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  • VARD sets up strategic partnership with Norwegian research institute

    18 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian shipbuilder VARD, a subsidiary of Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Norwegian research institute NORCE to cooperate on research and innovation related to subsea technology, among other things. The strategic partnership will be focused on topics such as design, construction, on-board and underwater maintenance and drone technology for […]

  • Japan’s MHI prolongs research collaboration on ammonia-based clean power in Indonesia

    21 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    Japanese major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) have signed a new research agreement to continue exploring the potential of ammonia-based clean power in Indonesia. MHI and ITB concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2020 to collaborate on research into next-generation clean energy solutions and analysis of big data relating […]

  • Dutch firm takes over management of 40-meter catamaran research vessel

    26 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Dutch offshore services company Mark Offshore is set to manage and operate a catamaran research vessel for offshore renewables, marine survey and nearshore energy projects under an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University. Built in 2014, the 40-meter DP1 subsea support vessel Mintis has supported a range of offshore activities, including ROV, AUV and USV operations, […]

  • DroneQ Robotics gets exclusive rights to use 2014-built research vessel

    2 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Dutch advanced unmanned robotics services provider DroneQ Robotics has received exclusive rights to deploy Mark Offshore’s research and survey vessel for its own and third-party projects. This comes as Dutch Mark Offshore signed an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University to handle the management and operations of the catamaran research vessel Mintis for offshore renewables, marine […]

  • 6% of Welsh people think renewable energy development should decrease, research shows

    2 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    New research by RenewableUK Cymru has found that 71% of Welsh people believe renewable energy development should increase, with just 6% saying it should decrease, and 58% want Wales’s future energy system to be mainly or entirely based on renewable energy. New polling published by RenewableUK Cymru on April 1 shows strong backing for renewables comes […]

  • To back Make American Shipbuilding Great Again initiative, South Koreans open research hub in US

    13 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels, Vision

    South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and San Diego State University (SDSU) have opened a joint research center in the U.S. to support the Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA) initiative. The SHI-SDSU Advanced Maritime Center (SSAM), SHI’s first research hub in the U.S., is located in San Diego, California, described as the ideal location […]

  • Singapore-based project to tackle one of energy transition’s ‘hardest engineering challenges’

    10 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    A new industry-academia research collaboration project, led by the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Hydrogen Innovations (CHI), has been launched with a focus on the development of next-generation ammonia-fuelled marine engines with near-zero emissions to help in speeding up the decarbonization of the global shipping industry. Officially launched on February 4, the project focuses […]

  • Nuclear-powered vessels are achievable, Norwegian-led study confirms

    26 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Nuclear-powered DP vessels are a technically feasible solution and are achievable, the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) study has confirmed. The NuProShip II project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, demonstrates the technical feasibility of nuclear-powered DP vessels, researching the possibility of nuclear reactors contributing to efficiency, reliability, and environmental responsibility for […]

  • €17.5M investment to expand EMEC’s tidal energy test facilities

    20 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured a £15 million (around €17.5 million) investment to expand its tidal energy research and development (R&D) infrastructure in Orkney, Scotland. The Blue Horizon project will expand EMEC’s tidal test facilities to enable the demonstration of tidal energy arrays. The project is one of three chosen in a combined […]

  • Testing aimed at improving megawatt-scale tidal energy device wraps up in Ireland

    18 February 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Marine energy technology and project solutions provider ORPC has completed testing activities that had the goal of improving installation, operation and maintenance of its megawatt-scale tidal energy device. The testing, wrapped up at the end of 2025, was part of the ORPC-led LOGIC-Tide research and development project focused on the development of the Optimor tidal […]

  • Recently converted seismic source vessel begins sea trials (Video)

    4 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    A 2010-built seismic source vessel owned by Norway’s Sanco Shipping, recently converted from a seismic research vessel, is performing its sea trials ahead of delivery. Sanco Shipping purchased Sanco Sailor in July 2025, at the time named PGS Apollo, after which the 106.6-meter-long vessel set sail directly to Vard Langsten. Since arriving at Vard Langsten […]

  • US vessel reflagging to Vanuatu before assignment in Honduras

    19 May 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    TDI-Brooks’ 2003-built multi-use oceanographic research vessel Miss Emma McCall is on its way to Honduras to complete its reflagging exercise, before being deployed for a geotechnical project in this country. The 153-meter-long vessel completed its full term ABS shipyard period and is currently en route to Roatan, Honduras, to complete the reflagging exercise from the […]

  • Norway: €710k public funding aims to advance floating solar tech performance

    26 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Norway’s Ocean Sun has secured NOK 8 million (around €710,000) in public funding for a project that aims to strengthen the long-term performance and reliability of its floating solar technology. The public funding was awarded for the Enhanced Environmental Resilience for OS FPV System (EROS) research project, an Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector (IPN), […]

  • VARD delivers newly converted seismic source vessel to Sanco Shipping

    17 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s VARD has delivered the seismic source vessel Sanco Sailor to compatriot Sanco Shipping, following the completion of conversion from a seismic research vessel. Sanco Shipping purchased Sanco Sailor in July 2025, at the time named PGS Apollo, after which the 2010-built, 106.6-meter-long vessel set sail directly to Vard Langsten to undergo extensive conversion. Since […]

  • ScotWind developers fund study to find out more about minke whale activity

    11 May 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Research & Development

    Underwater acoustic monitoring equipment has been deployed off Scotland’s east coast as part of a two-year study aimed at improving the understanding of minke whale activity in areas being considered for offshore wind farms’ export cable routes. The work, led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), is focused on the Southern Trench Marine […]

  • Prysmian’s R&D activities get €300 million EIB boost

    9 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €300 million financing package for Prysmian that will support the Italian cabling giant’s research and development (R&D) activities with the ultimate goal of accelerating energy security and digitalization in Europe. The financing will support Prysmian’s European research and development activities for the 2025–2028 period, accelerating the adoption […]

  • Downturn in high-impact exploration: Is revival of oil & gas drilling appetite on the cards?

    2 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Given that the number of players engaged in high-impact (HI) oil and gas exploration operations has been cut in half since 2014, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has warned about the uncertainty surrounding new hydrocarbon search attempts, while emphasizing the need for a new wave of exploration firms to be created and for existing companies to return to drilling activities, if exploration endeavors are to increase in the future.

  • TGS, BGP, Staatsolie embark on seismic survey to map oil & gas deposits in shallow waters

    8 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Research & Development

    Norwegian/American energy data and intelligence player, Tomlinson Geophysical Services (TGS), has kicked off a seismic survey in the shallow offshore area off the coast of Saramacca and Coronie to find oil and gas reserves as part of a joint project with Suriname’s national oil company (NOC) Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the Chinese Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting (BGP Offshore). 

  • US oil sanctions waiver seen as ‘financial lifeline’ for Russia

    16 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Germany’s non-profit environmental research organization, Urgewald, has offered its take on Washington’s decision to present Russia with a month-long sanctions waiver amid the Middle East conflict between Iran and the United States (U.S.)-Israel alliance.  

  • 21 Russian Arctic LNG cargoes come to EU ports

    6 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    After the latest sanctions package hit a wall in the form of Hungary’s opposition, research from Germany’s non-profit environmental research organization, Urgewald, shows that the February liquefied natural gas (LNG) export figures related to Russian Arctic LNG cargos, which flowed to the European Union (EU), spotlight that European infrastructure and maritime services are still at the forefront of Russia’s LNG export revenues.

  • DNV’s new recommended practice focuses on hydrogen-specific risks in offshore pipelines

    26 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Accredited registrar and classification society DNV has issued a recommended practice for offshore hydrogen pipelines, supporting safe design, operation and requalification of pipeline infrastructure in hydrogen service. The DNV-RP-F123 Hydrogen pipeline systems recommended practice addresses hydrogen-specific integrity and safety considerations, including risks such as hydrogen embrittlement, and supplements DNV’s established submarine pipeline standard, DNV-ST-F101, published in […]

  • Lloyd’s Register, South Korean uni to set up global certification framework for liquid hydrogen shipping

    20 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register and South Korea’s Pusan National University (PNU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the first-ever global certification framework for liquid hydrogen shipping. The framework aims to create the first internationally recognized joint performance evaluation and certification framework for liquid hydrogen carriers and onboard systems, helping to reduce […]

  • First offshore vessel to operate on ammonia coming this autumn

    26 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has tasked Halsnøy Dokk with the conversion of the platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy to ammonia-powered operations. The conversion is planned to be completed in autumn, when the 95-meter-long vessel will continue operating for Equinor, with whom it has been on continuous contract since delivery in 2003, with […]

  • €30 million EU project launches to push UK wave energy

    9 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    A consortium of six companies has launched a project aimed at addressing the competitiveness and bankability of wave energy farms by validating the technology in conditions required for large-scale deployment in UK waters.  The consortium includes European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), The University of Edinburgh, Ocean Energy Europe, Renewable Risk Advisers and Kristinehamn Teknik & Service, […]

  • ABS endorses SBM Offshore’s Shell-backed FPSO deepwater cooling tech

    26 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has received the green light for its seawater intake riser (SWIR) technology from American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society.