Saipem has started the functional tests of FlatFish, the innovative underwater drone for advanced vessel free subsea inspections, based on AI. According to the company, the vehicle is now going to an extensive sea trial campaign. Since March 2018, Shell has been entrusting Saipem with the license to
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, FueLNG Bellina, to FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum. Built in Keppel O&M’s Nantong shipyard, FueLNG Bellina is the second LNG bu
Clean energy technology start-up Exowave has secured funding from the Danish government to advance the project that combines wave energy extraction with desalination and hydrogen production.
Australian-based company Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has made significant progress on the construction of its wave energy device that will be deployed off Tasmania early in 2021.
UK-based marine energy company HydroWing is looking to expand its team with the addition of new electrical design engineer that will work on the development of the company’s tidal energy device.
U-Ming Marine Transport (Singapore), a fully-owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, has held a christening ceremony at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for M.V. Grand Wisdom, its second 325,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC). The vessel is equipped with an advanced MAN B&W main engine, a
Seattle-based wave energy developer Oscilla Power has launched additional crowdfunding campaign on MicroVentures platform to advance the construction of full-scale Triton-C wave energy system.
At the beginning of December, the components of the part-scale PivotBuoy floating wind platform arrived at the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where they are now being assembled. The manufacturing commenced this summer at DEGIMA facilities in Santander, Spain, after X1 Wind and its partners comp
The black swan year of 2020 has brought many challenges for the shipping industry, including the ongoing crew change crisis, but it has also shown how the sector can be resilient in the face of adversity and pressure. Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General of the International Windship Association (IWSA
X1 Wind, which leads the PivotBuoy floating wind platform project in Spain, has been selected in the last round of funding in the pilot phase of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The company has been chosen for funding support together with 37 European start-ups and SMEs to receive
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) have held a technology qualification workshop with Resolute Marine as part of the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project.
Italian oil and gas company Eni, CDP, and Snam have signed a Letter of Intent to start a strategic collaboration for the energy transition.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has announced 10 project selections totaling up to $22 million to support marine energy research and development (R&D) and testing infrastructure.
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to the autonomous and remotely controlled navigation technology of a Russian company JSC Kronshtadt Technologies (the a-Nav set of technical solutions). The technology has been approved for the implementation on board
