Mooreast will supply nine of its Mooreast MA5P anchors for a floating wind turbine demonstration project off Kitakyushu, Japan, set to enter the construction phase next year. Glocal Inc., a Japanese company which is part of the consortium behind the demonstration project, carried out product perform
Danish offshore shipowner Maersk Supply Service has sold two more offshore vessels as part of its fleet reduction program. The company has now sold the Maersk Seeker and Maersk Supplier anchor handlers which had joined Maersk’s fleet in the 90’s. Maersk Supply Service announced in August 2016 that w
Californian Port of Oakland said that November was the third straight month of double-digit growth of export container volumes, with exports having risen for the 10th time this year. Containerized export volume increased 11.5 percent in November from the same period last year, the port said. The por
Shipping company Siem Offshore has canceled the order for a platform supply vessel (PSV) made in Poland due to delay in delivery of the vessel. Siem ordered four PSV vessels from Remontowa Shipbuilding in Poland almost three years ago, at the end of December 2013. The order was for four dual fueled
An offshore vessel has reportedly been attacked in the Gulf of Guinea, offshore Nigeria. According to Asket.co.uk, the MV Chilosco vessel was reportedly attacked some 31 nautical miles south of Brass, Nigeria on Tuesday, December 13. Offshore Energy Today is working to verify this info, and will pro
Last week, all 150 wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm produced power simultaneously. “Testing and final works will be continued, to ensure the wind park is completed on time in Q1/2 2017,” the project team said on their media pages. Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus installe
Last week, all 150 wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm produced power simultaneously. “Testing and final works will be continued, to ensure the wind park is completed on time in Q1/2 2017,” the project team said on their media pages. Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus installe
California’s governor Edmund G. Brown is calling for the president Obama to use his powers and permanently ban oil exploration offshore California. The governor has asked the president to use the authority “under Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently withdraw federal
Tamarind Management has made a move to buy more stake in the Tui area oil fields offshore New Zealand after it had entered into an agreement with the operator AWE to buy its entire 57.5% interest in the area. Namely, AWE concluded its divestment program on Tuesday after agreeing to sell the Tui area
TenneT has connected the Veja Mate offshore wind farm to the BorWin2 offshore grid connection. With wind turbines yet to be installed, the grid connection will be used to obtain power for the works carried out during the construction phase. The connection between BorWin beta and Veja Mate’s substati
The United States President-elect Donald J. Trump informed that the former Texas governor Rick Perry as secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Russian giant Gazprom, Edison of Italy and the Greek DEPA on Tuesday discussed the optimal route of gas exports from Russia to Greece and further to Italy.
Industry body Subsea UK has on Wednesday announced the finalists for its 2017 business awards. The awards dinner will take place on February 02, 2017 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, during Subsea Expo. Among the finalists, Hydro Group, JDR Cable Systems and N-Sea are in the running
Tonnes of steel are being used to produce structures that support wind turbines installed at sea, erected at various distances from shore and featuring various generating capacity. As the offshore wind sector moves forward, wind farms are growing in scale, turbine capacity is increasing and the infr
