Energy

Global shipping and sustainable energy logistics leader Crowley is proceeding with plans to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, under the first permit issued by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) for the provision of such services.

Van Halteren Technologies Boxtel and Barge Master have been working together again on a new motion compensation solution: the BM-Heavy Feeder. Two of the new BM-Heavy Feeder are used to install wind turbines for the Vineyard Wind project in the U.S.A.

Petrofac has been awarded a new multi-million-pound deal with Saipem to support the decommissioning of a platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under the terms of the contract, the companies will work as an integrated team to prepare and remove the 20,000-ton topside using the Saipem 7000, one of the largest semi-submersible heavy lifting vessels in the world.

Balmoral, a leading offshore energy supply chain company, announces the launch of its ground-breaking HexDefence product designed for jacket foundations, a globally patented product designed to significantly mitigate jacket foundation scouring around fixed wind turbines.

TotalEnergies has partnered with Corio Generation (Corio), an offshore wind developer, and Rise Light & Power (Rise), a New York-based electricity producer, for the joint development of the Attentive Energy offshore wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey.

The successful first feeder operation was accomplished in partnership with FOSS Offshore Wind, Seaqualize, GE and DEME Offshore US.

Harland & Wolff has been awarded a £61 million base contract to deliver the mid-life upgrade contract of the SeaRose Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a parcel layout concept for a hydrogen-fueled multi-purpose vessel developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk), Onomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd. (Onomichi Dockyard), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki), Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG).

NHV Group is excited to announce its collaboration in Taiwan with Apex Aviation, a local Taiwanese company. This partnership aims to provide innovative helicopter transportation services to the impressive offshore wind industry in Taiwan.

Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Installation) contract for the Eirin subsea tie-back development. The scope covers installation of structures, flexibles, umbilical, seabed rectification, tie-ins, and commissioning.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has released its US Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report–Q3 2023—available now to download. 

Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti Inc., and a leading provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client to assist with the installation of wind turbines.