
A special online conference has been organized by Portugal’s leading marine energy R&D centre, WavEC Offshore Renewables, to provide a platform for Japanese energy firms, institutions and government officials to uncover key marine renewable energy opportunities in the region.

China Classification Society (CCS) has signed a new initiative to drive greater data-driven green global logistics supply chains.

Scottish company Orbital Marine Power has established a strategic partnership with one of the leading offshore energy players TechnipFMC to accelerate the global commercialisation of its pioneering tidal energy technology.

The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) programme has selected nine marine energy projects to receive testing and technical support as part of its fourth call for applications.

Aberdeen Harbour and oil and gas company BP have entered the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on projects that could help decarbonise the port operations.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Black & Veatch to system engineering and coordination role for combined floating wind and wave energy project.

Voluntary environmental certification program Green Marine and international cross-sectoral alliance World Ocean Council (WOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve maritime sustainability.

Russian gas company Gazprom and French energy company Engie have discussed the important role of LNG as a source of clean and affordable energy in reaching Europe’s climate targets.

In a move designed to support and build Scotland’s low carbon workforce, OPITO joined forces with the Acorn Project and Scottish Cluster to create a plan for industrial skilling and reskilling training.

Greek shipping owner Danaos Shipping has become the newest member of the Methanol Institute (MI), a global trade association for the methanol industry.

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has acquired California-based developer and manufacturer of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) Marine Advanced Robotics.

Certification and classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) and French insurance consultancy BESSÉ have formed a partnership to strengthen cyber security in the maritime sector.

UK-based ship management company V.Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and launched a dedicated ‘Sustainability & Decarbonization’ department.

Innosea has been appointed a technical advisor to the engineering team for one of the world’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) projects, to be built at the Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant reservoir in Laos.