
UK’s Swan Hunter and the Norwegian PASSER Group have agreed to merge their cable rental and logistics operations into a new company that will service the offshore energy sector. PASSER LARS (Logistics And Rental Solutions) will provide existing and new clients within the offshore energy markets with

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has revealed designs for what is said to be the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel, capable of collecting data for research into climate change, biodiversity, fisheries and biogeochemistry. Plymouth-based M SUBS Ltd was commissioned to design the 24-meter

Perenco has launched a new platform, which is expected to be installed in the Teak, Samaan and Poui fields offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

CorPower Ocean is set to officially launch its next-generation C4 wave energy converter alongside its new ‘CorPack Concept’ providing the building blocks for future wave energy farms.

Brazil’s Oceanica Engenharia e Consultoria has taken delivery of two work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from Forum Energy Technologies (FET) to support inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM) activities at Petrobras’ oil fields. FET manufactured the systems at its UK facility at Kirkbymo

Shearwater GeoServices has launched a new node that is said to expand the potential ocean bottom seismic market due to its time and cost efficiency. The Pearl node is of small size and low weight which allows wider and denser spreads reducing operational time by a third compared with current deploym

Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the fuel tank design of a new LNG carrier from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

French company EEL Energy has tested its commercial-scale 50kW tidal energy turbine in the Port of Brest.

Norwegian company Sunlit Sea has teamed up with sheet metal solutions provider BTM Scandinavia to strengthen the floats for its offshore floating solar technology.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured a purchase order from Himile Mechanical Manufacturing for the supply of a deepwater drilling riser buoyancy system. Under the A$14 million (around $10 million) contract, Matrix will develop riser buoyancy modules and a riser protection system to support a

Carnegie Clean Energy has achieved its internal commercial target of reducing CETO wave energy technology’s cost of energy to a level that puts it on the established industry trajectory and reduces timeframe to reach commercialization.

Strategic Marine has revealed its new 38m offshore fast crew boat (FCB) design with 40 knots plus service speed.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply its hybrid propulsion system for eleven new pure car & truck carrier (PCTC) vessels.

Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has contracted Finnish energy efficiency solutions provider WE Tech Solutions to retrofit two of its ships with Solution One Economical Operations solution with Shore Connection.