Boskalis’s recently commissioned subsea rock installation vessel, the Windpiper, has placed the first rock on its maiden project, the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, developed by Equinor and Polenergia Offshore Wind Poland. Shortly after the christening ceremony, the Win
Spanish GONDAN Shipbuilders has launched a 120-meter-long ocean energy support vessel (OESV), the largest-ever vessel built by the shipyard, for Norway’s shipowner Østensjø Rederi. The C513 OESV was launched on September 10 at GONDAN’s Figueras facility and is the 23rd vessel the Spanish shipyard bu
The 2015-built platform supply vessel (PSV) Energy Paradise, owned by Norwegian Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS), is set to continue working for Peterson Den Helder as the company has exercised a further well option. The newly exercised option will begin immediately in direct continuation of t
Odfjell Drilling has signed a letter of award (LOA) with Vår Energi for a 2019-built semi-submersible rig that it purchased at the end of 2025, extending the unit’s firm contract backlog until Q1 2031. The scope of work awarded for Deepsea Bergen includes a period of three years, starting in early 2
A naming ceremony has been held in South Korea for a new LNG carrier owned by Japanese Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE) and Toho Gas. The naming ceremony took place at a Samsung Heavy Industries facility in South Korea on September 9 for the vessel named Toho Emerald, owned through a joint venture o
Nord Gas Solutions, formerly Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, has been selected to supply the cargo handling systems (CHS) and LPG fuel supply systems (LFSS) for two new medium gas carrier (MGC) vessels being built by HD Hyundai. Under the contract signed in June, Nord Gas Solutions will deliver the equipmen
Norway’s Shearwater Geoservices has secured an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey contract in the North Sea, representing the first commercial deployment of its newly installed electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The seven-week survey will be performed by the SW Tasman with Pearl nodes, as the R
Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded SLB OneSubsea with a contract for the supply of controls umbilicals for a project offshore Angola. The West Hub Tails project, part of the Integrated West Hub (IWH) development in Block 15/06, includes the redirection of
Babcock LGE, a Rosyth-based marine engineering business within Babcock International, has won a new assignment with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) that covers four 88,000-cubic-meter (cbm) very large gas carriers (VLGCs), bolstering its position in the global liquefied gas handling mar
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor is scaling up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) ambitions with its first cargo from the U.S. Gulf Coast under long-term supply agreements with Texas-headquartered Cheniere, as the company works to double its global LNG portfolio by 2030.
The 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) Challenger, owned by a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi, has completed its first fully remote project. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV in March 2024, following the order from the joint venture com
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK-based classification society, and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) have unveiled a tri-fuel-ready tanker concept designed to give owners flexibility to pursue liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, or ammonia as fuel technologies, infrastructure
Titan Clean Fuels, part of the Molgas Group, has struck a long-term deal with shipowner Sogestran Group for the construction, charter, and operation of a new co-designed liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel (LNGBV), adding ship-to-ship bunkering capabilities in the Western Mediterranean to comp
France’s Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) is responsible for the tank design of four new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers that will be built for UAE-based ADNOC Logistics and Services (ADNOC L&S), the maritime logistics and shipping arm of ADNOC Group.
