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Crowley has opened its first Wind Services office on the U.S. West Coast in Eureka, California, with a community event and ribbon-cutting that included a diverse array of regional leaders on Wednesday. The new office advances the partnership with the community to develop a terminal to serve as the West Coast’s first hub for offshore… Read More
Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands are forging advanced relationships and cooperations in multiple fields, with energy and clean hydrogen as a top priority. Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman and Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra met to discuss the possibility of making the port of Rotterdam the gateway for clean hydrogen exports from Saudi… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will administratively increase the limit of liability for oil-spill-related damages from $137.66 million to $167.8 million for offshore oil and gas facilities. The inflation adjustment is mandated by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) that… Read More
DEME Offshore and Liftra ApS are delighted to announce that they will join forces to develop a novel offshore installation methodology for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators. The Liftra crane technology will be fully integrated on board DEME’s vessels on an exclusive basis. Aalborg-based Liftra is providing the design and engineering, based on its patented LT1500 Turbine Installation Crane technology, and this is… Read More
Ørsted has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the infrastructure division of Acciona to explore options for floating offshore wind foundations. Acciona is a global engineering and construction firm focused on renewables and a leading designer of innovative floating wind foundation solutions. The collaboration will combine Ørsted’s world-leading expertise in offshore wind with Acciona’s… Read More
Offshore wind vessel developments are picking up pace worldwide, generating a wide range of new designs for everything from massive wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) through to the crew transfer vessels that are the pick-up trucks of the industry. In the U.S., orders are starting to turn from a spotty dribble to a steady trickle,… Read More
Oslo, Norway Havfram Wind has ordered a second state-of-the-art Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). The order represents the first optional vessel in the existing shipbuilding contract with CIMC Raffles, and the vessel design will be similar to the first GustoMSC NG20000X Jack-Up vessel currently under construction. The latest battery hybrid drive train technology is incorporated… Read More
Maersk Supply Service is planning to take an operating concept from the budding Jones Act offshore wind market and bring it back to Europe. The firm is working with offshore engineering firm GustoMSC to perfect a variant of a feedering concept that could be used for wind turbine installations in European waters. Feedering allows the… Read More
A project that seeks to develop a system to convert ammonia to hydrogen that could be installed onboard a floating terminal is receiving €5.9 million ($6.5 million) in funding from the Norwegian government. The project will be led by Höegh LNG and Wärtsilä with the companies terming it a solution for using ammonia as a… Read More
Vard Electro has secured an order from Fosnavåg, Norway, headquartered Rem Offshore covering the delivery of a complete SeaQ energy storage system (ESS) package for the retrofit to hybrid of the platform supply vessel (PSV) Rem Commander. In addition to the ESS, the SeaQ package includes an energy management system, and a power management system that… Read More
Rem Offshore are pleased to announce multiple contracts for our PSV’s. All contracts have been done on market terms, and make sure that Rem will maintain a high fleet utilization during 2023. Special thanks goes to our crews for the high performance leading to these new contracts. Rem Cetus, Rem Insula and Rem Server have… Read More
A plan has been launched seeking to form partnerships and guide the UK in the next level of development for its offshore energy sector. The plan was developed by Maritime UK, a trade organization representing all sectors of the maritime industries, in partnership with Renewable UK, the trade association for wind and offshore energy, and… Read More
Denmark’s Maersk Supply Service has teamed up with GustoMSC, a subsidiary of NOV, to design the next generation wind installation vessel fit for the growing offshore wind market in Europe. The new design will build on the same patent and characteristics of the current feeder concept, which was designed to operate in US waters. The design… Read More
The Maryland General Assembly has passed the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 0781 / House Bill 0793), that sets new and ambitious targets. The bill is on its way to Gov. Wes Moore’s desk, where he is expected to sign the legislation into law. The legislation would quadruple Maryland’s… Read More
The world’s largest offshore wind “living lab” will be created off the Grimsby coast through development of a 5G Testbed that includes Associated British Port’s (ABP) Port of Grimsby and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms. The £2.8m project will accelerate the development of a new generation of digital technologies essential for the huge… Read More