Ocean services provider DeepOcean has acquired 100% of the shares in Australia-based subsea services provider Shelf Subsea, creating what it says is a global subsea player and expanding its footprint into Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Australia, Shelf Subsea has of
Damen Shiprepair, part of the Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen Shipyards Group, has hosted a naming ceremony for a self-elevating heavy lift jack-up, being repurposed from two former units by decommissioning services specialist Petrodec, at its yard in Rotterdam.
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam Authority has joined forces with Norwegian maritime player EDGE Navigation to work on the development of a future-proof liquid hydrogen (LH2) infrastructure for the maritime sector.
OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea using a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling.
The European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement aiming at aligning “more accurately” the mandate of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
Brazilian shipping player Wilson Sons has marked a new decarbonization milestone, having managed to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at its Rio Grande Container Terminal using 100% renewable energy. As disclosed, Wilson Sons’ effort was recognized via an International Renewable Energy Certificat
Swedish-Swiss technology company ABB has signed an agreement to acquire BrightLoop, a French company specializing in advanced power electronics, to accelerate its electrification strategy in industrial mobility and marine propulsion.
The European Commission (EC) has selected the winners of the second European Hydrogen Bank (EHB), which will receive nearly €1 billion in funding to produce renewable hydrogen, including producers with off-takers in the maritime sector.
France’s marine contractor GEOCEAN has completed another step required to put in place a mooring system for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit off the coast of Congo, Africa.
The Aberdeen-based JCE Energy has designed and supplied a modular solar power system to Aquaterra Energy, a UK-headquartered offshore energy engineering solutions provider, for a supermajor’s unmanned Sea Swift production platform offshore Angola. The system was delivered under a £1.5 million (aroun
The Yuan Hai Kou, hailed as China’s largest ocean-going solar- and liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered cargo ship, has set sail on its maiden voyage from Nansha, Guangzhou. As disclosed, the 7,000 CEU PV + LNG dual-fuel car carrier was fully loaded with Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), after wh
Singapore-based shipowner Hung Ze Shipping has signed a cooperation agreement with Dealfeng New Energy Technology, a Chinese provider of wind-assisted propulsion systems, to equip a new series of 14,000 dwt chemical tankers with rotor sails.
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has received an order to supply the cargo handling systems for two very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) under construction at Hanwa Ocean shipyard in South Korea.
Subsea7 has secured a sizeable subsea contract, worth between $50 million and $150 million, for a project in West Africa deemed as “strategically important“. Under the contract, Subsea7 is in charge of transporting and installing flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for t
