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  • First Buoy Supported Riser System Installed on Guara Lula Project (Brazil)

    10 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Balltec has developed and commissioned a pioneering subsea chain tensioning system and tether top connector for the first Buoy Supported Riser (BSR) System installed on the Guará-Lula Project. Balltec took on their largest project to date for the design, manufacture, assembly and testing of 36 tether top connectors and six subsea chain tensioners for the […]

  • UK: 2012 Another Remarkable Year for EMEC

    25 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted […]

  • New Zealand: Port of Tauranga Receives Approval for Harbour Dredging

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Port of Tauranga has today received final approval from the Minister of Conservation for its plans to widen and deepen shipping channels, to accommodate larger ships. Port of Tauranga Chief Executive, Mark Cairns, welcomed the news, saying the benefits to the New Zealand economy from the ability to accommodate larger vessels would be widespread and […]

  • ECSA, SEA Europe push for maritime sector’s seat at the table in EU’s green agenda

    20 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    ECSA European Shipowners and the Shipyards & Maritime Equipment Association of Europe (SEA Europe) have urged the European Commission to include the maritime sector in two of its ‘vital’ strategies aimed at enhancing the competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of Europe’s transportation industry. In a March 19, 2025, joint statement, the two entities have called for […]

  • Virginia to Establish Testing and Certification Facility (USA)

    26 October 2011

    Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Virginia has landed a collaborative project to establish a facility for the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines. The project, called Poseidon Atlantic, will be the first such facility in the United States and will help fill a growing need globally for facilities that test […]

  • USA: Experts Look to Harness Ocean Power with Seafloor Carpet (VIDEO)

    30 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    UC Berkeley assistant professor Reza Alam, an engineer and an expert in wave mechanics is looking to harness the power of ocean waves with the seafloor “carpet” he is proposing that will convert ocean waves into usable energy. “There is a vast amount of untapped energy in the oceans, and with increasing worldwide demand for […]

  • Azinam acquires offshore block in South Africa

    29 May 2019

    Africa-focused oil company Azinam has completed the acquisition of an offshore block in the Orange Basin in South Africa, marking the company’s entry into the country.

  • In focus: Cross-sector collaborations replacing fossil fuels with green energy

    28 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    In the face of decarbonisation challenges, presenting a united front seems to be a way around for offshore energy players. During the last week of January, we have witnessed a number of cross-sector collaborations established with a single aim to eliminate carbon emissions and reach the net-zero destination through a green energy path.

  • US: New shipping reform seeks greater control of ocean carriers

    7 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    U.S. senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, have introduced the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, bipartisan legislation that would update federal regulations for the global shipping industry.

  • HYSY 981 completes first part of drilling in disputed waters near Vietnam

    27 May 2014

    China Oilfield Services Limited, the operator of the HYSY 981 rig currently deployed in the South China Sea, has completed the first stage of drilling in the area.

  • Consortium backs Phase 2 of Greensand CCS project

    17 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Consortium members have agreed to back Phase 2 of the Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot project, in support of Denmark’s ambitious 70 per cent CO2 reduction targets by 2030.

  • Shipping’s Decarbonization Will Need Major R&D Investment

    15 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Kirsi Tikka: Collaboration as well as sufficient investment in technology development needed to meet IMO’s targets.

  • Ophir Updates on Tanzania, Ghana Drilling Programmes

    10 April 2013

    Ophir provided an operational update on the Company’s drilling programmes in Blocks 1-3-4 in Tanzania and the Accra Block in Ghana. Ophir holds a 40% working interest in Tanzania Blocks 1-3-4 and a 20% interest in the Ghana Accra Block. Tanzania Operations: Block 1, Jodari Field:       Following the successful completion of the multi-well Jodari appraisal […]

  • Interview: Preparations for DT Conference in Advanced Stage

    28 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The preparations for the first ever Dredging Today Conference (DTC), which will offer a forward-looking agenda for the dredging industry, are in full swing now. With just about three months left to DTC, Dredging Today took the opportunity to talk with Ms. Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen, Conference Manager, about the upcoming event. DT: The first ever Dredging Today […]

  • Eco Wave Power Installs Wave Energy Power Plant in Black Sea

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Eco Wave Power has successfully installed a medium-scale wave energy power plant, in the Black Sea, during the month of April, 2012. The installation of EWP’s system, took place during that month in recognition of the international Mother Earth Day, celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. The Black Sea provided Eco Wave Power […]

  • Interview: Regulatory Hurdles Are Hampering the Take-Up of Drones

    28 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service: Development of regulatory, safety framework is slowing the take-up of UAS technology.

  • World’s first renewable-powered floating LNG import terminal closing in on new partners amid ‘strong’ interest

    14 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition

    Venice Energy is holding formal talks with multiple potential partners with ties to the U.S. and Asia to secure the future of a proposed LNG import terminal project in South Australia.

  • U.S. puts the wheels into motion to strengthen safety standards for offshore oil & gas ops

    13 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Technology, Transition

    The U.S. Department of the Interior is taking steps to bolster safe and environmentally responsible offshore oil and gas operations.

  • Circle Oil in Quest for Partners for Drilling in Block 52, Offshore Oman

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Circle Oil Plc , the international oil and gas exploration, development and production company to announced today the following operational update on its activities in Block 52 in Oman. Block 52 The processing of the 5,026 line kilometres of marine 2D seismic, recorded from December 2010 to February 2011, has been completed. The processed data […]

  • Germany: GL Group Counts 100 Million GT Classified

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Classification society Germanischer Lloyd​ (GL) fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million GT (gross tonnage). GL has currently more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies worldwide under regular technical supervision. “We have been able to double the fleet in class over the last six years,” explains Erik van der Noordaa, CEO of the […]

  • Forewind Consortium Announces First Construction Development of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    25 October 2010

    * The development of the world’s biggest offshore wind project has now been launched * 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts of wind power are planned by 2020 The development consortium Forewind, which also includes RWE Innogy, has announced the first stage in building the biggest offshore wind farm project in the world. Dogger Bank is a […]

  • Forewind Consortium Announces First Construction Development of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    25 October 2010

    * The development of the world’s biggest offshore wind project has now been launched * 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts of wind power are planned by 2020 The development consortium Forewind, which also includes RWE Innogy, has announced the first stage in building the biggest offshore wind farm project in the world. Dogger Bank is a […]

  • Researchers Led by Professor Cooper Explore Secrets of Seabed Around Ireland

    14 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      An international team of researchers led by University of Ulster Professor Andrew Cooper is about to embark on a voyage of underwater discovery that will establish whether Ireland was ever joined to Britain by a land bridge. The aim of the three year project is to determine just how far sea level fell in […]

  • Port of London Authority commissions study on future energy demand

    17 May 2021
    Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) has awarded a contract to Royal HaskoningDHV to model the future of energy demand and supply on the tidal Thames as part of its plans to become a zero-carbon port. As announced last year, the PLA last wants to achieve Net Zero by 2040, or earlier. Chief Executive Robin […]

  • AtlantOS Project to Advance Atlantic Ocean Observation

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    AtlantOS, one of the largest and most ambitious marine research projects of recent decades has just started and holds its kick-off meeting, with more than 130 representatives of the project partners, from 10 to 12 June in Brussels. During this kick-off meeting the details of the work program will be presented and the overarching goals discussed. […]