UK-based class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German developer DAI Infrastruktur for Project Ra, a large-scale green ammonia production and bunkering development at East Port Said, Egypt.
The UK Government has decided to reject the huge £25 billion (around €29.5 billion) project that would import 11.5 GW of solar and wind power from Morocco to the British grid via 4,000-kilometer HVDC subsea cables. The Xlinks Morocco-UK power project envisions the development of a commercial-scale r
As of today, June 26, the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC) officially enters into force. It marks a long-awaited turning point in how the world dismantles and recycles end-of-life vessels. Over two decades in the making, the conventio
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has awarded Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices with a contract to perform marine seismic acquisition at an offshore block in São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa, it entered last year. The project is the first under a three-year firm capacity reservation agreement (CRA
Observed annually on June 25, the Day of the Seafarer brings the spotlight to those who keep global trade moving—quietly stitching the seams of the world’s economy from one port to the next—often under immense strain and with little recognition. This year’s campaign, “My Harassment-free ship”, led b
Aberdeen-headquartered Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has supported Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem during flex-lay campaigns in West Africa. Under its contract, MDL was in charge of providing specialist equipment and operational support to enable Saipem’
Golar LNG has opened the doors to a multibillion-dollar backlog, thanks to a floating LNG (FLNG) unit, which has ticked off its task list a commercial operations date (COD) at a huge gas project in African waters, operated by the UK-headquartered BP.
Afentra, a UK-headquartered and AIM-listed upstream oil and gas company, has sealed a deal to acquire half of the stake one of its joint venture (JV) partners holds in two blocks off the coast of Angola.
Although China, the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) remain frontrunners in clean industry development, a bloc of emerging markets spanning Africa, Asia and South America is quickly catching up, showing the potential to overthrow the ‘longstanding dominance’ of these leading economies.
EnerMech, an Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist, has pinpointed the focus on high-growth regions, subsea work, and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) assignments as its tripartite resilience formula, which it uses as keys to achieving resilience against the backd
Fugro has appointed Niels Schallenberg as Group Director Europe & Africa, effective July 1, following Erik-Jan Bijvank’s decision to step down from the position in order to pursue opportunities outside the company. The Dutch company reported last month that Bijvank was stepping down from the positio
UK-based uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) technology player, HydroSurv, has sold a USV to Nigeria’s offshore survey services provider, Geodetic Offshore Services Limited (GOSL), for hydrographic and geophysical survey activities.
