The fully electric harbor tugboat, the HaiSea Wamis, has accomplished its inaugural task, completing its first-ever oil tanker escort using all electric power, and heralding a new era of eco-friendly ship escorts. The HaiSea Wamis, a pioneering vessel in HaiSea Marine’s fleet, played a pivotal role
The Danish Energy Agency has closed the first Power-to-X tender, revealing six winning project divided between four companies. The selected six projects will together build over 280 MW of electrolysis capacity. The tender was launched in April and was open until September 1, 2023. Through the tender
Australian energy infrastructure developer Venice Energy and its compatriot energy provider Origin Energy have agreed on a structural framework that will underwrite the commercial viability of the Outer Harbor LNG import terminal to be built at Port Adelaide. The agreement will see Origin become the
Norwegian clean energy company Horisont Energi has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with its compatriot Barents NaturGass for a long-term purchase agreement of up to 100,000 tons annually of clean ammonia from Horisont Energi’s and Fertiberia’s Barents Blue plant. Under the LoI, the two companies wil
Allseas has inaugurated its new barge for shallow water offshore construction activities in Singapore, following upgrading activities. Sandpiper is a flat-bottom, anchored barge that Allseas purchased last year and upgraded in 2022/23 for pipelaying activities. The barge is equipped with a ten-point
Italian shipping company Manisa Chartering has entered into a contract with China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Guangxi Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering for the construction of up to eight 8,500-ton general cargo ships. This deal represents the most significant export order for shipbuilding
ARO Drilling, a 50/50 joint venture between Valaris and Saudi Aramco, has secured financing for its first two new-build jack-up rigs, set to work for Saudi Aramco. ARO has entered into a $359 million term loan with a syndicate of local Saudi Arabian banks to finance the deliveries. The proceeds will
Wind propulsion specialist Airseas announced that its latest sea trials have revealed projected fuel and emissions reductions of 16% based on a normalized transatlantic voyage. The projections are based on traction data collected during the validation of automated dynamic flights of the Seawing, whe
In the maritime sector, the quest for cleaner, more efficient practices has given rise to the electrification of ports and container handling equipment. Why, you might ask? The answer is clear, for electrification offers a trifecta of advantages that places it at the forefront of a green revolution:
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued a new Code of Practice with the aim of improving subsea power cable installation in offshore wind by preventing cable failure and thus enabling savings for the offshore wind industry. The Code of Practice for Offshore Cable Laying in
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK’s classification society, has been awarded a contract to class two methanol-ready commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs) being built by VARD, a global designer and shipbuilder of specialized vessels, for North Star, the UK’s offshore infrastructure support ves
Singapore-based provider of marine electric propulsion and energy management solutions Sea Forrest (SF) has obtained type approval from Bureau Veritas (BV) for its SEAGEN 11 marine propulsion battery module system. SEAGEN 11 is the first marinized lithium-ion battery system for marine propulsion to
Just shortly after Allseas was awarded a contract for the project, MAN Energy Solutions secured work for the first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands. MAN Energy Solutions will deliver three integrally-geared compressor trains (IGC) for the Porthos (Port of Rotte
Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), energy institutions, and companies have signed two agreements and five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with their Saudi counterparts to widen clean hydrogen cooperation. The agreements and MoUs were signed on October 22 on the occasion of t
