Airborne Oil & Gas has been awarded its most significant flowlines contract to date which will see the world’s leading manufacturer of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) deliver a record 10km length of its technology to a supermajor in West Africa…
Following calls for great vessel versatility offshore Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. The vessel features a stable platform with lots of accommodation, good station-keeping capability, low carbon emissions and lots of..
The technology group Wärtsilä has introduced an agreement-based Power Solution for new normally unattended offshore installations (NUIs). The solution provides the asset with up to six months of operating time without planned maintenance activity onboard, thus enabling significant cost savings…
An international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition has been formed to advance sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change. Ocean-based renewable energy, such as offshore wind, floating solar, tidal and wave power, could..
Mammoet confirms that as of 8 January 8, 2020, the acquisition of ALE has been completed, and the businesses will now operate as one company under the Mammoet brand. Over the coming months a fully developed integration plan will be..
Total and Apache have made a material oil discovery with the Maka Central-1 well on Block 58 offshore Surinam, on trend with the prolific discoveries in the adjacent Stabroek block in Guyana. The Maka Central-1 well was drilled by a..
After the extension of their land activities into Asia in 2019, Roll Group starts 2020 with the addition of another Module Carrier to their fleet. Roll Group officially took ownership of an additional vessel. With a length of 146m, a..
H2M officially opens its new office in Denmark! In the past years H2M has been growing in Denmark. Customer demands were plenty, so to provide better services, expand offices and create new projects, the company decided to have their own..
Shipyard De Hoop is celebrating its 130th anniversary as a designer, engineer and builder of custom-built vessels. For the occasion, the company hosted a big celebration in November 2019. The event was held in the yard’s own welding shed, which..
The Dutch Van Aalst Group launched its first bond offering on the NPEX platform on 21 October 2019. The € 5 million fixed rate 5-year bond offer was fully subscribed as the offering attracted strong demand from the investors. “The..
A new compensation format will help improve efficiency as Equinor awards new framework agreements for safety and automation systems with five suppliers. The framework agreements cover operation of all the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore..
To be able to offer the total package of services to the offshore wind industry DEME is investing in its first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for windfarm maintenance. Concepted by DEME and further designed in close cooperation with Vuyk Engineering..
Tuesday 10 December, Zakaria Sachhi, Naval Architect at Royal Roos has won both the KNVTS Maritime Student Award and the Verolme ‘Best of the Best’ Graduate Award, with his thesis on an offshore barge connected lifting tool to efficiently decommission..
Sylvia Boer (37) has been appointed as the new Director of Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) and will take up her role on 1 February 2020. She will serve as the linchpin between members of the association for offshore companies,..
Marine Performance Systems (MPS) is the winner of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge 2019. This company has found a solution for noise reduction during piling. For an interested audience their presentation convinced the jury the most. The three other finalists were..
On 10 December Equinor completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in the offshore wind development project Bałtyk I in Poland from Polenergia. The company now has an interest in all three Bałtyk offshore wind development projects. “The acquisition of..
Oceaneering International used four 10t capacity remotely operated vehicle (ROV) hooks from RUD to fulfill two major subsea contracts recently. Both in the Gulf of Mexico. The products were sourced from RUD distributor LiftPull. First, Oceaneering used the hooks to..
The N-Sea-BODAC joint venture has announced significant investment in the further development of its specialist UXO provision. Formed in 2016, the joint venture (JV) has demonstrated year-on-year commercial growth. In that time, it has built a formidable track record in UXO..
Van Oord / Cablel has selected First Subsea to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for the Export Cables and Cross Over Protection for TenneT’s Net op zee Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore windfarm located 20km off the coast of The Hague..
Saitec Engineering, one of the leading engineering firms in Spain, is launching its first offshore wind medium-scale prototype: BlueSATH. This project is scheduled to go online during the first quarter of 2020 in the open sea waters of Santander (Spain)..
DEME Offshore has been awarded a major EPCI contract for the inter-array and interconnector cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore windfarm in Scotland. The scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the subsea cables for the 450MW..
Targeted Research & Innovation is needed to accelerate the large-scale deployment of cost-competitive wind energy and support the existing European supply chains. This is according to a new report from the European Technology & Innovation Platform on Wind Energy (ETIPWind),..
Van Oord presented the first copy of the white paper ‘Enhancing the energy transition’ to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. This took place during the WindEurope Offshore in Copenhagen, the international event where the latest developments in the offshore wind sector..
In a signing ceremony in Copenhagen, MHI Vestas and Parkwind have signed a conditional agreement for turbine supply for Arcadis Ost 1 in the German Baltic Sea. The signing is the first conditional contract for MHI Vestas to feature the..
At WindEurope Offshore 2019, Jan De Nul Group announced the order of Les Alizés, a floating installation crane vessel from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. This news comes just six months after the investment announcement for the offshore installation..
