
U.S.-based marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a two-year environmental baseline survey (EBS) at depths of up to 2,400 meters in waters offshore southeast Barbados.

Singapore’s shipbuilder Strategic Marine has secured a new contract for a 42m Fast Crew Boat from a repeat client, Malaysia’s Centus Marine.

German shipping company and maritime investment manager Ernst Russ has decided to increase its stake in a fleet holding company, thereby expanding its fleet with twelve containerships.

Storegga, Shell, and Harbour Energy have revealed that North Sea Midstream Partners has acquired stake in the Acorn CCS and Hydrogen Project in the UK.

The North Sea Link (NSL) interconnector between Norway and the UK will operate at reduced capacity until mid-February 2022 following a fault detected in one of its converters, Norwegian system operator Statnett reported.

Australia’s FAR Ltd has temporarily stopped drilling the Bambo-1 well located off The Gambia after experiencing significant fluid losses.

Dutch maritime consortium has received financial aid for the LNG-ZERO concept, an ambitious research project originally introduced by TNO.

An affiliate of Chevron in Angola has secured an extension of the Block 0 concession, off the coast of Cabinda province in Angola.

Methanol as an Energy Step Towards Zero-Emission Dutch Shipping (MENENS) maritime consortium has been awarded a €24 million (about $27 million) grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry.

Kongsberg Digital has won a five-year contract extension with Heerema for system support of maritime simulation solutions and training.

France-based green hydrogen technology developer Lhyfe and engineering company DORIS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on working together on offshore hydrogen production projects, with a plan to launch the first floating wind turbine for integration with a hydrogen production system.

Injazat and Lamprell have appointed a CEO of their JV to progress their digital strategy, while also generating new revenue streams.

Solstad Offshore has secured long-term contracts for two of its platform supply vessels with Equinor for operations in Brazil.

Oil major Shell is free to go ahead with its planned seismic surveys along the eastern coast of South Africa after the court dismissed an 11th-hour legal challenge by environmental groups which claim that the activities will cause irreparable harm to the marine environment in the region.