A Belfast Maritime Consortium led by Artemis Technologies, a spin-off from the America’s Cup sailing team, Artemis Racing, has won a £33 million ($40 million) UK Government innovation grant to develop zero emissions ferries in the city. With further investment from consortium partners, the total pro
Oilfield services provider TechnipFMC has completed pipe laying works and subsea systems installation on Energean’s Karish located offshore Israel.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Dubai-based E-Marine, a specialist operator of cable layer vessels, to improve the efficiency of its cable layer Umm Al Anber. The comprehensive scope of solutions ordered back in May includes two Controlled Pitch Propeller (CPP) systems with
More than 40% of vessels were suffering from over 10% hard fouling coverage on the hull even before the idling of fleets due to COVID-19, analysis of hull fouling collection data in a new research commissioned by Swedish biotechnology company I-Tech AB shows. I-Tech contracted independent marine coa
The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel will start installing jacket foundations at the Moray East offshore wind farm in July, according to a document listing vessels involved in the construction on Moray East project’s website, updated on 18 June. The vessel’s AIS data shows that Seajacks Scylla arrived
Following its recent removal from the UK North Sea, Shell’s oil and gas platform Brent Alpha has arrived at a decommissioning yard in the UK.
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has reached the final investment decision (FID) for the construction of Green Jade, the first Taiwan-built floating heavy-lift offshore wind installation vessel. CDWE, a joint venture of DEME Offshore and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, informed in April that it had ini
The path toward decarbonization of the shipping industry in line with the IMO 2050 target – a reduction of 50% by 2050 compared to 2008, which still fails to deliver fully on the Paris Agreement objectives, is filled with uncertainty, which might be the main obstacle to the very vision this journey
Kooiman Marine Group has completed the conversion of Zwerver I multi-purpose DP-2 support vessel, owned by Van Stee Offshore. The Zwerver I is equipped with eight thrusters, two spud poles, a 4/5-point mooring system with an anchor line capacity of 1400 m and accommodation for 58 people, including c
Ulstein Verft has delivered the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne to Bernhard Schulte Offshore, who chartered the hybrid SOV to GE Renewable Energy for operations at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. Based on the ULSTEIN SX195 design, Windea Jules Verne is 93.4 metres long, h
Russian company, Sovcomflot, has withdrawn redelivery notice for Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel with Polarcus. In December of last year the companies agreed to postpone the redelivery of the vessel until the completion of work which Sovcomflot secured in Asia. The redelivery was expected in Q2 2
The board of creditors, self-administration and management of the financially-troubled shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) are fighting to continue the construction of the LNG-powered ferry Honfleur (newbuilding 774).
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has decommissioned the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has entered into two new long-term non-recourse debt financing arrangements related to the Brave Tern, Bold Tern and Blue Tern jack-up vessels under its indirect ownership. In conjunction with the financing, the company established a green loan framework with an eligibility a
