
French start-up Guinard Energies is preparing to redeploy its P154 tidal turbine in southern Brittany in France, which will be coupled with a photovoltaic installation to provide power for an electric barge servicing an oyster farm.

After running aground off Hachinohe Port, Japan, on 11 August 2021, the Panama-flagged bulk carrier split in two today.

French container shipping major CMA CGM is facing formal accusations in the USA for what was described as “illegal” dealings with Cuba.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol the consent for the start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream.

UK energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan has visited the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney to see the advancements taking place in ocean energy and discuss the UK’s potential to develop a new world-leading renewable energy industry.

Oil major BP has agreed to settle a $29.3 million outstanding commitment to drill an exploration oil well in Gambia’s offshore A1 block.

PSA International has partnered up with RHT to explore co-creation and investment in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) digital assets solutions in an effort to further advance the goals of decarbonisation in ports and supply chains.

China has given the green light to Finnish engineering majors Konecranes and Cargotec to proceed with their merger plans.

The Climate Leadership Council has suspended one of its founding members ExxonMobil several months after a firm’s lobbyist told an undercover activist it only backed a carbon tax as a PR stunt.

Starting next year, South Korea will offer tax rebates for LNG-fueled ships on its path towards becoming a regional LNG bunkering hub.

Spanish company Ditrel Industrial has provided its novel marine connector Konekta2 to link a dynamic cable to the Blue Growth Farm project’s multi-purpose floating platform installed offshore Italy.

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has delivered its second RivGen device to Alaska ahead of the upcoming installation in the Kvichak River where it will join the already installed system to form a two-device array.

Iran has been linked to the fatal drone attack on a Liberia-flagged tanker that occurred off Oman in late July.

Although we are in the midst of the summer holidays and mails are returned with out-of-office messages, some moves were made on the offshore energy chess board. Moves that show that the strategy of the game is changing towards a more sustainable future. In this weekly update recent developments from