
DOF Subsea and Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) have entered into a strategic alliance for global autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) services.

The French Renewable Energy Trade Association (SER) and the UK Marine Energy Council (UK MEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance their collaboration on the development of tidal energy sector.

Swiss container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, an institute under China’s Ministry of Transport, to promote decarbonisation and sustainable shipping.

Orcadian Energy has reached a non-binding agreement with Carrick Resources related to a farm-out of a prospect in the UK North Sea.

Eidesvik has signed a cooperation agreement with Wärtsilä to retrofit an offshore supply vessel with an ammonia-fuelled combustion engine.

Sustainable Marine Energy has commissioned Seasystems to supply adjustable mooring tensioners for the 420kW PLAT-I tidal energy platform that will be installed in the Bay of Fundy in Canada.

Certification body DNV has issued a ‘Statement of Conformity’ to the Chinese solar energy company Sungrow for its anchoring and mooring design methodology for floating solar systems.

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has informed that its proposed wave energy project in Mauritius, to be developed with Bombora Wave Power, received subsidy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.

In a first between a maritime union and an autonomous technology company, American Maritime Officers (AMO) has entered into a labor agreement with Sea Machines Robotics, a developer of autonomous command and control systems.

Petrofac has signed a strategic partnership with Gazprom to export and promote the Russian energy industry on the domestic and global markets.

UK-headquartered Rovtech Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Norway’s Deepsea Solutions to expand its customer base and require local representation in Scandinavia. The new partnership will give Deepsea Solutions exclusive access throughout Scandinavia to the most up-to-dat

Damen’s first FCS 7011 vessel has successfully finished its sea trials off the Turkish coast and is set to head to the Netherlands.

Yinson Venture Capital Pte, Singapore-based subsidiary of energy technology company Yinson Holdings Berhad, has invested in Canadian energy storage solution company Sterling PBES Energy Solutions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in marine and industrial applications.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, in cooperation with UK’s cleantech company Silverstream Technologies, will install the latter’s proprietary air lubrication system on a trial basis on a large containership owned by Danish shipping major A.P. Moller – Maersk.