European ferry operator Stena Line is building two all-new hybrid propulsion vessels designed to run on methanol. The company said that the construction of the NewMax vessels will begin shortly with the launch of operations on the Irish Sea expected in 2025. China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weiha
Utah-headquartered Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and Pennsylvania-based VideoRay have signed an agreement to offer integrated underwater robotic systems. Under the agreement, the parties plan on combining VideoRay remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with the Sarcos Guardian Sea Class robo
Enauta has initiated a scheduled maintenance shutdown for an FPSO, which is currently working on a field offshore Brazil.
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of stability and marine systems on one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.
Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Toyotsu Energy Corporation have launched Japan’s first continuous supply of biodiesel blended fuel (biofuel) on a commercial basis to ships operated by Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd. at the Port of Nagoya. According to Toyota Tsusho, the launch follows repeated biofuel sup
The UK Government is planning to create a “treasure map” which will show how much carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be possible under the North Sea seabed. The plan envisages that companies that already have a license to store carbon will have to report what they find to the North Sea Transitio
MODEC has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Equinor to supply an FPSO, which will work at a recently sanctioned project off Brazil.
French utility company Engie and Western Australian technology development company Hazer Group have extended their collaboration for clean hydrogen and graphitic carbon production facility in France. Hazer Group is undertaking the commercialisation of the Hazer Process, a low-emission hydrogen and g
Afentra plc has completed the acquisition of interests in two blocks offshore Angola from Croatia’s INA-Industrija Nafte. This marks the UK player’s entry into Angola.
QED Naval, a Scotland-based tidal energy company, has applied to the UK government’s fifth contracts for difference (CfD) allocation round to develop its tidal energy project at Morlais site in Wales.
UK biofuel supplier Green Biofuels (GBF) has teamed up with GAC Ireland, a provider of ship agency services at all major Irish ports, to complete the first lifting of renewable drop in diesel fuel (GD+) from GBF’s Cork Terminal, also known as Ireland’s first clean fuels terminal. The first 39,000-li
Papua New Guinea’s Kumul Petroleum Holdings has once again extended the period for the binding conditional offer made to Australian energy company Santos to acquire a 5% interest in PNG LNG for an asset value of $1.4 billion. The offer will remain open until 31 August 2023, and Santos said it has ag
The US Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has approved ten projects through its ninth request for technical support (RFTS), reflecting a total of more than $1.2 million.
European Parliament’s landslide plenary vote shows the EU is ready to step up efforts to curb the methane footprint from the energy sector.
