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  • North Sea oil & gas pair comes up on CHC’s flight radar with multi-year chopper deal

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has hired CHC Helicopter, a Texas-based helicopter services provider, on a long-term assignment at two oil and gas projects in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Seadrill positions for future with key executive changes

    27 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has elected a new CFO and a new COO as well as a new director to its board.

  • Is North Atlantic the next emission control area for shipping?

    14 November 2024
    Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Germany’s ‘oldest and largest’ environmental association, is urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish an emission control area in the North Atlantic.

  • IMO Member States Back HFO Risk Mitigation Measures in Arctic

    7 July 2017

    International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Member States have supported a proposal to identify measures aimed at mitigating the risks posed by the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters, and called on the IMO to work towards a swift conclusion of the work. The support was voiced during the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) […]

  • HB Grandi’s New Fishing Vessels to Feature Wartsila NOx Reducer

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The new Wärtsilä NOx Reducer will be fitted to two new fishing vessels under construction at the Celiktrans yard in Turkey. The ships are owned by HB Grandi, one of Iceland’s largest fishing vessel operators. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for the second and fourth quarter of 2014. The Wärtsilä NOx Reducer (NOR), an […]

  • New tech from two Scandinavian firms to cut wave energy converter cost and mass

    6 February 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    Swedish company CorPower Ocean and Norway-based OPS Solutions have developed a pre-tension cylinder (PTC) prototype, marking a step toward reducing the cost and mass of wave energy converters (WECs).  The two companies teamed up through the COMPACT project, combining expertise in wave energy and offshore fabrication. CorPower Ocean said the project focused on developing a […]

  • EU on Track to Meet Climate and Energy Targets for 2020

    9 October 2013
    Authorities & Government

    European Union Member States are showing mixed progress towards three climate and energy targets for 2020, even though the EU as a whole could reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 21% in 2020 with the set of national measures already adopted. These findings come from new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessments. EEA’s report ‘Trends and projections […]

  • EU on Track to Meet Climate and Energy Targets for 2020

    9 October 2013
    Authorities & Government

    European Union Member States are showing mixed progress towards three climate and energy targets for 2020, even though the EU as a whole could reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 21% in 2020 with the set of national measures already adopted. These findings come from new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessments. EEA’s report ‘Trends and projections […]

  • German, US Scientists Study Seawater Along Greenland’s West Coast

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    This year Greenland is experiencing one of the warmest summers in its recent history. This heat wave has meant that an international research team is in the unique position of being able to collect important climate data from the changing Arctic. Until today German and US scientists on board the research ship MARIA S. MERIAN […]

  • Multimillion-dollar jobs for Monadelphous on Shell’s gas project and Australia Pacific LNG

    9 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Monadelphous, an Australian engineering group, has landed a new assignment on a natural gas field development off the coast of Western Australia and a contract extension for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland located in northeastern Australia.

  • In focus: Energy transition steadily gaining pace across the globe

    13 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    The offshore energy sector has this week witnessed the unwavering nature of energy transition which is bound to continue – hopefully at an accelerated pace – as the nature itself steps up its cries for protection by employing the ‘shock and awe’ tactics which set many areas of the world ablaze due to overwhelming heat caused by the climate change – which evidently is progressing at an accelerated rate.

  • The Dutch Moving Most Maritime Cargo in EU

    26 February 2015

    The Netherlands remained the largest maritime freight transport country in Europe in 2013, while Rotterdam, Antwerpen and Hamburg maintained their positions as the three largest ports, according to figures from Eurostat released by the EU Commission. The compilation covers the latest statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in the European Union (EU), […]

  • Clean Arctic Alliance calls for ‘rapid’ creation of Arctic green shipping corridors

    30 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The Clean Arctic Alliance, a global campaign made up of 20 international non-for-profit organisations, has written to the ministers from Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands to propose a number of domestic and international actions which would help to rapidly kick-start the establishment of green shipping corridors in Arctic waters.

  • NASA Kicks Off Phytoplankton Study

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    NASA has embarked on a coordinated ship and aircraft observation campaign off the Atlantic coast of the United States, an effort to advance space-based capabilities for monitoring microscopic plants that form the base of the marine food chain.   Phytoplankton, tiny ocean plants that absorb carbon dioxide and deliver oxygen to Earth’s atmosphere, play a […]

  • LS Cable & System signs contracts for 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea

    11 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    LS Cable & System and its subsidiary LS Marine Solution have won a contract for the supply and installation of cables for the 532 MW Anma offshore wind project in South Korea. The contracts are worth ₩177 billion (approximately $185 million). LS Marine Solution will be responsible for laying the submarine cables that will connect […]

  • Queen Mary 2 Celebrates 200th Transatlantic Crossing

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 is making her historic 200th Transatlantic Crossing, having sailed from New York on Saturday 6 July en route to her homeport of Southampton, England, arriving 13 July. To mark the beginning of the historic voyage from New York, Queen Mary 2 performed a sail-by of the world’s most iconic […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to class North Star’s two VARD-built methanol-ready CSOVs

    26 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK’s classification society, has been awarded a contract to class two methanol-ready commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs) being built by VARD, a global designer and shipbuilder of specialized vessels, for North Star, the UK’s offshore infrastructure support vessel operator. The classification society will conduct the design appraisal and survey of the […]

  • Nine Countries Share Experiences during IMRF European Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rescue volunteers from across nine European nations are to participate next week in a seven day Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme sharing experiences and knowledge, to improve Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) responses and help to prevent loss of life in Europe’s waters. The volunteer crews involved, collectively commit thousands of hours of their time every […]

  • EU-backed project to convert bulk carrier to sail on climate-neutral fuels

    1 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    A new e-fuels project has kicked off aiming to develop and convert a bulk carrier to run on climate-neutral fuels. Led by Icelandic engineering company Verkís, the European GAMMA project, initiated in January 2024, involves retrofitting a TOPIC Fleet bulk carrier with innovative technologies to demonstrate the feasibility of using e-fuels as an alternative to […]

  • Unique System FZE to Deliver Ship Performance Monitoring Solutions (UAE)

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has been contracted by ADNATCO-NGSCO to deliver ship performance monitoring solutions that will help to optimize vessel performance and subsequently aim to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The entire project will be carried […]

  • Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, Microsoft collab mulls use of Northern Lights

    10 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Aker Carbon Capture, Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted, and global technology colossus Microsoft teamed up in a project to capture emissions from biomass power plants and store them using the Northern Lights project.

  • Atlantic Petroleum Acquires Volantis Exploration Limited (UK)

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited, has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of the UK-based private exploration company, Volantis Exploration Limited. Volantis Exploration holds equity in a total of 15 licences in the Southern North Sea on the UK continental shelf […]

  • €2.45 million wave energy project targets Atlantic coastal deployment

    11 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has joined a newly approved €2.45 million project under the Interreg Atlantic Area Program, focused on advancing scalable wave energy deployment across Europe’s Atlantic coastline.  According to Eco Wave Power, the project, named Atlantic Wave Energy Sustainable Deployment Initiative (AWESDI), is part of the program’s third call for proposals […]

  • HGK Shipping, Covestro to install wind propulsion tech on Amadeus Titanium

    10 July 2025
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    German shipping company HGK Shipping and compatriot chemicals company Covestro have decided to retrofit a liquid coaster vessel with wind-assisted propulsion technology. Pressing ahead to provide sustainable shipping services on European short-sea routes, the two companies have now signed an agreement to extend their existing partnership until 2040. Among other things, it involves refitting the […]

  • Minesto slashes costs, closes Wales office in major reorganization

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has finalized a reorganization process aimed at aligning the business for commercial rollout and reducing fixed costs. The changes include geographic consolidation, a trimmed management structure, and tighter product development integration. The company reports a 35% reduction in fixed costs as a result. Minesto has shut down its Holyhead office […]