The US Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have launched the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, designed to support blue economy startups and concepts.
Canadian company Oneka Technologies has teamed up with the City of Fort Bragg to deploy the first wave-powered desalination project in California.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has secured an order from Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd. for the tank design of two new LNG carriers. GTT said the order was received in the second quarter and was placed on behalf of an undisclosed Asian shipowner. The French
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured two new orders to deliver line pipes for an oil field development operated by Petrobras offshore Brazil. As part of the orders defined as “major”, Vallourec will supply line pipes for phases 6 and 8 of the Búzios oil field development. The o
England-based CRP Subsea, part of AIS, has secured a contract with an “energy technology company” for the supply of distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) for a deepwater oil field offshore Brazil. Under the contract described as “major”, CRP Subsea will deliver 333 DBMs which will be used on three fle
Just shortly after announcing NKT as the preferred bidder for the power cable systems, SSEN Transmission revealed it had selected Hitachi Energy to deliver the HVDC converter system for two HVDC transmission links offshore Scotland. Hitachi Energy has been given the preferred supplier status for the
Eco Wave Power and its project partner Rogan Associates have conducted an official site visit to the Port of Heraklion in Greece to discuss the next steps for the planning of the 2MW wave energy project.
Danish company Wavepiston has made progress with its full-scale system that will soon be deployed offshore Canary Islands to demonstrate cost-efficient power production and desalination of seawater using wave energy.
Swiss freight trader Cargill has completed two pilot projects with Safetytech Accelerator, a dedicated technology accelerator established by Lloyd’s Register, involving robotic hull cleaning solutions and automated data collection from ship machinery. The projects were selected as part of Safetytech
Houston-headquartered Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered an electric observation-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to Canadian Memorial University of Newfoundland which can be used for renewable energy projects, among other things. Delivered to the Fisheries and Marine Institute, the
SeaVolt project partners, which include Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul, are making final preparations to install its first offshore solar energy test platform in the Belgian North Sea.
German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has released a video of how a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank was installed on its LNG-powered 23,600 TEU containership Berlin Express.
Orkney Islands Council has launched a tender for a contractor who would take ownership and dispose of the wave energy device known as Pelamis P2.
UK design and engineering consultancy company Houlder and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell) have agreed to work together to identify, evaluate, and further develop solutions to accelerate the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
