U-Ming Marine Transport (Singapore), a fully-owned subsidiary of U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, has held a christening ceremony at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for M.V. Grand Wisdom, its second 325,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC). The vessel is equipped with an advanced MAN B&W main engine, a
At the beginning of December, the components of the part-scale PivotBuoy floating wind platform arrived at the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where they are now being assembled. The manufacturing commenced this summer at DEGIMA facilities in Santander, Spain, after X1 Wind and its partners comp
The black swan year of 2020 has brought many challenges for the shipping industry, including the ongoing crew change crisis, but it has also shown how the sector can be resilient in the face of adversity and pressure. Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General of the International Windship Association (IWSA
X1 Wind, which leads the PivotBuoy floating wind platform project in Spain, has been selected in the last round of funding in the pilot phase of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The company has been chosen for funding support together with 37 European start-ups and SMEs to receive
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has introduced a 72.5 kV high-voltage hybrid switchgear for offshore wind – Plug and Switch System (PASS) M00 – Wind. The hybrid switchgear will be installed at China’s first 66-kilovolt offshore wind farm, Huadian Yuhuan Phase 1, to optimize the energy landscape in the Yangt
South Korean autonomous drone solutions provider Nearthlab has completed a turbine inspection at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. In partnership with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Formosa I Wind Power, Nearthlab performed the inspection on the wind farm’s Siemens Gamesa 6 MW wi
Norway’s NEL Hydrogen ASA has won the contract to deliver the offshore electrolysis system for the PosHYdon project in the Dutch North Sea. The PosHYdon pilot is an initiative of Nexstep, the Dutch association for decommissioning and reuse, and TNO, the Dutch organisation for applied scientific rese
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) have held a technology qualification workshop with Resolute Marine as part of the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project.
Italian oil and gas company Eni, CDP, and Snam have signed a Letter of Intent to start a strategic collaboration for the energy transition.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has announced 10 project selections totaling up to $22 million to support marine energy research and development (R&D) and testing infrastructure.
Edison Chouest Offshore has executed the first long-term contract with an oil and gas company to install a battery-on-board system on a PSV.
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to the autonomous and remotely controlled navigation technology of a Russian company JSC Kronshtadt Technologies (the a-Nav set of technical solutions). The technology has been approved for the implementation on board
Oceaneering has won a contract from OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, for the supply of the first-ever 20,000 psi-rated subsea hydraulic junction plates and associated connection hardware. Oceaneering will oversee the design, engineering, and production of the hydraulic connection hardware along wi
WESE project has completed an environmental monitoring campaign for the WaveRoller wave energy device deployed off the coast of Portugal.
