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Did You know? Fancy Bear, Cozy Bear, Stately Taurus More Menacing Than They Sound

Oct 24, 2024

What drives cyber attackers and what are their main motives for malicious online activities? Who are the most prominent attackers in the maritime industry and how do they do it?According to the report from Marlink’s Security Operations Center on cyber security threats…

Russia Looks Into Nuclear-Powered Submarines as Alternative for Gas Export

Oct 17, 2024

Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Arctic to Asia to try to nearly halve the journey time along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), a senior state official has said.Russia already uses…

US Creates New Marine Sanctuary Along California Coast

Oct 14, 2024

The Biden administration on Friday announced the creation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary along California's central coast, a victory for the Chumash tribe that pursued the designation for a decade.The newly formed sanctuary is part of U…

OMV Petrom Orders Field Support Vessel for Black Sea Gas Field

Oct 11, 2024

Romanian integrated energy company OMV Petrom has signed a shipbuilding contract with Green Yard Kleven for the construction of a Field Support Vessel that will operate for the Neptun Deep project.Neptun Deep is the largest natural gas project…

Schottel’s Swift Anchor Tech Could Cut Floating Wind LCoE for 12%, Study Finds

Oct 09, 2024

Schottel Marine Technologies has released a report highlighting the potential of its Swift Anchor technology, which found it could deliver up to 12% of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) savings for floating wind farms.The study was carried out…

UAE Operator’s AHTS Gets New Thordon Bearings in Offshore Replacement Op

Oct 07, 2024

Bronze bearings in the stern roller of the Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) Vessel ES Kestrel have been replaced with grease-free SXL bearings from Thordon Bearings while the vessel remained afloat and operational.The replacement was undertaken…

North Star Invites Public to Coin the Name for ‘New Kid on the Dock’

Oct 02, 2024

North Star, ScottishPower Renewables and Siemens Gamesa have launched a competition for local people in East Anglia to suggest the name for a new hybrid-powered service operation vessel (SOV), bound for work at the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm…

SLB, Patterson-UTI, and ADNOC JV to Accelerate $1.7B Drilling Campaign in Abu Dhabi

Oct 01, 2024

ADNOC Drilling, SLB and Patterson-UTI have created a joint venture dubbed Turnwell Industries to accelerate the 144-well drilling campaign as part of unconventional oil and gas exploration program in Abu Dhabi, set for delivery by the fourth quarter of 2025…

Sarens Lifts Up Maintenance Efforts for Hywind Scotland’s Floating Wind Turbines

Sep 25, 2024

Sarens, a heavy lifting, engineered transport and crane rental services firm, has been commissioned by the Norwegian Port of Wergeland for the replacement of the bearings in the five Hywind Scotland floating wind turbines.Sarens' scope of work…

Foundation Laid for LORC’s New Bearings Test Bench for 25MW Wind Turbines

Sep 19, 2024

Danish engineering firm R&D Test Systems has completed the 3,700 metric ton foundation for the new Lindø Offshore Renewables Centre (LORC) main bearings test facility, which will be capable of performing extreme test loads on main bearings for 25 MW wind turbines…

Key Louisiana Energy Port Operations Halted as Hurricane Francine Approaches

Sep 11, 2024

The U.S Coast Guard on Wednesday suspended operations at the offshore energy services hub Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as hurricane Francine bore down on the coast, according to a shipping advisory.The temporary closure of Port Fourchon, home to marine and equipment suppliers to offshore oil producers…

Mammoet Launches World’s Strongest Land-Based Crane for Energy Sector

Sep 02, 2024

Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet has launched the SK6000 land-based crane, said to be the world’s strongest, capable of handling large offshore wind components and delivering reduced integration times to offshore oil and gas projects…

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