The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the su
Norwegian seismic company TGS has finished the acquisition of an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHRD3D) survey on behalf of Community Offshore Wind in the New York Bight, providing soil condition data to guide the design of the offshore wind project. According to TGS, the survey began in October 2023 and
KN Energies (KN) has hung out its shingle in Germany by establishing a German subsidiary, KN Energies Deutschland, within its corporate group, which will be in charge of executing its assignment with the German state-owned company, Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET), by providing technical operation and
With offshore wind maturing rapidly, so are the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) requirements to keep offshore wind farms operating efficiently. While O&M is common in the industry, the rapid expansion and maturity of installed wind farms in recent years have increased the need for heavy O&M and main
A Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization-led consortium has conducted what is said to be “the world’s first” ship-to-ship transfers of ammonia at anchorages within the Port of Dampier.
Foresea has sent one of its drillships to undertake a 15-year special periodic survey (SPS) at the Rio Grande Shipyard, where the rig will get ready for its new assignment off the coast of Brazil, which is slated to begin next quarter with the state-owned energy giant Petrobras.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year lifecycle agreement with Royal Caribbean Group covering 37 of the company’s cruise ships.
DEME Group has laid the first export cable for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, while also reaching a milestone by installing the 70th monopile foundation at the site off Virginia Beach in the U.S. As previously reported, Dominion Energy selected the consortium
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has refueled its Hyperion-class cruise ship AIDAprima with 100% renewable Bio Marine Fuel (BMF100) as part of a pilot project to evaluate the fuel performance in regular ship operations for potential future use. The BMF100 sustainable bi
Vehicle manufacturers, including Toyota Motor Europe and Ford of Europe, have partnered with Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) to achieve major reductions in emissions from their logistics chain by using vessels fueled by bioLNG.
U.S.-based marine energy firm Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has completed more than four months of offshore testing of its next-generation PowerBuoy (PB) in the Atlantic Ocean, offshore New Jersey, and is preparing the system for deployment at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey to enha
Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan has delivered LNG to the newbuild Thun Vettern, an LNG dual-fuel vessel owned by Swedish shipping company Erik Thun, in its first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) bunkering in Ghent, Belgium. The operation saw Titan’s Flexfueler 001 deliver 180 MT of LNG to Thun Vet
Spanish marine fuel supplier Cepsa has started delivering second-generation biofuels to the cruise industry at the Port of Barcelona. Norwegian Escape, a cruise ship, operated by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), received the first supply in late July. According to Cepsa, the supplied fuel, pro
Dutch-Norwegian firm SolarDuck unveiled that the Teal offshore photovoltaic (OFPV) demonstration plant in Tokyo Bay, Japan, had endured its first severe weather test. Typhoon Ampil passed near Tokyo on Friday, August 16, bringing high winds and heavy rain. According to SolarDuck, this demonstrates t
