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Gas Vitality marks 100th LNG bunkering operation
The Gas Vitality liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel marked the beginning of the New Year with the completion of its 100th bunkering operation. The 18,600m3 LNG bunker vessel carried out simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) for LNG bunkering, transferring 8,000 m3 of LNG to the MSC Freya, an MSC c

With departure of FPSO modules, Aibel wraps up its ‘largest’ Thai project
Modules, made by Norway’s Aibel, for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel are on their way to Singapore.

Diving support vessel first in Boskalis fleet to go greener with battery pack
Dutch Boskalis has installed a new energy storage system on board its diving support vessel (DSV) BOKA Atlantis as part of the efforts to make its fleet more sustainable. Boskalis reported that a set of powerful batteries was recently installed on board BOKA Atlantis along the quay of the Boskalis S

Trafigura aims for six zero-emission ships by 2030
Global commodity trading giant Trafigura has set an ambitious target of having at least six zero-emission green ammonia-fuelled vessels in its fleet by 2030 to achieve a 25% reduction in the GHG intensity of its shipping operations. Trafigura, one of the world’s largest charterers of vessels, is res

Hellenic Cables awards Revolution Wind cable termination & testing contract
The Correll Group has secured a contract with Hellenic Cables for the termination and testing of inter-array cables on the wind turbine generators and offshore substation for the 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The Revolution Wind offshore wind farm is being developed by a joint

Well intervention ops on the cards to bring Brazilian offshore well back online
Karoon Energy is working on sorting out the issues impeding the restart of production from a well located on a field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

GE Vernova, IHI advance work on 100% ammonia-capable combustion system
U.S. GE Vernova’s business unit GE Gas Power and Japan’s IHI Corporation have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to progress to the next phase of technology and engineering for the development of a new gas turbine combustor capable of using ammonia as a viable fuel option for power generatio

India’s state-owned company looking to develop floating solar on four dams
SJVN Green Energy (SGEL), part of India’s state-owned power company SJVN, has submitted a proposal to the Goa state government for the development of four floating solar power plants. With an estimated investment of around INR 1300 Crore (approximately $156.4 million), this project aims to produce 1

Kongsberg put in charge of life cycle simulator project at Equinor’s North Sea gas field
Equinor has handed out a two-year life cycle simulator project to Kongsberg Digital for a gas field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

First steel cut for new Nexans cable-layer
Ulstein Verft and Nexans have cut the first steel for Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV), four months after signing the shipbuilding contract. On January 19, on the day four months after signing the shipbuilding contract, Nexans Marine Operations and Ulstein Verft celebrated the start of the cons

ABB strengthens ship route optimization offer with DTN buy
Switzerland-based technology company ABB has entered into an agreement to acquire the shipping business of DTN Europe BV and DTN Philippines Inc. (DTN Shipping), expanding the company’s offering in maritime software.

Qingdao Beihai hands over final LNG-powered bulker to H-Line
Chinese shipbuilder Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the third 210,000-ton LNG dual-fuel bulk carrier to South Korea’s H-Line Shipping. The Newcastlemax, named HL Trust, is the final LNG-powered bulk carrier in a series of three vessels ordered

Strike action threatens to engulf workers on multiple offshore platforms in UK waters
The offshore workers are pondering whether to go on a strike in a bid to improve their work-life balance.

Malaysia’s first large-scale green hydrogen project to use floating solar power
Malaysian company Semarak Renewable Energy (RE) and China Hydropower (Malaysia), a subsidiary of PowerChina, have signed an agreement to develop Malaysia’s first large-scale green hydrogen production project using floating photovoltaic power generation. The agreement is worth a total of MYR1.88 bill