A UK-Swedish partnership has been established to advance a cross-border carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) initiative designed to accelerate industrial decarbonization across the Baltic Sea region. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the UK’s Progressive Energy and Swedish Pipe58
UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilizing a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also
Nuclear-powered DP vessels are a technically feasible solution and are achievable, the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) study has confirmed. The NuProShip II project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, demonstrates the technical feasibility of nuclear-powered DP vessels,
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group is set to acquire ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, including subsea surveying, route planning and seabed preparation. Based in Vigo, ACSM has been operating for over 20 years across 60 countries, with over 350 employees. Its
German dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers is deploying energy optimization technology from a Swedish company to reduce energy consumption and emissions across its fleet. As part of the partnership with Swedish technology provider eMarine, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) have al
Dutch Royal IHC and Demcon Unmanned Systems have entered into a strategic partnership for the deployment of unmanned and autonomous vessels for scalable autonomous maritime operations. The partnership has started with the development and integration of containerized launch and recovery systems (LARS
Hong Kong-based shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited has welcomed to its fleet what it says is China’s first dual-fuel methanol-powered bunkering vessel. Da Qing 268 is the fourth bunkering vessel under the company’s care, joining Hai Gang Wei Lai, the largest LNG bunkering vessel
France-based geophysical services company Viridien and U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB are set to begin a large seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Egypt that will help explorers and investors identify new opportunities for exploration and enhanced production. Viridien and SLB
Spanish scale-up company H2SITE has launched a subsidiary in Norway to focus on deploying its ammonia-to-hydrogen systems in the maritime sector and accelerate vessel decarbonization. Through H2SITE Norway AS, based in Bergen, H2SITE is looking to supply onboard cracking systems to Norwegian compani
Japanese major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) have signed a new research agreement to continue exploring the potential of ammonia-based clean power in Indonesia. MHI and ITB concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2020 to collaborate on re
Swiss technology group Rosenxt Group is looking to strengthen its subsea capabilities with the acquisition of a Germany-headquartered provider of ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) and subsea monitoring technology. The combination of Rosenxt’s experience in asset integrity with K.U.M. Umwelt- und Meere
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has been awarded the final contracts for two Scottish HVDC transmission links that are part of a major upgrade to the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. NKT and SSEN Transmission confirmed their partnership to deve
Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation and shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a memorandum of strategic partnership to advance the use of environmental attribute certificates for decarbonization in the transportation sector. By leveraging their respective strengths and collabo
France’s TotalEnergies, Italian Eni, and QatarEnergy have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to enter an exploration permit offshore Lebanon. The consortium’s initial work program on Block 8 consists of the acquisition of a 1,200 km2 3D seismic survey, in order to further assess the ar
