
As the maritime industry’s quest for the best possible decarbonization has intensified, wind propulsion systems are gaining traction around the globe.

The Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) has unveiled plans to establish the world’s first integrated ocean energy marketplace in an effort to accelerate the adoption of wave and tidal energy in the county, and showcase the ability of ocean energy to integrate with other renewables.

French independent renewable energy producer Qair has signed a partnership agreement with business accelerator for marine renewable energy Bretagne Ocean Power to jointly contribute to the deployment of floating offshore wind, renewable hydrogen and tidal stream energy in the French region of Britta

Nexans has introduced Vigishield, a range of protection measures and solutions, in order to prevent cable theft.

GEA, a Germany-based machinery and plant manufacturer and systems supplier, revealed plans to support the shipping industry in reducing emissions as a system supplier with in-house solutions, with ammonia being one of the options.

Subsea technology company EdgeTech has launched a new solution to provide nadir gap coverage on the EdgeTech 2205 sonar platforms.

Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has secured a new patent approval in the European Union for its latest generation WaveRoller wave energy technology.

Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to technology in an autonomous tug project from ST Engineering, POSH and M1 Limited.

Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has signed an agreement to license its proprietary floating solar technology to the developer Sunneng Technology for the construction of a 1MWp pilot in China’s Province of Shandong.

U.S.-based company Oscilla Power has sent off its new wave energy system – the Triton-C – to Hawaii, where it will be deployed offshore the Marine Corps base in Kanehoe to generate renewable power from the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This week saw a plethora of energy transition-related news across the offshore energy industry with updates telling of alternative deployments for offshore drilling rigs, new projects combining offshore wind and hydrogen, the urgency to decarbonise the shipping sector, and more.

Austrian electronics manufacturer Bachmann electronic and US software company Real-Time Innovations (RTI) have partnered up to support Germany’s network Platform Industrie 4.0 through cross-vendor interoperability without a gateway.

Acteon’s marine technology specialist Seatronics has placed the first-ever order for Sonardyne’s recently launched SPRINT-Nav Mini Navigator. Seatronics made the purchase of what is said to be the world’s smallest hybrid acoustic-inertial navigation instrument for its Valor remotely operated vehicle

A video of the installation of the jacket lift system beams on Allseas’ giant heavy lift, decommissioning, and construction vessel, the Pioneering Spirit.