Germany-based engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful conclusion of the Type Approval Test (TAT) for its dual-fuel retrofit kit for its MAN 32/40 engine type.
A scale model of a tidal turbine is being tested in SSPA’s cavitation tunnel in Sweden as part of the NEMMO research project.
Scottish marine engineering firm QED Naval has launched two tenders to support the development of its Subhub tidal energy platform.
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has commissioned a mobile on-the-rig (OTR) drilling simulator to train Dolphin Drilling’s crews on the Borgland Dolphin ahead of its drilling programme in the Norwegian North Sea earlier this year.
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has obtained approval in principle (AIP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a 23,000 TEU ammonia-powered super large containership design.
The Wave to Energy and Water (W2EW) project consortium has signed an agreement to test a wave energy prototype at the PLOCAN test site off Canary Islands in Spain.
Driven by digital technologies, Equinor has increased its earnings by more than NOK 2 billion since the start of production from its Johan Sverdrup field, located in the North Sea.
Ørsted and Yara, the world’s leading fertilizer company, have teamed up on a project to use renewable hydrogen in the production of green ammonia. Yara and Ørsted will jointly develop a 100 MW wind-powered electrolyser plant for renewable hydrogen production, aiming to replace fossil-based hydrogen
A new fuel cell project aimed at constructing a pilot system that can use different types of fuel was presented to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on 1 October 2020.
Teesside-based Laytrix, has secured funding award for a front end engineering design (FEED) study to investigate the feasibility of using its pipelay concept for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The adaptable and modular system focuses on the use of cost-effective vessels of opportunity re
The Iberdrola-led international consortium has launched the FLAGSHIP project to develop and fabricate the first 10+ MW floating offshore wind turbine. The turbine will be supported by a floating semi‐submersible concrete structure based on Olav Olsen’s OO-Star Wind Floater concept. The prototype is
Norway’s maritime industry group Wilhelmsen and Germany’s industrial and technology businesses conglomerate thyssenkrupp are establishing a 3D printing joint venture targeting the maritime industry.
Maersk Supply Service and Ørsted will jointly test a prototype buoy that will act as both a mooring point and a charging station for vessels. The solution will be tested on one of Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in 2021. The buoy can be used to charge the smaller battery- or hybrid-electrical vessels a
Australian developer Carnegie has released a video related to its recently developed ‘Wave Predictor’ technology. The video explains how it works, the benefits to Carnegie’s CETO technology and also what it offers to other industries. Carnegie’s Wave Predictor is a piece of machine learning software
