Vessels
Bureau Veritas delivers first certification of an unmanned surface vessel
Bureau Veritas has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to iXblue for its innovative unmanned surface vessel (USV) DriX.
Omega Subsea to provide services onboard Normand Frontier
Omega Subsea has secured a contract with Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore for the provision of ROV management and maintenance services, among others.
FSRU Marshal Vasilevskiy loads LNG cargo in Sabetta
Russia’s only FSRU Marshal Vasilevskiy has loaded an LNG cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG facility, after sailing across the Northern Sea Route.
Vroon’s retrofitted ship achieves 22 pct fuel saving
A recent retrofit to optimize a container ship’s propeller blade design has brought performance and fuel efficiency gains that are measurable in real-world conditions.
Klaveness completes biofuel trial on transatlantic route
Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC), part of Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness, has completed testing of 30% biofuel aboard its CLEANBU vessel MV Baru on its voyage from the Netherlands to Brazil.
Doeksen’s LNG ferry Willem Barentsz wins tech and design award
The first single fuel LNG ferry in the Netherlands, Willem Barentsz, has won the international ‘Shippax Technology and Design Award 2021’.
Havfram set to order installation vessel for 20+ MW offshore wind turbines
Havfram is expected to place an order for a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in the next quarter of this year, the company revealed on 27 September as it announced a target of having a majority of its income coming from the renewable energy sector by the middle of this decade. The semi-su
Repsol awards extension to Esvagt vessel on Yme field
Esvagt has won a contract extension with Repsol for standby services, ERRV-services and guard vessel duties on the Yme field in the North Sea.
In focus: Converting jack-up rigs and combining offshore wind & hydrogen for low-carbon future
This week saw a plethora of energy transition-related news across the offshore energy industry with updates telling of alternative deployments for offshore drilling rigs, new projects combining offshore wind and hydrogen, the urgency to decarbonise the shipping sector, and more.
UN climate change summit to use Silja Europa as accommodation ship
Tallink Grupp’s cruise vessel Silja Europa will provide accommodation during the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) taking place in Glasgow, Scotland on 31 October – 12 November 2021.
NED-Project introduces hydrogen-ready, Jones Act-compliant offshore wind installation vessel
NED-Project, a Poland-headquartered naval architecture and ship design company with an office in the US, has developed a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which features a hydrogen-ready set-up and has the capability to install 15-20 MW wind turbines as well as to load and transport monop
Meyer Group steps into green mega yacht market
German shipbuilder Meyer Group has decided to enter a new market segment — at the Monaco Yacht Show, the company will for the first time show a mega yacht concept powered entirely by fuel cells and batteries.
Global seismic vessel fleet at pre-Covid level as energy transition jobs ramp up
Seismic vessel utilization has recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels in the third quarter of 2021, with about 68% of the global fleet now surveying or underway, according to a recent report by Rystad Energy. The seismic industry took a hit by the Covid-19 pandemic for several quarters, keeping nearly hal
SBM Offshore secures loan to build Brazil’s largest oil production unit
FPSO operator SBM Offshore has secured a $635 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré.