A consortium based in South West England, led by Morek Engineering, has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first feasibility stage.Consortium partners include naval architects Solis Marine Engineering…
Geoquip Marine, a Njord Partners portfolio company, has completed a preliminary geotechnical site investigation for two 4 GW offshore wind projects.The investigation will support the developer in advancing the next phase of design for both project sites…
MMA Offshore, a subsidiary of Cyan Renewables, has secured a multi-year contract from Chevron Australia for its platform supply vessel (PSV) MMA Plover.The vessel has been contracted to provide marine logistics support to Chevron’s Barrow Island and Wheatstone assets…
Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured four long-term charter and service contracts with Petrobras for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels, worth approximately $480 million.As part of the new contracts, Skandi Iguaçu…
Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to Taiwan as part of a contract with Ventus Marine for two vessels.The 27-meter Z-Bow vessels, designed in collaboration with naval architect BMT, incorporate cutting-edge marine engineering and technology…
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its design of a multi-purpose liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating facility for deep water (MLF-O).Called MLF-O, the next-generation…
Guyana's parliament passed an oil pollution bill late on Friday that holds parties liable for damages caused by oil spills, including from vessels.The bill, which passed with a majority of votes cast in a simple voice vote, is expected to soon be signed into law by President Irfaan Ali…
Lamprell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for a newbuild NG-9000X wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.The newbuild vessel will support offshore wind activities in the Asia Pacific region…
Akastor’s fully-owned subsidiary DDW Offshore has canceled the sale of Skandi Peregrino anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel.The agreement to sell Skandi Peregrino AHTS, first announced in early March 2025, was conditional on charterer's consent…
Polish shipbuilder CRIST S.A. has held a keel-laying ceremony for an offshore support vessel (OSV), being built for Norwegian vessel owner DOF.The vessel, provisionally named SeaDragon (NB 110), will 109.7 meters long and 22 meters wide, with the capacity to accommodate 164 people…
INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have launch and named the first European built offshore CO2 carrier for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, marking a major for Project Greensand and CCS schemes across the EU.The CO2 carrier has been named Carbon…
U.S. energy company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has executed a three-year charter agreement for the Energos Freeze floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with Energía 2000 in the Dominican Republic.The 125,000 m3 Energos Freeze FSRU will be deployed to Energía 2000 S…
Centus Marine, a Malaysian operator of fast crew boats, has taken delivery of the second hybrid fast crew boat (FCB) from the Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine.The vessel, named Centus Alesha, features Strategic Marine’s hybrid propulsion system…
Singapore-based Seatrium has secured a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) conversion contract from Höegh Evi, formerly known as Höegh LNG, for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Hoegh Gandria.The contract covers the conversion and longevity of LNG carrier…
One of the world’s most advanced offshore production assets, the Agogo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Yinson Production for Azule Energy, made a scheduled technical stop at Walvis Bay in Namibia, while en route to a field offshore Angola…