Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, which is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Under a contract worth approximately GBP 270 million (around € 316 million), t
Austrian crane specialist Palfinger Marine has been selected by Japanese FPSO supplier Modec to supply two-wire luffing lattice boom cranes for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel being built for the Sangomar field in Senegal.
Oil and gas company Masirah Oil has completed the upgrade of the Yumna field process facilities located in Block 50 offshore Oman.
Swire Energy Services (SES) and ELA Container Offshore have entered a strategic collaboration that will see the two companies jointly delivering offshore accommodation solutions to the UK offshore energy sector. According to the companies, the new partnership will allow SES to increase its offshore
MUFG Bank, a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG and the largest bank in Japan, has become a signatory to the Poseidon Principles. With the latest member, a total of 24 financial institutions have now become signatories to the Principles with a portfolio of over $150 billion in loans to international sh
Denmark’s Danfoss and Ørsted have signed a corporate power purchase agreement for 27 MW of the capacity of the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm. Danfoss, a global industrial manufacturer of energy-efficient solutions, signed a ten-year fixed price CPPA with Ørsted to offtake the portion of the renewab
Oil major ExxonMobil has sent a letter to shareholders urging them to vote using in favour of the company’s 12 director nominees at its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders on 26 May.
Keppel shipyard has reached a major milestone in the construction of the SBM Offshore-owned Liza Unity FPSO with the completion of the topsides lifting.
Tunisian government officials have taken part in an offshore wind training course organized by the Netherlands, representing the country’s first steps towards offshore wind energy. The Dutch Energy Transition Facility (ETF) organized an offshore wind training course for a group of 20 Tunisian govern
Scottish Renewables has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the delay to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round and keep the process on track before the Parliament election period starts on 25 March. The government recently halted ScotWind leasing, which was already 14 months late, after the
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well located in the Norwegian Sea.
Taiwanese container shipping company Wan Hai Lines has announced plans to purchase nine close to 13,000 TEU containerships worth up to $ 1.035 billion. The decision was announced by the company’s Board of Directors on March 10, giving the green light to the company’s chairman to ‘negotiate possible
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill is laying off 162 offshore workers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as one of its drillships will be out of work soon.
LOC has secured a contract to provide marine warranty services (MWS) and consultancy for the Tra Vinh No. 3 intertidal wind farm in Vietnam. LOC will support the development of the first phase of the project, including the review and approval of the loadout and marine transportation operations of co
