Business Developments & Projects
€15M boost to help SolarDuck deliver its first commercial floating solar projects
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has secured €15 million in funding for the further development and deployment of offshore floating solar power technology. According to SolarDuck, this funding sets the company on a path of continued growth, to deliver its first commercial projects and increase its
Fugro embarks on another task to convert PSVs into geotechnical vessels
Fugro is planning to repurpose two platform supply vessels (PSVs) into geotechnical vessels. This news comes as the Dutch company is currently in the process of repurposing two other PSVs into geotechnical vessels. Fugro announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the Wartsila-designed Sea Gold
Performance Shipping inks construction deal for LNG-ready LR2 Aframax duo
Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has signed two contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two 114,000 dwt LNG-ready LR2 Aframax product/crude oil tankers. The oil tanker vessels are expected to be delivered in January and April
Scandlines orders onshore charging solution for its electric ferries
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has contracted Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) to deliver an onshore charging system for its berth in Puttgarden, Germany. The Norwegian maritime system integrator NES will deliver the land-based charging system to the Puttgarden ferry berth, and connect the equi
Uniper looking into Provaris’ compressed hydrogen carriers for hydrogen import
Australia-based developer of green hydrogen projects Provaris Energy has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German energy company Uniper to evaluate the supply of green hydrogen to Germany using Provaris’ compressed hydrogen carriers. Under the MoU, Provaris and Uniper will
Hyundai Mipo delivers Grimaldi’s 3rd G5-class multipurpose RoRo
The Neapolitan shipping group Grimaldi has taken delivery of the third ro-ro multipurpose unit belonging to its “G5” class of vessels named the Great Tema. The RoRo was built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and it is intended for maritime transport services betwe
Island Constructor to pick up next-gen subsea equipment
Island Offshore’s subsea vessel Island Constructor is set to pick up new, next-generation subsea equipment after it completes an assignment in January. Island Constructor, build 279 from Ulstein Verft, will return to the yard in January for a service assignment. The vessel will finish a well service
Lhyfe and partners launch BOxHy project as next step in ocean reoxygenation through hydrogen production
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe, together with its partners Flexens and Stockholm University’s Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences (DEEP), has introduced the Baltic Sea Oxygenation and the Super-Green Hydrogen Economy project, also known as BOxHy, as the new step in the works on oc
‘Significant milestone’ as DOF performs offshore ROV mission piloted from onshore
Norway’s DOF has performed its first-ever offshore ROV mission piloted from onshore, an operation that the company sees as a significant milestone. “I’m enthusiastic about the successful implementation of ROV remote operations and the positive impact this will have on our company’s future. Going for
Eight countries take steps to erase fossil fuels from EU’s power system as ‘ground-breaking’ new law comes to light
Eight European countries – Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Lithuania – have made commitments that put them en route to fossil-free power by 2035.
Project developing new floating structures for offshore renewables gets €2.5M grant
The WECHULL+ project has received a €2.5 million grant to develop new floating structures of high-performance concrete expected to reduce cost and CO2 footprint and improve circularity and reliability in the offshore renewable energy sector. The WECHULL+ project received the grant from the EU Clean
Ocean surveys wrap up at 450 MW Irish offshore wind project site
The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, developed by Irish Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a joint venture owned by Corio Generation and global infrastructure investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has completed geophysical and metocean surveys that will inform its forthcoming planning application. The surv
Estonia seeks builder for new zero-emission, battery hydrogen-fueled ferry
Estonia has launched a call for tender to build a next-generation zero-emission battery hydrogen-fuelled ferry for the Virtsu-Kuivastu route.
Liebherr: Future wind farms might be installed from office
At this year’s Offshore Energy Conference and Exhibition (OEEC) in Amsterdam, Armin Seidel, Area Sales Manager Heavy Lift Ship and Offshore Cranes from Liebherr, talked about the company’s achievements throughout the years, as well as the future of crane development in the offshore wind realm.