ces onto the map for increased cetacean protection at wet faces of mainland UK after splicing new appliances for Trelleborgs. As digital mapping suppliers for the UK government, they’ve also joined the Society of Maritime Industries and expanded Australia’s Whale Report Alert System ROWR out across allSuitable of north western Australia for more maritime safety jeopards.
Recent deals of shipbuilder Imabari that demonstrate the company’s strength in Japan’s changing shipbuilding landscape include two fuel efficient bulk carriers that were delivered, support of an industry-wide plan to double Japan’s shipbuilding capacity through investment in automation and R&D, and investment in design partnerships for next generation low and zero carbon vessels.
Kongsberg Maritime has recently announced contracts for propulsion systems for Med Marine tugs, launch and recovery systems for Sea1 Offshore vessels, and propellers for Canadian Navy destroyers, all as part of its planned listing as a separate company in April 2026.
Marine energy continued to progress this month, with Nova Scotia issuing 12.5 megawatts of new tidal stream licenses to Eauclaire Tidal and Orbital Marine Power at Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy site. National laboratories and international collaborations worked on tools, research programmes, coordination platforms to accelerate the testing and deployment of wave and tidal technologies.
COVE has also recently been designated as a key Element of Canada’s maritime defence innovation ecosystem with major support from Federal authorities for the creation of an innovative Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH) at COVE as well as provided at sea testing capability for next generation towed array and underwater sensing technologies developed at COVE.
Kraken Robotics announced record revenue for the third quarter driven by strong demand for subsea batteries, SAS, sub botttom imaging services and contribution from their 3D at Depth acquisition. Furthermore BlueZone Group were appointed sales representatives in Australia and New Zealand allowing Kraken Robotics to focus more closely on defence and offshore energy opportunities in that region.
More recently, commercial access to the oceans has been changed by incremental moves by carriers back in the direction of the Suez Canal; continuing security risks offshore in the Red and Black Seas; and an increased naval tempo in the Baltic. Carriers, insurers and regulators are adjusting routing, risk premiums and enforcement to try and find an optimum balance between efficient schedule operation and mitigating geo-political and maritime security risk.
Impact Subsea celebrates tenth anniversary of rapid growth with new award. Impact Subsea recently received the Kings Award for Enterprise in International Trade after over a decade of global growth and expansion into the underwater sensing market.
November 2025 saw a number of hardware deliveries, redeployment opportunities and regulatory advances across the FPSO space. Drydocks World converted an EMEM FPSO for use offshore Nigeria, while it also offered a redeployment opportunity in the West Africa space, with a Tamara Tokoni. Meanwhile, in FPSO related news, Petrobras changed up its long term fleet, and ABS added remote control capability to FPSOs.
Offshore construction activity over the month has seen wind cable installation progress in the US, new multi-purpose support vessel orders in Europe, and next generation construction support equipment contracts across Asia. Taken together, these suggest an industry tentatively increasing capacity and capability while effectively managing costs and meeting shifting project schedules.
Takeaways from the last month on offshore pipeline projects around the globe. California regulatory environment and a project update in the North Sea. Sable Offshore petitioned the federal government for permission to engage its Santa Ynez Unit pipeline that has been dormant for almost three years. The initiative to transport and store Aramis CO2 through European waters has been officially resonate, as the biggest offshore pipeline project in the world has opted to pursue a “game-changing” EU tendering procedure for its pipeline system in the North Sea.
The last few months have also seen moves throughout the offshore supply vessel segment both on the fleet investment and technology upgrade fronts. Damen and Windcat part unveiled a multi purpose accommodation support vessel series; DOF and Petrobras advanced long term Brazilian charters; Tidewater exercised options within a major retrofit program; while Sea1 Offshore progressed high capability construction tonnage with advanced crane packages.
Over the past month, offshore wind was driven by changing policy signals, auction design debates, and climate diplomacy. In Germany, industry groups called for tenders to be delayed to 2026 as the market adjusted to rising costs and an unsuccessful auction held in 2025; globally, at COP30, there was new analysis showing that existing national targets could still support a tripling of offshore capacity by 2030, even with notable slowdowns occurring within some nations (namely, the U.S.).
Hanwha Ocean marched closer to its objective(s) this month, beginning with its successful announcement of the container ship order from HMM, bolstering naval export with new agreements in Thailand and Canada, and making progress in ammonia fuel system development through corporate friends such as Alfa Laval. In other news, the Chinese authorities eased restrictions on a few Hanwha Ocean subsidiaries, highlighting the complexities of the geopolitical operating environment they are based in.
Tactical diver navigation was enhanced with the announcement that Blueprint Subsea of the UK had partnered with Nortek to support navigation of operational divers. Nortek Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) are integrated into the Blueprint Artemis diver navigation system, which provides reliable underwater navigation for offshore and military diving applications where GPS signals are not available.
Bartington Instruments has increased its portfolio of advanced magnetic sensing technologies through new product launches and strategic partnerships, reinforcing its position as a market leader. The UK manufacturer unveiled new compact digitizer products while expanding its optically pumped magnetometer range - meeting rising demand for applications including maritime surveillance, defence and scientific research.