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Solstad Offshore's Subsea Construction Vessels Win Renewable Energy Assignments

Oct 18, 2022

Solstad Offshore, a Norwegian company that owns and operates offshore support vessels, has won a contract for the subsea construction vessel Normand Baltic and a contract extension for the subsea construction vessel Normand Navigator.The contracts…

Petrobras Orders $2.8B FPSO from Keppel O&M

Sep 29, 2022

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.8 billion contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the construction of a large FPSO for deployment at the Buzios field offshore Brazil.Scheduled for delivery in 1H 2027, the P-83 is a repeat order of the P-80 FPSO that Keppel O&M secured in August 2022…

DEME Offshore's Flagship Vessel 'Orion' Installs Fécamp Substation

Aug 12, 2022

Belgium-based offshore installation firm DEME Offshore has installed the offshore substation of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, offshore France, using its new flagship vessel 'Orion.'The  DP3 installation vessel Orion is equipped with a 5,000-tonne crane…

AET Unveils Shuttle Tanker for Long-term Charter to Petrobras

Jul 28, 2022

Tanker shipping company AET on Thursday named its newest vessel, Eagle Crato, the final of three Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) shuttle tankers purpose-built for long-term charter to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, based on the agreement signed in February 2020…

Technip Energies, X1 Wind, Partners to Deliver Important Floating Wind Project

Jul 18, 2022

The European Commission has chosen Technip Energies, X1 Wind, and a consortium of ten international entities, to deliver the NextFloat project, a program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale floating wind.NextFloat project's main objectives are to demonstrate a competitive…

Siemens Gamesa to Deliver 14MW Offshore Wind Turbines for RWE's Polish Wind Farm

Jun 28, 2022

German renewable energy company RWE has selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred supplier for its F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind project in Poland.RWE will use 25 of Siemens Gamesa’s flagship SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines for the 350 MW wind farm…

ADS Maritime Holding Buys Into Equinor-bound Shuttle Tanker Quarter

Jun 24, 2022

ADS Maritime Holding has agreed to acquire a 5 % shareholding in AET Sea Shuttle AS and AET Sea Shuttle II AS, the owners of four modern shuttle tankers operating in the North Sea, mainly on long term charters to Equinor. The vessels are Eagle Blane…

West Africa Market Harbors Positive Potential for MODU Operators

Jun 14, 2022

The region could be a key growth market for the oil and gas industry going forward, writes Joshua Belo-Osagie, Maritime Strategies International (MSI).Improving sentiment surrounds energy market prospects offshore West Africa, the positive mood underpinned by higher oil prices…

DEME Offshore's Flagship Vessel Orion Installs First Monopile at German Offshore Wind Project

Jun 08, 2022

DEME Offshore's recently delivered flagship offshore installation vessel Orion has installed the first monopile at Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea to the northeast of Rügen island. Arcadis Ost 1 is a 257 MW offshore wind project developed by Parkwind…

GIP to Buy wpd's Offshore Wind Business

May 06, 2022

Independent infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners ('GIP') has agreed to acquire offshore wind farm developer wpd offshore from the German company wpd AG.wpd offshore has a track record of ~7 GW of offshore wind developed to date…

GE, HSM Offshore Energy to Jointly Bid for Offshore Wind Substation Work

May 05, 2022

GE's Grid Solutions business, a global power industry systems provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding with offshore platform and modules builder HSM Offshore Energy to partner on offshore wind substations projects'This MoU can help…

DEME Offshore, Barge Master Develop Feeder Solution for U.S. Offshore Wind Farms

May 04, 2022

Belgian offshore installation firm Deme Offshore and Dutch company Barge Master, which specializes in offshore motion compensation systems, have partnered up to further develop a U.S. Jones Act-compliant feeder solution for the upcoming offshore wind projects in the U…

Green Jade Offshore Installation Vessel Launched in Taiwan

Apr 05, 2022

An official launching ceremony for the Green Jade DP3 heavy lift and installation vessel, the first such vessel built in Taiwan, was held at CSBC’s shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.The news was shared by the Belgian offshore installation firm DEME Offshore…

Portugal to Hold First Floating Offshore Wind Auction

Mar 16, 2022

Portugal plans to hold its first auction for floating offshore farms this summer, which it hopes will be able to produce between 3 and 4 gigawatts (GW) of power in 2026, Environment and Energy Transition minister Joao Matos Fernandes told Reuters…

Six Developers Emerge as Winners in Historic $4.4B NY Bight Offshore Wind Lease Sale

Feb 26, 2022

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) New York Bight auction concluded February 26, 2022, a sale where six bidders committed to payments of close to $4.4B in total for the right to develop wind lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey…

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