Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to at
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) revealed today that it is working on an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) demonstration project using deep ocean water on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture. The company said that the project is being implemented together with Xenesys, Inc. and Sag
PRIO has completed the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ interest in a field offshore Brazil, enabling it to take full ownership of this field.
Ferry operator DFDS, the Port of Dover, Port Boulogne Calais, and Dunkerque-Port have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on decarbonizing maritime traffic on the Dover Strait. The agreement was reached at the recently held Anglo-French summit with the aim of accelerating effor
P&O Ferries’ newly commissioned Fusion Class vessel P&O Pioneer has docked at DP World Limassol port on its journey from Guangzhou, China to Dover, United Kingdom. P&O Pioneer arrived on Wednesday for bunkering, as it makes its way toward Dover, where it is expected to become fully operational on th
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has performed an evacuation via helicopter of a crew member from one of Allseas’ vessels located approximately 15 miles offshore Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
U.S.-headquartered Greensea Systems has demonstrated untethered autonomous operation of commercially available remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Using a commercially available Defender ROV from VideoRay, outfitted with batteries, an acoustic modem, and the new OPENSEA Edge system, Greensea demonstr
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and US WEC Energy Group have tested the capabilities of a Wärtsilä engine running on 25 vol% hydrogen-blended fuel, and throughout the testing period, the Wärtsilä engine continued to supply power to the grid. According to Wärtsilä, it is the largest commercially op
Norway’s energy giant Equinor has completed the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea off Norway but failed to find hydrocarbons.
A 24,116 TEU ultra-large containership was named and delivered on Thursday, March 23, at China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Changxing shipbuilding base. The vessel bears the name MSC Celestino Maresca and it was built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding for China’s Bank of Communications Financial L
Canadian Woodfibre LNG, a project being developed by Pacific Energy and Enbridge, has revealed its plan to achieve net-zero emissions by the time operations start in 2027, or 23 years ahead of government regulation. The target was set in Woodfibre LNG’s Roadmap to Net Zero which was announced on 23
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has expanded its order of 38m hybrid monohull passenger ferries from Incat Crowther with three additional vessels, pushing the ordering tally to 12 ships. Incat said that the expansion of the project comes following a digital design process with the Trapani-based
Belgian tanker shipping major Euronav has announced the results of its long-awaited special meeting of shareholders in Antwerp and the vote on resolutions submitted by the company’s top shareholders Famatown Finance Ltd and Compagnie Maritime Belge NV (CMB). As reported earlier, CMB was seeking the
Vantage Drilling expects that the future will bring further growth in day rates and utilisation for its fleet of rigs.
