South Africa is determined to decarbonize its maritime industry and has outlined plans to implement key International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations on shipping emissions and establish a national task force and action plan to drive the effort.
Danish wave energy firm Wavepiston has signed a collaboration agreement with a Spanish engineering consultancy supporting the marine energy sector, BlueNewables, to support its wave energy project off Gran Canaria, Spain. BlueNewables, an engineering consultancy focused on innovation in the blue eco
London-headquartered precision engineering group Hunting PLC has secured a $31 million subsea order for its titanium stress joints (TSJs) for the third phase of a deepwater gas development in the Turkish part of the Black Sea. Six TSJs, including the patented Direct Pull-thru Tube technology, will b
Japanese ‘big three’ shipping companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), along with the Japanese Shipowners’ Association (JSA), have initiated discussions to donate a large-sized training vessel to the Japan Agency of Maritime E
Saudi developer of green hydrogen plants ACWA Power has sealed several agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with international partners to work on creating a green hydrogen and renewable energy export value chain between Saudi Arabia and Europe.
Van Oord has placed an order with a Chinese shipyard for two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels that will be capable of operating on methanol. The vessels, to be constructed by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China, will be equipped with a loading capacity of 35,000 tons, will be capab
Australian wave energy developer WaveX has become a corporate member of the Henderson Alliance, a Western Australia-based network supporting local manufacturing and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the energy and defence sectors. According to Henderson Alliance, WaveX is developing wave
South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has completed the construction of what it says is the largest high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable production facility in Asia. LS Cable & System announced on July 16 that it had completed the construction of its fifth submarine cable plan
Prysmian’s Leonardo da Vinci, said to be the world’s largest cable laying vessel (CLV), has begun the second phase of cable laying in UK waters for NeuConnect, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the UK and Germany. Prysmian completed the
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution is investing $360 million for the first phase of construction of its second submarine cable manufacturing facility, which will once operational deliver a production capacity nearly five times greater than the company’s first submarine cable plant. Taihan opened t
Subsea7 has secured two new contracts, one with Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor for work in Norway and the other with UK-headquartered energy firm Shell for the provision of services in the U.S. Namely, Subsea7 announced the award of a large contract, worth between $300 million and $500
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has elected Hilary E. Ackermann to its Board of Directors, following approval at the company’s annual general meeting. Ackermann, who previously served on Eco Wave Power’s Advisory Board, brings expertise in energy sustainability, corporate governance, and risk m
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has secured new strategic backing from Acario, the venture arm of Tokyo Gas, and GTT Strategic Ventures, part of French LNG tech group GTT, as part of its Series B funding round. The investment builds on CorPower’s earlier €32 million Series B1 raise, sup
Navigator Holdings (Navigator Gas), a UK-based owner and operator of the ‘world’s largest’ fleet of Handysize liquefied gas carriers, has entered into a joint venture with Norwegian ammonia specialist and shipping company Amon Maritime.
