The Port of Le Havre has announced the deployment of the ShoreTension mooring reinforcement system on all its terminals after several months of successful testing. The ShoreTension system, developed by KRVE, uses advanced software and sensors to monitor the mooring tension and adjust it in real-time
Scottish company Nova Innovation has expanded its tidal energy product portfolio with the addition of floating solar technology, announcing also plans for the installation of Scotland’s first array of floating solar panels later in 2023.
The University of Malta has teamed up with its offshore energy storage spin-off FLASC to assess the potential of integrating renewable energy and energy storage solutions with floating breakwaters.
Swedish company Ocean Harvesting Technologies has embarked on a funding raise, targeting €400,000 to further optimize its InfinityWEC wave energy device ahead of sea trials.
In a pressing need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the shipping sector and offshore vessel services providers are certainly the protagonists in the whole decarbonization story. However, although we are seeing an increasing number of initiatives, we still have a long way to go.
In a significant step towards sustainable and decarbonized shipping, China has launched its first-ever hydrogen fuel cell-powered boat. The vessel named ‘Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1’ was launched on March 17, in Guangdong, China. The vessel was built by Jianglong Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for Yangt
Spanish oil company Repsol has implemented a well construction solution from Halliburton in order to automate and streamline its well design process. According to Halliburton, the Landmark DecisionSpace 365 Well Construction Suite and Digital Well Program will help Repsol standardize its well design
Motion Ventures, a Singapore-based maritime venture investment fund, has welcomed 10 maritime corporations to its corporate consortium. The latest corporate investors joining the fund are Lloyd’s Register, Marine Traffic, Meratus Group, Stolt-Nielsen Limited, ShipsFocus, Jurni Capital, TaiShip, Pang
An electric utility providing services to San Juan County in the US state of Washington has started exploring the feasibility of developing a tidal energy project that would provide another layer of energy resilience for the island communities in the Salish Sea.
French start-up SolarinBlue has deployed two offshore floating solar units in the Mediterranean sea as part of the Sun’Sète project, which aims to supply clean electricity to one of the 10 biggest French ports.
Global renewable energy company e1 Marine has been commissioned by Switzerland-based Current AG to build an S Series 130 methanol to hydrogen generator that would capture waste heat and CO2 from the exhaust stream produced during the reforming process. Successful lab-based tests will improve the eco
Marine construction and operations contractor Ocean Installer and energy technology company Baker Hughes have formalized an alliance to deliver an integrated subsea engineering solution said to provide efficiencies from project appraisal through to operations. The new global agreement is expected to
California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved Clean Air Engineering–Maritime, Inc.’s (CAE-M) latest vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system, called the “ShoreKat.” The technology aims to reduce emissions from marine vessels while minimizing the impact on vessel performance and operati
The European Union has reached a provisional deal to raise the share of renewables in its final energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030, under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
