Angolan arm of French oil major Total has awarded a maintenance contract to energy storage equipment manufacturer and service provider Norco Group for work on several floating production, storage, and offloading facilities (FPSOs).
TenneT and partners Statnett and KfW have put the NordLink interconnector between Germany and Norway into trial operation. The 1,400 MW ‘Green Cable’ will facilitate the exchange of Norwegian hydropower and German wind energy. The trial also symbolises the entry of the 623-kilometre interconnector i
Controls technology company Proserv Controls has signed an innovative strategic alliance with software engineering firm Intelligent Plant. The aim of the tie-up is to combine the two firms’ domain expertise in control systems and data analysis to provide operators with digital solutions tailored to
Ocean Infinity has selected Sonardyne technology to support its world’s largest and most environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, multi-role robotic vessels. Sonardyne systems will provide the first wave of Ocean Infinity’s new Armada fleet with key sensor technologies for underwater platfo
SBS Energy Services (SBS) has completed a multi-phase project to decommission approximately 8.8 kilometres of insulated pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico in partnership with Helix Energy Solutions, setting a new offshore snubbing unit/hydraulic workover world record. The project, which wrapped up in 22
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said that its Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF), marketed by its group company MOL Techno-Trade, has now been ordered for 3,500 vessels. PBCF is an energy-saving device attached to the propeller of a vessel. It breaks up the hub vortex generated behind the ro
Ports of Stockholm has been awarded funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the EU for investing in onshore power supply intended for cruise ships. By plugging into onshore power supplied from the local electricity grid cruise ships can shut down their engines and significantly
Japan’s Modec has ordered six compressors from MAN Energy Solutions for an FPSO destined for the Woodside-operated Sangomar field offshore Senegal.
Motive Offshore has acquired subsea equipment experts Flowline Specialists for an undisclosed figure. The deal, which was finalised last week, is the latest development in Motive’s growth trajectory, bringing its headcount to approximately 200 and bolstering existing capabilities in the UK, Norway a
The UK entity of Norway-based offshore surveyor iSURVEY has completed its largest project to date. The seven-figure project has seen a 10-strong group of offshore survey experts complete a 6,300 kilometres of survey since mobilisation in late July. According to iSURVEY, this also breaks the Aberdeen
Triumph Subsea Services has formally entered into contract with Brodosplit JSC for the building of its ST-designed field development vessels. The contract is for one initial vessel and three optional vessels. According to Triumph, execution of options will be upon completion of the detailed engineer
Hydro Group has completed the latest phase of around £1 million investment programme with the installation and commissioning of a new cable extrusion line within the cable manufacturing arm of the business.
Finnish engineering majors Konecranes and Cargotec have won approval from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority for their merger prospectus. The merger was announced in October this year. The proposed combination is scheduled to be implemented as a statutory absorption merger whereby Konecrane
Some 47% of all newly built dry bulkers delivered in 2020 are fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, known as scrubbers, data from BIMCO shows. Interest in scrubbers peaked in 2018 and 2019 ahead of the implementation of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020. Bulk carri
