Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has teamed up with Singapore-based maritime engineering and design company SeaTech Solutions to work on the design and classification of next-generation green tugs and harbor crafts. To bolster their partnership, IRS and SeaTech signed a memor
Omega Subsea has strengthened offshore survey services to meet the rising demand, particularly in sectors like renewable energy, oil and gas, and other underwater infrastructure by pooling resources with EIVA.
UK-headquartered wireless subsea instrumentation developer Aquatec has joined forces with Norway-based Rental Partnership (RTS), enabling its subsea leak detection technology to be added to the Norwegian firm’s rental offering available to the offshore industry around the globe, including subsea con
Saipem has welcomed the lifting of restrictions on new contracts in Brazil, after being banned from striking deals with the country’s public administration earlier this year.
UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company Rockhopper Exploration has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with India’s Zodiac Energy to dispose of its two Italian assets and put in place an insurance policy as it awaits the resolution of a dispute with Italy over a third one. Additi
Island Drilling has wrapped up its plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign off the coast of Mauritania, Africa, which is being carried out with its 2012-built semi-submersible rig.
Subsea7 has used tugs and soft mooring lines connected to a jacket for barge docking for the first time without the deployment of anchors on the seabed to complete installation works at an oil and gas project off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
The UK-based oil and gas company Tower Resources has received an updated and more detailed offer for the farm-out process regarding its production-sharing contract (PSC) off the coast of Cameroon. However, the firm’s discussions with other interested players are still ongoing, thus, it expects to re
Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has welcomed the second multi-fuel Aurora-class pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Höegh Borealis, to its fleet. Höegh Autoliners took delivery of the latest newbuild from China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) on October 16, 2024, following the naming cere
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME) and ORIX Corporation have begun a feasibility study on utilizing wind power for energy-saving operations on one of ORIX’s bulk carriers.
Backed by recently secured funding, the Green Corridor initiative is commencing a study to assess the feasibility of establishing a zero-emission shipping route between ports of Holyhead and Dublin. If established, it will be the first green route to operate between the UK and Ireland. The Green Cor
As one of the consortium members, the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) has unveiled the launch of a project, which is envisioned to promote nature-inclusive designs for offshore renewable infrastructure. Funded under Horizon Europe’s ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ mission, the Nature-inclusive desig
ADC Energy has been hired on a multi-year assignment related to the selection and acceptance of up to three offshore drilling rigs, which will work at a recently greenlighted oil project in Suriname’s Block 58 operated by TotalEnergies.
Following the expansion of the LNG fuel supply structure, South Korea’s Busan Port has hosted the first LNG-powered cruise ship – the 2023-built Silver Nova owned by Monaco-based Silversea Cruises. The 54,000-ton LNG-fueled Silver Nova, which was built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft as the first
