Business Developments & Projects
MPS lands £3.5M government grant for floating offshore wind and wave energy tech
UK-based company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £3.5 million in grant funding from the UK Government to further develop its floating platform technology and wave energy converter.
iXblue and TotalEnergies showcase uncrewed vehicle ops off France
France’s iXblue and TotalEnergies have completed trials of an uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) and an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) as part of their project to demonstrate collaborative uncrewed capabilities for subsea inspection and asset survey operations. The sea trials were conducted recentl
COSCO Shipping’s fleet now boasts nine heavy lift vessels
Chinese shipping and logistic services provider COSCO Shipping has added another giant heavy-lift vessel to its fleet.
HelioRec installs floating solar pilot in Belgian port
French start-up HelioRec has installed a floating solar power plant in the Port of Oostende in Belgium as part of the EU-funded DUAL Ports initiative.
Ship demolition: 301 tankers sold for scrap in 2021
2021 saw 704 vessels sold for scrap overall, with a combined deadweight tonnage of 26.4 million and a total scrap value of $2.7 billion, a report released by VesselsValue shows.
Keel laid for SunStone’s sixth Infinity-class vessel
Florida-based expedition cruise ship owner SunStone Ships has laid the keel of the Ocean Albatros, the sixth out of seven next-generation Infinity-class vessels.
Yakutia LNG FEED awarded to Aker Solutions and JGC
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions and Japanese engineering company JGC have won the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for Russia’s Yakutia LNG project.
Industry players gather to reduce environmental impact of marine seismic surveys
Shearwater GeoServices and Equinor are extending their collaboration to include Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable marine vibratory source technology. The industry project builds on the existing technology cooperation between Shearw
Høglund systems for ESL Shipping’s electric hybrid coaster fleet
Høglund has been selected to supply hybrid and automation systems to six hybrid bulk vessels, with potential for six more.
KCC to trial Yara Marine’s add-on propulsion automation system
Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has entered into an agreement with compatriot shipping equipment provider Yara Marine Technologies to install an add-on propulsion automation system aboard two pilot vessels.
MOL: World’s 1st autonomous sea trial of commercial boxship completed
A Japanese consortium including shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded the world’s first sea trial of unmanned ship operation from port to port as part of the unmanned ship project MEGURI2040 led by The Nippon Foundation.
TechnipFMC signs subsea EPCI contract with Petrobras
Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with a subsea engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for its Búzios 6 field (module 7) greenfield development in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The scope of the contract includes flexible and rigid pipe, umbilicals, pipeline
Petrofac to go on as NEO Energy’s well operator for another five years
Petrofac has secured a five-year contract extension for well management and well operator services with NEO Energy.
Svitzer to keep servicing Suez Canal with two new tugs
Svitzer, towage operator and part of Maersk, has extended its current contract with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to include two additional tugs to service the canal.