Cabling firm NKT has recently completed the repair operations on the 1GW BritNed electricity interconnector between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. An unplanned outage took place in December last year due to a cable fault. NKT mobilised staff and equipment for localising the fault, de-burial
Six new hybrid rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTG) have arrived at the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, South Carolina Ports, marking the final delivery of large cargo-handling equipment ahead of the terminal opening in March. The cranes will make up a fleet of a total of 25 hybrid RTG cranes and five ship
Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) and compatriot salt manufacturer K+S Windsor Salt Ltd. (Windsor Salt) have entered into a strategic partnership to build a new, eco-friendly self-unloading ship.
Belgian system operator Elia and its Danish counterpart Energinet have launched a feasibility study for a subsea cable between the two countries that would link the high-voltage grids over a distance of more than 600 kilometres. The TSOs plan to wrap up the study by the end of 2021, with a ‘hybrid’
Malaysian energy giant Petronas’ second floating (FLNG) facility, PFLNG Dua, produced its first drop of LNG recently.
After three flat weeks, the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. increased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Seaspan Corporation, a Hong Kong-based owner and operator of containerships and a subsidiary of Atlas Corp, has ordered ten 15,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
Subsea boosting could make an immediate increase in production profitably on more than 200 oil projects globally, according to Rystad Energy’s newly launched Subsea Processing Screening Tool. The increase in recoverable reserves for the top 100 projects, out of more than 200 projects identified wher
The City of Antwerp and the City of Bruges in Belgium have reached an agreement to merge their respective ports. The agreement marks the start of a unification process that is expected to take a year to finalise. Once completed, the ports will operate under the name ‘Port of Antwerp-Bruges’. The por
Global Energy Group (GEG) has signed an agreement with ScottishPower’s newly established Green Hydrogen Business to explore the best solution to power the operations at the Port of Nigg with green hydrogen. The companies will undertake a feasibility study to assess the full potential range of proces
Classification society RINA and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a joint development project agreement to develop a ship design capable of being fuelled by either ammonia or methanol.
Germany’s propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has delivered propulsion units for nine newly built cargo vessels.
Project promoter of EuroAsia Interconnector has invited cabling players to apply for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) job on the HVDC cable system between Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete). EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect I
Indonesia-based PaxOcean’s PT Graha Trisaka Industri shipyard signed a contract with Taiwan Navigation for the construction of five tugboats.
