Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have jointly applied to run a demonstration project on the supply of ammonia fuel for vessels in Singapore, building on their memorandum of understanding (MoU) from last month to conduct a fr
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved approximately €100 million in financing to support the energy transition, among other things, at the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania. The €201 million project targets the modernization and expansion of the core Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Po
As part of its fleet optimization journey, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is selling a 14-year-old vessel that has been in lay-up since 2021 to be converted into a dedicated source vessel. Through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement with an und
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Canada’s Cellula Robotics has traveled over 2,000 kilometers submerged, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, exceeding its published performance specification. During the mission, the Envoy AUV made over 4,000 turns and manoeuvres, which used more ener
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, is set to supply the cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for two new ammonia-fueled liquid ammonia carriers, also capable of carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The 51,350 m3 capacity midsize carriers are being built at the Chines
Some 24 days after achieving first LNG production from the first of three planned trains, QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Texas, the U.S., has exported its first LNG cargo. It was reported today, April 23, that the first LNG cargo from the Golden Pass LNG project
Texas-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions and Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana-headquartered supplier of offshore transport services, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction, establishing what they say will become a pr
Jan De Nul has named its new trenching support vessel Isambard Kingdom Brunel, after a 19th-century British engineer, who the company describes as one of the key figures of the Industrial Revolution. Jan De Nul announced on March 10 that it was expanding its fleet with the addition of two trenching
The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has teamed up with Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, to test its wave energy converter (WEC) capable of generating power even in very small sea states. Weco reported today, April 23, that it had been deve
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and U.S.-headquartered LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG), a subsidiary of London-listed oil & gas company Harbour Energy, have expanded their more than decade-long collaboration with contract awards for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Wes
French maritime services player Bourbon has strengthened its fleet with 13 new offshore support vessels since the start of 2026, representing a value of over $180 million, with 10 of them already under contract. Bourbon has acquired six diesel-electric vessels from the Minsheng Group, five platform
Norway’s state-owned energy firm Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well off Norway in the North Sea, in a production license awarded in August 1985. Following the drilling permit awarded in January, the wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kilometers west of
Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has secured a new offshore contract with ExxonMobil in Guyana, covering the operator’s eighth oil discovery in the Stabroek block. Worth around $150 million, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited awarded Saipem with a limited notice to procee
