Stillstrom has partnered with Faber Group and Prysmian to develop an offshore charging solution aimed at reducing emissions from vessels operating in the offshore wind sector. The first demonstration trial is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026 in Esbjerg. The companies will pilot a system that
Norway-headquartered advanced lifting and handling solutions provider Red Rock has entered the subsea crane market thanks to a contract with an undisclosed client. Red Rock reported today, March 24, that it had secured a contract for the delivery of an offshore subsea crane, marking the company’s en
ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, as of recently part of Prysmian Group, is carrying out a major upgrade of its 2003-built offshore support vessel (OSV). According to ACSM’s reports, the OSV Genesis is currently undergoing improvements and upgrades at the shipya
Stillstrom, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk and based in Denmark, has established a dedicated entity in Aberdeen, Scotland, with plans to roll out its offshore vessel charging solution commercially in the UK. The solution is transitioning from development to commercial deployment, and, according to a p
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is acquiring a stake in Hamburg-based Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DO), a joint venture with Schoeller Holdings, as well as shares in construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) currently under construction. The joint venture bet
Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel under the UK Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3). XOCEAN reported earlier this month that Lloyd’s Register (LR) had certified its X-30 ROUV under the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (M
Keyfield International, a Malaysian fleet owner of offshore vessels, has picked up new assignments across Malaysia, the Middle East, and Thailand for seven accommodation work boats (AWB) and one anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel.
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named
Bermuda-headquartered liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company Flex LNG has revealed a contract extension for two LNG carriers and the start of an assignment for another vessel.
Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first s
Brazil’s offshore vessel owners OceanPact and CBO are set to combine their businesses by incorporating CBO’s holding company into OceanPact, thereby creating a firm that will have a total fleet of 73 vessels. The partners note that the business combination is a catalyst for implementing sustainable
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), verifying the vessel’s compliance with relevant rules at the detailed design level. NYK reported that it had, on February 13, co
CNOOC (Shenzhen) International Marine Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and CLPe, a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings, have wrapped up Hong Kong’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship bunker operation
Everllence, formerly MAN Energy Solutions, has signed a cooperation agreement with Brazil’s Vale, a mining company and one of the country’s largest logistics operators, for the development of ethanol as a marine fuel. The partners will work on developing an advanced ethanol-powered engine, based on
