Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has launched the 15,500 TEU Maersk Charleston. The scrubber-fitted vessel is being built for Hong Kong-based Seaspan Corporation under a contract announced in 2021 covering six 15,500 TEU units. It will be cla
Norway’s offshore safety regulator is awaiting a response from Equinor regarding the way the identified improvement points will be sorted out.
Nexans has secured a contract to provide subsea cables for the PacWave South site, the United States’ first grid-connected wave energy test facility located offshore Oregon.
The Hydrogen Innovation – Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation and Demonstration (HI-FIVED) consortium led by vessel provider ACUA Ocean in partnership with infrastructure provider Unitrove has won a £3.8 million UK government grant to build and showcase its innovative autonomous vessel and bun
China Classification Society (CCS), Singapore’s SDTR Marine and Shanghai’s Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have jointly developed an 85,000 dwt ammonia-fueled bulk carrier. Said to be the world’s first, the vessel has also obtained approval in principle (AiP) from the Chinese class
Fugro has opened a new remote operations center (ROC) in St. John’s, Canada, which will be used for controlling offshore survey operations. According to Fugro, the St. John’s ROC will serve offshore energy and other marine-based clients whose work in Canada often involves harsh operating conditions
Dutch General and Military Intelligence and Security Services (AVID and MVID) have sent a letter to the government together with an update on the latest insights into activities being covertly conducted by Russia, including those that are potentially being carried out in preparation for sabotage of
China’s first domestically built LNG bunkering vessel has completed its first ship-to-ship bunkering operation. The bunkering op was completed on January 18 and it saw the 30,000 cubic meters LNG bunkering ship Hai Yang Shi You 301 (Offshore Oil 301) refuel CMA CGM’s 23,000TEU dual-fuel container sh
Danish company Wavepiston has opened its crowdfunding campaign for overfunding after reaching the initial target of €1.4 million in only one week after the launch of the campaign.
RWE Gas Storage West has submitted planning approval documents for what is expected to be Germany’s first hydrogen cavern storage facility to be used for commercial purposes. RWE announced the start of the approval procedure, which includes environmental impact assessment, back in April 2022 and pre
DOF Subsea Brasil has secured a contract for the charter of its research and survey vessel (RSV) Geoholm in Brazil.
Enauta has revealed that an FPSO, carrying out operations on a field offshore Brazil, has embarked on preventive maintenance activities.
Irish company OceanEnergy has concluded the latest round of tank testing of its scaled OE35 wave energy device model at Lir-National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) as part of the WEDUSEA project.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has announced a new research project with Icebreaker One, an independent, non-profit organisation that aims to support the decarbonisation of shipping by influencing investment decisions with data.
