Business & Finance

Orcadian Energy seeking FPSO for North Sea oilfield development
Orcadian has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO vessel for the Pilot development in the North Sea.

Reach Subsea extends Havila Subsea charter
Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement with Havila Shipping to extend the contract for the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR), survey and construction vessel Havila Subsea.

Shell vows to halve scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030
Shell has set a new target to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50 per cent compared to 2016 levels by 2030, regardless of the outcome of its appeal against the Dutch Court’s ruling.

Havila divests Maersk Drilling of rig for $373M in eagerly anticipated sale
Maersk Drilling has sold one of its jack-up rigs – Mærsk Inspirer (now named Inspirer) – to Havila Sirius for a price of $373 million.

Anthony Veder: World fleet running on LNG paves the way for emission cuts
In his Energy Talk on this second day of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), Anthony Veder’s business manager Björn van de Weerdhof introduced the visitors with an in-depth talk about LNG in the maritime industry.

OGA’s competition designed to push UKCS electrification forward
OGA has confirmed a total of 29 received bids in an update on the £1 million ($1.4 million) decarbonisation competition for the electrification of offshore oil and gas installations on the UKCS.

OEEC ’21: The young should be part of the solution, not the problem
An all-female panel today with OEEC host Eva Brouwer talking about the role of the younger generation in the energy transition, how the issue of sustainability is being tackled, and Greta Thunberg. The panel gathered Dione Zijp, secretary of Youth For Climate, Tessa Dool, board member at Youth Clima

About heavy lift cranes with GustoMSC
One-on-one with GustoMSC’s sales and business development manager Gerben Roks on heavy lift cranes in the offshore wind industry, trends and innovations.

EIB, Japan Bank for International Cooperation eye offshore wind, subsea interconnector investments
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have entered into an agreement to further expand cooperation on a range of globally relevant investments, including projects contributing to carbon neutrality in the European Union, such as subsea interconnectors,

Chris Westra: Offshore wind is here to stay
Wind energy pioneer as everyone likes to call him, Chris Westra, gives a talk described as ‘enthusiastic’ about his life in the industry, how the market had developed, and what will the future of offshore wind be in the next decades.

Renewables are not the only solution (Talk show)
In today’s talk show with Maarten Bouwhuis, titled Renewables are not the only solution, we touch upon what is necessary for Europe to achieve the climate-neutral status by 2050 and what are our options and solutions.

New offshore partnership targets cleaner North Sea
Various parties from the offshore sector have formed a partnership dedicated to sustainable decommissioning and recycling of offshore and maritime installations.

Improving energy efficiency is on the younger generations
Three representatives from the young generation talk about the role of the youth in the energy transition and the importance of sustainability in today’s Next Generation Perspectives chit-chat.

Seanergy Maritime unveils new sustainability-linked loan
Greek shipowner Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has secured a sustainability-linked loan facility to finance part of the acquisition cost of the M/V Worldship, a 181,400 dwt bulker.