TECO 2030, an Oslo-based engineering and equipment development company, has partnered up with Thecla Bodewes Shipyards in Holland to develop zero-emission hydrogen-based fuel cell propulsion. The partners are set to focus on all types of river going vessels, such as push tugs, dredgers, passenger an
ABPmer has secured a contract to assess the impact that the O&M facility of the Galloper offshore wind farm might have on birds. Project operator and co-owner RWE Renewables is required to undertake two years of bird displacement and disturbance monitoring of the O&M facility as a requirement of its
Japanese shipping company NYK has placed an order for its first two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fueled very large gas carriers (VLGCs) at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Both ships will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and are set for delivery in 2022. Outline of Vessel Length overal
UK-based Windship Technology has unveiled its zero-emission ship design and announced an investment partnership with DNV GL, one of the world’s leading classification agencies. The vessel design features a patented triple-wing rig as well as a new diesel-electric ship drive system that eliminates CO
Italian cabling specialist Novacavi has recently made its own technological-productive contribution to the mineral growth test started for the platform protection from corrosion and to favour colonisation by marine organisms on the ENI Viviana 1 platform. Viviana is a monotubular structure, located
Australian offshore petroleum regulator NOPSEMA has taken action against Woodside related to decommissioning of the Enfield field and Nganhurra FPSO.
Swedish ferry company Stena Line plans to start operating two fossil-free battery powered vessels on the route between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn in Denmark no later than 2030.
Maersk Tankers has become a signatory of the Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework that establishes a common baseline for global traders to report on CO2 emission reductions of their shipping activities. The Sea Cargo Charter is consistent with the targets of the UN’s International Maritime Organiza
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 3 GW are expected to be installed in t
French energy major Total has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping as a strategic partner as the company accelerates its R&D program for carbon-neutral shipping solutions.
Ballard Power Systems has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures, an Australia-based provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy, for the development of a new fuel cell-powered ship, called C-H2 Ship, designed to t
Seabed survey has started in the Baltic Sea as part of the construction of Harmony Link, a new subsea power connection between Poland and Lithuania. The project is being implemented by PSE and Litgrid, electricity transmission system operators in Poland and Lithuania. Harmony Link is one of the larg
Jan De Nul Group’s newest hopper dredgers – SANDERUS, ORTELIUS, TRISTÃO DA CUHNA, AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE, and DIOGO CÃO – are the first ships to receive the new notation of Bureau Veritas (BV) that recognizes the performance of ultra-low emission vessels (ULEVs). These JDN dredgers are specifically d
