The Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has announced a reduction of 300 jobs and the withdrawal of its financial guidance for 2025 as a wide range of projects has been affected by postponements due to market uncertainties, mainly seen in oil and gas. Fugro reported on September 22 that although the sec
The EU-funded SUREWAVE project has reached a milestone with the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) extending its hydrodynamic modelling tools to simulate large-scale offshore floating solar farms. According to SUREWAVE, the work scales up to a 2 MW system under different operating condi
Switzerland-based RoRo cargo shipping company Sallaum Lines has unveiled its first LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Ocean Breeze, in the port of Antwerp, celebrating its European debut.
A multibillion-dollar boost is on the horizon for the Guyanese economy, thanks to a $6.8 billion investment, which ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil, has set its cap on pouring into the development of its seventh offshore oil project in the Stabroek block off the c
An application has been filed to boost the liquefaction capacity of a proposed floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project near Kitimat in British Columbia, Canada.
The Netherlands and Japan have strengthened their hydrogen partnership with a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by industry organizations NLHydrogen and the Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A).
NextGeo has entered into an eight-year framework agreement with the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to provide geotechnical seabed survey services for offshore substation development. Under the agreement, valued at multiple million euros annually over eight years, NextGeo will prov
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has initiated a new phase of collaboration with Henkel, a chemical and consumer goods company, to boost the use of sustainable marine fuel (SMF), aiming for reductions in transport-related greenhouse gas (GHG) em
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has started production from a subsea field in the Barents Sea that is transported to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Melkøya island for processing.
Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the return of a 1990-built semi-submersible rig, which it acquired from Transocean, to the North Sea, where it will resume its assignment in UK waters.
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of its next-generation trenching support vessel (TSV), described as the world’s most powerful TSV ever built. The shipbuilding contract was signed at Asso.subsea’s headquarters in
Onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) could play an important role as an interim measure for shipping decarbonization while alternative fuels are scaled up, it was heard at a recent seminar organized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ go-ahead for activities in the Norwegian North Sea, which will be carried out with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon Gijon has splashed the third dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) fast ferry designed for compatriot ferry operator Baleària by Australia’s Incat Crowther. As disclosed, now that it has been launched, the 123-meter-long vessel, christened Mercedes Pinto,
