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Seaspan picks Wärtsilä autonomous docking systems for its vessels
Wärtsilä ANCS, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has delivered the autonomous SmartDock system to Canadian marine transportation and shipbuilding company Seaspan.

BlueFloat, Renantis complete surveys at Scottish floating offshore wind sites
Preparatory survey work on four new floating offshore wind farms has been completed in the North Sea. Geophysical survey work was completed on BlueFloatEnergy and Renantis Partnership’s ScotWind projects, namely the 900 MW Broadshore project, located 50 kilometers north of Fraserburgh, and the 1.2 G

UK oil & gas firm obtains approval to buy stakes in Angolan offshore blocks
UK-headquartered Afentra, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Afentra (Angola) Ltd., has received approval from the Government of Angola for the acquisition of interests in two blocks offshore Angola from state-owned oil and gas company Sonangol. Afentra announced it had received the approval for th

MMA Offshore boosts its fleet with 2016-built multi-purpose support vessel
MMA Offshore has acquired a 2016-built multi-purpose support vessel from Australia’s Guardian Offshore. The Offshore Solution is a European-built, 54-meter DP-2 multi-purpose support vessel fitted with two deck cranes, dual moon pools and accommodation for 42 people. According to MMA, it is suitable

Reach Subsea inks charter contract for low-emission survey vessel
Reach Subsea has signed a three or five-year charter contract, including additional options, with Agalas for a low-emission IMR/survey vessel with a smart lifting arrangement and an equipment package that can be adapted to several market segments. The new vessel, set to be constructed at the Sefine

TORM beefing up its fleet with eight eco LR2 tankers
Danish shipping company TORM has entered into an agreement to acquire a total of eight eco LR2 tankers, as part of its fleet expansion efforts.

Nexans to link Orkney Islands to Scottish mainland
SSEN Transmission has selected Nexans to supply and install the high-voltage cables that will provide a transmission link from the Orkney Islands to the Scottish Highlands. A capacity reservation agreement has been signed and Nexans has committed to reserve manufacturing and installation capacity fo

Neoline: Construction starts on first sailing cargo ship
The construction has begun on the first sailing roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel ordered by French startup Neoline Armateur.

Siemens Energy & Air Liquide inaugurate electrolyzer factory in Germany
German Siemens Energy and French Air Liquide have held an inauguration ceremony for their new gigawatt electrolyzer factory in Berlin, Germany. The ceremony for the series production of the hydrogen technology was held in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Economics Minister Rober

Spirit Energy gives more work to Well-Safe Solutions rig
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has signed an agreement with Spirit Energy to add a well to the existing scope of the Well-Safe Defender semi-submersible rig. The expanded scope will include a well from the Appleton field located 160 miles east of Dundee, origina

Minesto’s 1.2MW tidal energy device on its way to Faroe Islands
Swedish company Minesto has completed the onshore testing on its tidal energy kite system Dragon 12, which is now being shipped for installation and commissioning in Faroe Islands.

DFC commits half a billion dollars for Port of Colombo’s infrastructure
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed more than half a billion dollars to support the development of a deepwater shipping container terminal in the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Seaside LNG links up with Carnival Corporation for new bunkering operation in Galveston
LNG production and maritime transportation logistics provider Seaside LNG has entered into a term bunkering agreement with Carnival Corporation & plc to fuel Carnival Jubilee, the first LNG-powered cruise ship to call Galveston, Texas its homeport. Seaside LNG explained that its barge Clean Jacksonv

Argeo details $4.9 million contract win
Following the announcement in early October that it will be working for an “oil and gas supermajor”, Argeo has now revealed the client and remaining details. Argeo announced on November 9 that it had signed a NOK 55 million (over $4.9 million) contract for the Bonga field subsea assets work program