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DEME’s Offshore Installation Vessel Orion Successfully Completes The Near 15 MW Turbine Foundation Installation Project In Scotland and Head to US

DEME’s flagship Orion completed monopile installation works on Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm project in Scotland. Despite harsh winter conditions, DEME swiftly installed 29 monopiles in approximately two months. Meanwhile, DEME’s DP2 …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

Meriaura orders two biofuel powered 6750 DWT cargo vessels from Dutch Royal Bodewes shipyard

Meriaura has signed a delivery contract for two Ecotrader cargo ships with the Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes. According to the contract, the ships will be built in Hoogezand in Holland and their delivery will take place in January and December 2026. …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

Allseas Makes Progress on Santos’ Barossa Gas Export Pipeline in Australia

Audacia has successfully installed her largest ever PLET in S-mode, concluding several years of in-house engineering, fabrication and testing. The pipeline end termination structure is so heavy, production crew had to install separately to the …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

Seaspan launches second LNG bunkering vessel to deliver low-carbon energy solutions to the West Coast

This week, Seaspan Energy launched the second of its three 7600m3 LNG bunkering vessels, the Seaspan Lions, named after the twin peaks of the North Shore, or known as Ch’ich’iyúy Elxwíkn (“Twin Sisters” or “Two Sisters”) to the Squamish Nation. …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels

Flex LNG – Time Charter for Flex Endeavour extended to 2032

Flex LNG, Ltd. (Flex LNG) (OSE/NYSE: FLNG) announced on Friday (Apr12) that the charterer of Flex Endeavour has exercised an option to extend the firm period of the Time Charter by 500 days, from the third quarter 2030 to the first quarter of …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels

Japan's 1st Coastal Module Carrier to Transport Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Components

MOL Drybulk Makes Marine Transport Deal with JFE Engineering; MOL Signs Contract for Vessel Construction Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that its group company MOL Drybulk Ltd. (MOL Drybulk) has signed a basic contract for marine …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels

Pelagic Partners joins forces with Borealis Maritime in state-of-the-art PSV duo investment

Pelagic Partners continues its strategic focus on increasing offshore energy asset exposure amid positive sentiment in the sector for foreseeable future Shipowner and shipping fund manager, Pelagic Partners, has successfully completed an investment …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

Cutting-edge Research Vessel Delivered To Thailand’s Department of Marine And Coastal Resources

Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art research vessel designed by leading digital shipbuilder Incat Crowther. The Incat Crowther 25, built by Thai shipbuilder Seacrest Marine, will …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

TechnipFMC Awarded Large Subsea Contract for ExxonMobil Guyana’s Whiptail Project

TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) has been awarded a large(1) contract in Guyana’s Stabroek Block by Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) affiliate ExxonMobil Guyana Limited to supply subsea production systems for the Whiptail project. TechnipFMC will provide …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious

Euronav And Anglo-Eastern Join Forces

Euronav NV (Euronav) and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group (Anglo-Eastern) have announced a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the sale and purchase of Euronav Ship Management Hellas (ESMH), Euronav’s ship management arm. Euronav and Anglo-Eastern intend to join …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious