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  • From Climate Change to Smarter Seal Solutions

    2 October 2017

    By Lagersmit The entire world has been talking about it for years now and it still remains a hot topic: climate change. This change has a lot of consequences for several sectors and the maritime industry also has to deal with this. How does climate change impact the maritime industry? Clear responses to this development […]

  • With over 140 carbon capture, utilisation, and storage hubs in development, 2022 pushes CCUS to new heights

    27 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    IEA: More than 140 new CCUS projects were announced, ramping up planned storage capacity by 80 per cent, and capture capacity by 30 per cent.

  • EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act: A chance to scale up net-zero tech or missed opportunity to match US IRA?

    17 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    As part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the European Commission (EC) has proposed new initiatives and a set of actions to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the European Union (EU), including renewable hydrogen, carbon capture, and alternative fuel technologies, among others. On 16 March, EC’s President Ursula von der Leyen announced […]

  • Green corridors: can they catalyze the transition to zero-emission shipping?

    26 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Green corridors are coming forth as the central link that is expected to facilitate the shipping industry’s transition to alternative fuels and full-scale decarbonization. Several green corridors are already in the making linking ports within Europe or those connecting Europe with Asia and America. In August, the world’s two top ports, the Port of Rotterdam […]

  • USA: Weeks Marine to Christen Cutter Suction Dredger CR McCaskill

    13 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Weeks Marine Inc. (WMI), an ENR top 100 construction contractor with extensive dredging and coastal restoration experience in the Gulf of Mexico will christen a new $41 million ocean-going hydraulic cutter suction dredge, the CR McCaskill, on July 16, 2012 at the company’s Houma Marine Yard, 1135 Lower Coteau Road, Houma, LA 70361. The vessel […]

  • USA: Senator Ready for Top GOP Environment Panel Job

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sens. David Vitter and Barbara Boxer have something in common. At least that’s what the conservative Louisiana senator hopes as he prepares to take over the top Republican slot on the Environment and Public Works Committee. The Southern conservative and the Left Coast firebrand both represent coastal states burdened by flood control problems, and they […]

  • ‘You’re in my spot!’ – BP and Ørsted’s UK saga continues as Hornsea Four DCO decision looms

    31 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage

    Grant Shapps, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has less than a month to sign off a decision on Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind farm, which might not be an easy task as the developer and BP are still at odds over an area where their offshore wind and carbon capture and storage (CCS) project sites overlap.

  • Driven by robust offshore oil production, demand for shuttle tankers set to rise, Rystad says

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Rystad’s analysis shows offshore oil needs more shuttle tankers as volumes requiring transport set to rise by 35 per cent in this decade.

  • USA: Robert B. Wetta of WEDA Presents Annual Report

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mr. Robert B. Wetta President of the Western Dredging Association called the meeting to Order at 1:25 pm Tuesday June 12, 2012 and presented the Annual Report that covers the period from June 7, 2011 until June 12, 2012. The President presented the following: “During the period of this report WEDA Membership continues to increase. […]

  • Transmission coordination road to UK’s 2030 offshore wind ambition

    2 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The increase of UK’s goal to have 40 GW instead of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 represents a huge opportunity for the sector. However, it is not without its challenges. With the quadrupling of capacity, cumulative environmental and social impacts of the lack of offshore transmission coordination represent a major barrier to delivery, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

  • Equinor files plan for further development of North Sea field, unveils investment of over $1.1bn

    26 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Equinor and its partners have submitted a PDO for the Oseberg field and revealed plans for investing over $1.1. million in this development.

  • The Netherlands: DAMEN Presents New Approach to Deep Sea Dredging

    31 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The new flexible dredging concept is the answer to increasing demand for raw materials while sand winning locations are located further from shore at increased dredging depths. The RoRo Deep Dredge, which can work up to -200 m dredging depth, has specifically been designed to meet this demand and to challenge current technical limitations. Shortage […]

  • LNG is no longer creating the buzz, ammonia is

    31 May 2021
    Environment, Equipment, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is confident that it would meet its target of developing a commercially viable, ammonia-powered marine engine by 2024. The engine would be intended for large, ocean-going containerships

  • Drop in recoverable oil resources could deal major blow to energy security, Rystad says

    6 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The drop in the total recoverable oil worldwide from last year’s figures represents another threat to global energy security, explains Rystad.

  • Make the industry cleaner and safer by a multidisciplinary approach

    27 October 2021

    Reducing the carbon intensity is the main theme for the Maritime industry. The International Maritime Organization has adopted a strategy to reduce the carbon intensity by 40% by 2030. From 2023, the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements will take effect for all cargo, RoPax and cruise vessels above 5,000 GT and trading internationally.  Considering the […]

  • Tanzania: Construction Works on Port of Dar es Salaam Second Container Terminal Will Start in 2011

    1 July 2010

    Construction of a second container terminal for the port of Dar es Salaam is set to begin early in 2011, according to news reports in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam’s Daily News quoted Tanzania Ports Authority Director-General Ephraim Mgawe as saying that cargo volumes have increased at a rate of 15 percent per annum for several […]

  • IEEFA warns of worsening inflation in power sector with carbon capture and storage in the mix

    30 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    New report by IEEFA points out that adding CCS to fossil-fired power plants will have unsustainable implications on electricity prices.

  • Don’t miss out on premium content

    16 June 2021

    Every day, access to key market information helps industry players obtain insights, generate leads, and stay up to date. If you’re looking to add crucial offshore energy market insights & rundowns, the latest & trending market updates as well as reports about tenders and emerging markets to your daily reading list, take a gander at […]

  • Shipping’s decarbonization quest: 30,000 existing ships ready for wind propulsion tech

    29 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    As the maritime industry’s quest for the best possible decarbonization has intensified, wind propulsion systems are gaining traction around the globe.

  • 2050 starts in 2020, and it starts with offshore wind and green hydrogen

    8 October 2020
    Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    Humankind achieved its first interstellar flight in 2063 with a spacecraft powered by a warp drive, based on a matter-antimatter system fuelled by deuterium, a hydrogen isotope, and its antimatter equivalent. This is according to Star Trek, a series famous for featuring several things we might take for granted today back in the seventies and […]

  • In focus: Gas still runs the show but bets on hydrogen threaten to steal it

    9 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition

    Will the increase in investments enable hydrogen to dethrone gas as the key player in the energy decarbonisation game?

  • Haptic control development for mechatronic devices

    1 September 2022
    Equipment, Innovation

    The current generation of maritime remote-control systems has countless features to ensure ship safety: system redundancy, smart sensors and control algorithms, to name a few. However, one feature that is still surprisingly scarce in the industry, is advanced haptic feedback to the operator. Haptic feedback specialistAccording to Emil Koppen, R&D Manager at Kwant Controls, haptics […]

  • Rystad: Biden win could benefit short-term oil demand, but Trump win could be the most bullish outcome

    4 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy believes that if Trump should win it may make oil prices great again while Biden effect is more mixed.

  • Big money forcing Big Oil into climate change revolution

    10 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    With the annual general meeting season now behind us, many oil majors have felt the heat from investors – most prominently BlackRock – or courts to put more effort into accelerating climate action.

  • UK: Experts Call for Alternative Development Option for Falmouth Docks

    28 February 2012

    Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the local charity that protects wildlife on land and at sea, has announced that it supports an alternative option to develop Falmouth Docks which would save part of a nationally rare marine habitat. This alternative option is outlined in the Docks’ own Masterplan and initial estimates shows it could provide the economic […]