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MOL, Fukada to Collaborate on T&I Vessels for Floating Wind Turbines

Feb 14, 2025

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Fukada Salvage & Marine Works have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration on transportation and installation (T&I) vessels for floating offshore wind turbines.Under the MoU, MOL and Fukada…

Strategic Marine to Build Survey Vessel for Odyssey Group

Feb 10, 2025

Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed a shipbuilding contract with Odyssey Group for a multi-purpose survey vessel, which will operated offshore Australia.Under the terms of the agreement, Strategic Marine will construct the advanced…

Louis Dreyfus, Tidal Transit JV to Supply CTV for French Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 07, 2025

LD Tide, a joint venture between Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit, has been selected to supply a Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) for the operation and maintenance services of the 488 MW offshore wind farm, being developed by Ocean Winds in France…

Corvus ESS Powers the World's First Fully Electric Offshore Vessel

Feb 04, 2025

Corvus Energy will deliver a mega-size battery system for the first fully electric offshore vessel ever to be built. The vessel is an electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) that will be constructed by Armon shipyard in Spain for UK-based shipowner Bibby Marine Ltd…

Tidal Transit Secures Funding for ‘World’s First’ Electric CTV Fleet

Feb 03, 2025

U.K.-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner Tidal Transit has secured equity financing from maritime and logistics investor HICO Investment Group to expand its fleet with six new electric CTVs (E-CTVs).The strategic expansion is…

Cadeler Takes Delivery of Its Sixth Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Jan 31, 2025

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has taken delivery its new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Maker, the first of the two planned M-class vessels to join its growing fleet.Wind Maker was officially named at a naming ceremony at the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Korea…

Navantia Wraps Up Harland & Wolff Acquisition

Jan 30, 2025

Navantia UK, a subsidiary of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, has completed the acquisition of Harland & Wolff’s facilities in Belfast, Appledore, Methil and Arnish.Under Navantia UK’s management, all four facilities will benefit from extensive expertise in shipbuilding…

Seatrium to Build Heavy Lift Vessel for Japan’s Offshore Wind Market

Jan 27, 2025

Seatrium has been awarded a contract by Japan-based Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction for a 5,000-ton fully revolving heavy lift vessel project for the Japanese offshore wind market.This…

Seaonics to Equip Five Vard-Built W2W Newbuilds

Jan 27, 2025

Seaonics has signed a contract covering the delivery of five Electric Controlled Motion Compensated (ECMC) Gangways and five ECMC 3D Cranes for an international customer to a series of walk-to-work offshore newbuilds under construction at global shipbuilder VARD's yard in Vietnam…

VIDEO: AIRCAT Crewliner takes Shape to Service Offshore for TotalEnergies Angola

Jan 24, 2025

AIRCAT Vessels, in collaboration with ESNA, delivered the first three AIRCAT 35 Crewliners, a 35-m Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology vessel that can reach speeds of more than 50 knots even in challenging maritime conditions.Each vessel has…

Naval Fleets power Vestdavit's record 2024 sales

Jan 23, 2025

Vestdavit has achieved a new sales record for the third successive year as its order intake hit an all-time high of Nkr380m in 2024, fueled by increased davit orders from its core naval market as well as the offshore energy sector.“It has been another fantastic year…

AIRCAT 35 Crewliner Vessels Delivered to Service TotalEnergies Angola

Jan 23, 2025

AIRCAT Vessels, in collaboration with ESNA, delivered the first three AIRCAT 35 Crewliners. Designed to meet the demanding needs of the oil and gas sector, the 35-m vessels, based on SES (Surface Effect Ship) technology, achieve speeds of more than 50 knots…

Bibby Marine Inks Shipbuilding Contract for eCSOV with Spanish Shipyard

Jan 14, 2025

Bibby Marine has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Spanish shipyard Armon to build its electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) for offshore wind industry.The eCSOV will feature a battery system complemented by dual-fuel…

ST Engineering Inks Deal to Build W2W Vessel

Jan 13, 2025

ST Engineering has signed a shipbuilding contract for the design and construction of a Walk-to-Work (W2W) vessel for an unnamed oil and gas company.The contracts marks ST Engineering’s expansion into the market for specialized vessels supporting offshore operations…

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