The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based Anemoi Marine Technologies for the future sales and servicing of rotor sail solutions to the shipping industry. Rotor sails, also referred to as ‘flettner rotors’, are comprised of vertical cylinders which, wh
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has inked an MOU with Msmart Future Technology with plans to develop a 50MW wave energy array in Vietnam. The two companies will execute this collaboration in milestones. Specifically, in the first phase, the Eco Wave Power engineering team, will perform an in-de
Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia have partnered to advance offshore wind projects in the region and promote the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States as a hub for offshore wind energy and industry. The creation of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offsho
The Republic of Korea and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have signed an agreement to establish a four-year training programme to support developing states to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping.
US-based companies CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and SeaRobotics are jointly developing the next generation utility-class autonomous surface vessel (ASV). Based on the SR-Surveyor M1.8 ASV, introduced by SRC in 2019, the new utility-class ASV will deploy the same fully integrated control, survey, and aut
Food corporation Cargill and design and engineering consultancy services provider BAR Technologies have embarked on a strategic project with naval architect Deltamarin to bring wind propulsion technology to commercial shipping.
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger and Houston Mechatronics Inc. (HMI) have entered into a collaboration agreement. Stinger said it aims to become the go-to provider of light weight, smart and fast deployable underwater drones for resident applications with semi-autonomous and autonomous ch
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, has joined forces with Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to develop a large-scale tidal energy site off the Isle of Wight in England.
The first session at the Offshore Energy 2020 event discussed offshore wind, but other offshore renewables as well. As we move to a more clean-energy-oriented world, cross-market collaboration and system integration get more attention. With using multiple technologies to tap into the offshore renewa
Offshore solutions provider Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) have jointly awarded a research grant to pilot Singapore’s first floating energy storage system.
Energy majors have formed the Northern Endurance partnership to develop offshore carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea.
The seismic consortium comprising PGS, TGS and WesternGeco has won a multi-year contract from Petronas to acquire and process up to 105,000 square kilometres of multi-sensor multi-client 3D data in the Sarawak Basin, offshore Malaysia. This contract award follows an ongoing campaign by the consortiu
San Diego-based unmanned semi-submersible vessels manufacturer SubSeaSail has appointed Australian-based BlueZone Group as its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. SubSeaSail unmanned semi-submersible vessels are wind-propelled and solar powered. The vessels have multiple patents inc
Italian energy player Edison and its Spanish counterpart Enagás have teamed up on small-scale LNG cooperation.
