Heavy Transport Vessel News

 

Northern Lights CCS Project Stores First CO2 Below Seabed off Norway

Aug 25, 2025

TotalEnergies and its partners, Equinor and Shell, have injected the first CO2 volumes 2,600 meters below the seabed off the coast of Western Norway as part of Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.The first CO2 volumes were…

Australia’s Novocastrian Offshore Wind Project Stalled

Aug 24, 2025

Equinor has pulled out of the Australian Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project which was planned for a location about 20 kilometers offshore from off Newcastle.It was partnered with Australian company Oceanex on the A$10 billion ($6.5 billion)…

CNOOC Completes New Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in East China

Aug 22, 2025

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has completed building an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in eastern China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.The 21 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) project, built on the Daxie Island of eastern coastal city Ningbo…

US Opens National Security Investigation into the Import of Wind Turbines

Aug 21, 2025

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it has opened a national security investigation into the import of wind turbines and components.Earlier this week, the department said it was adding wind turbines to a list of products that will face 50% tariffs on the aluminum and steel content…

Profit Drop Prompts Woodside Exploration Cut

Aug 19, 2025

Woodside Energy WDS.AX said on Tuesday it will scale back exploration efforts and prioritise its $39 billion project pipeline to strengthen its balance sheet, after depreciation and decommissioning costs led to a slump in first-half profit.Woodside…

Panel Discusses Rising Tide of Renewables

Aug 19, 2025

A panel session at The Heavy Lift Group’s gathering in The Hague in May put its finger on a ‘hot button’ topic in offshore logistics by focusing on the responses required from industry to fast-changing developments in the renewables sector.The…

SHI Secures Order for Six LNG Carriers

Aug 18, 2025

Samsung Heavy Industries has secured orders for six LNG carriers from two shipowners from Oceania.The vessels, two for one owner, four for the other, are expected to be delivered starting November 2028.Business Korea reports that Samsung Heavy Industries has secured orders for seven LNG carriers…

Heather Alpha Topside Removed in 14 Seconds

Aug 14, 2025

EnQuest completed the removal of the Heather Alpha topsides on August 11.The Allseas-owned Pioneering Spirit heavy lift vessel removed the 15,300 tonne topsides in a single lift, the largest single lift planned in the North Sea this year.EnQuest Decommissioning Director…

Brent Oil Prices Hover While Facing Geopolitical Tensions, WTI Weakens Further

Aug 13, 2025

Brent oil futures are hovering around $66–67 per barrel with mixed geopolitical signals, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has weakened relatively more.The US-China tariff truce extension by 90 days reduced bearish sentiment, while the uncertainty…

OpenTug Drives Barge Transports Digitalization

Aug 12, 2025

The tow and barge industry is, to put it kindly, a conservative industry built on a traditional way of doing things. But times are changing, and the need for digital solutions to help track and verify cargoes – particularly in the high-value energy market – is becoming mandatory…

German CCS Bill Positive News for Norway

Aug 11, 2025

The German government has adopted a new bill amending its Carbon Dioxide Storage Act to lay the legal groundwork for the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and utilization (CCU) and cross-border transport of CO2.The draft law enables the transport…

New Robotic Solution for FPSO Tank Cleaning

Aug 11, 2025

Ambipar and SBM Offshore announced a solution for cleaning cargo oil tanks on (FPSOs), a solution that importantly is geared to completely remove humans from entering tanks during cleaning activities.“This robotic solution marks a turning point for the offshore industry…

Saipem Wraps Up Pipeline Job at Equinor’s Norwegian Sea Project

Aug 01, 2025

Italian energy contractor Saipem has completed the installation of the subsea pipeline for the Irpa project, developed by Equinor in the Norwegian Sea.Offshore operations were carried out by the pipelay vessel Castorone, one of Saipem's flagship vessels…

MODEC Gets ABS Nod for Floating Wind Turbine Design

Jul 31, 2025

MODEC has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its floating wind turbine concept, the i-TLP2.With its tension leg platform (TLP)-oriented features, the i-TLP2 is said to minimize floater motions and seabed footprint…

Japan Designates Hokkaido Sites for Offshore Wind Auctions

Jul 30, 2025

Japan's industry and land ministers on Wednesday designated Matsumae and Hiyama, areas off the northern island of Hokkaido, as promotion zones for upcoming offshore wind power auctions, aiming to bolster the country's renewable energy goals…

Current News

ABS Approves MISC and China Offshore’s Ammonia FPSO Design

ABS Approves MISC and China Of

North Sea Gas Platform ‘Goes Green’ with Offshore Wind

North Sea Gas Platform ‘Goes G

Petrobras Auctions Two Offshore Platforms for Recycling

Petrobras Auctions Two Offshor

BOEM Initiates Process for Potential Mineral Lease Sale Offshore Virginia

BOEM Initiates Process for Pot

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

 
Offshore Engineer Magazine