After successful dredging trials in the Netherlands, the cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Hussein Tantawy’ is ready to go to Egypt. Following intensive testing during May and June, Royal IHC will now load out the new dredger onto a semi-submersible transport vessel that will finally bring her to Egypt.
Chinese shipyard SWS has launched a hull of the latest FPSO of a Fast4Ward design being built for Dutch provider SBM Offshore.
Sercel, CGG’s seismic equipment business, has made its first major sale of the recently launched GPR300 seabed nodal solution to geophysical services provider BGP. The sale includes 18,000 nodes that will be deployed in Q4 2021 on a large-scale, long-term, multi-vessel operation in the Middle East r
Spain has unveiled plans to develop up to 60MW of marine energy and up to 3GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2030 in a roadmap released by the country’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
Welsh marine energy developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has launched the procurement process for engineering design works related to its wave energy converter and floating offshore energy platform demonstrators.
French LNG containment specialist GTT and Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua have received approvals for the LNG bunkering vessel concept from Society China Classification Society (CCS) and DNV.
Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 have secured subsea scope contracts with Aker BP for the Kobra East & Gekko (KEG) development located in the Alvheim area of the North Sea. Aker Solutions will provide the subsea production system for the project, including four horizontal subsea trees, three manifolds, c
Canadian company Oneka Technologies has closed a Ca$5.5 million ($4.4 million) financing round, bringing in Innovacorp, Baruch Future Ventures and MANN+HUMMEL as its latest partners.
Dutch clean technology start-up Ocean Grazer has completed the first live test phase of its Ocean Battery energy storage system, deemed as a ‘missing link’ in the global energy transition movement.
U.S.-based marine energy company Resolute Marine has been awarded the Solar Impulse Foundation’s (SIF) Efficient Solution label for its Wave2O wave-powered desalination technology.
Kongsberg Maritime’s new deep-water multibeam echosounder system has completed its first trials onboard the NOAA vessel Okeanos Explorer offshore Florida. Okeanos Explorer is the first vessel to be fitted with the EM 304 MKII transmit array, a comprehensive upgrade to the EM 302 deep-water multibeam
ExxonMobil has selected TechnipFMC and Halliburton to provide the Odassea subsea fiber optic solution for the Payara development project in Guyana. The award follows the completion of front-end engineering and design studies and qualifications. According to TechnipFMC, the Odassea service integrates
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has teamed up with the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and RWE Renewables to test several floating photovoltaic (PV) systems with different structure designs on open waters.
Sustainable Marine’s new turbine rotors have proven they can survive for two decades in the field, following rigorous tests at marine energy centre of the National University of Ireland.
