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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

SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil Guyana’s FPSO Jaguar

SBM Offshore has announced that ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has confirmed the award of contracts for the Whiptail development project located in the Stabroek Block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct and install FPSO …
Apr 12, 2024 / Curious

Siem Offshore announces sale of 9 vessels to majore shareholder

Siem Offshore Inc has agreed to sell 9 of its vessels (Siem Barracuda, Siem Stingray, Siem Opal, Siem Pearl, Siem Topaz, Siem Pilot, Siem Pride, Siem Symphony and Siem Thiima) to the major shareholder Siem Sustainable Energy S.a r.l and related …
Apr 12, 2024 / Curious

Kongsberg Maritime to supply Promas propulsion systems for the United States Coast Guard’s new Offshore Patrol Cutter programme

As well as twin Promas, Kongsberg Maritime is contracted to supply steering gear, rudders, fin stabilisers and tunnel thrusters for the Offshore Patrol Cutter programme Kongsberg Maritime has been selected by Austal USA to supply its Promas …
Apr 11, 2024 / Naval

Port of Aberdeen advances in strategic investment model for offshore wind

Port of Aberdeen is a step closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2 ‘priority’ status in the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council’s (SOWEC) Strategic …
Apr 3, 2024 / Curious

ABS to Lead BlueBARGE Project to Advance Offshore Electrical Power Bunkering

ABS has joined the BlueBARGE Project, a program funded by the Horizon Europe program and involving 14 partners from 10 European countries to develop a comprehensive solution for offshore electrical power bunkering. ABS is leading the 36-month, €11 …
Apr 1, 2024 / Curious

MODEC secures FEED for Shell’s Gato do Mato FPSO project in Brazil

MODEC Inc. (MODEC) announced on Monday (Apr01) that it has been successful in securing the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system for Shell do Brasil Ltda (Shell) on the Gato do Mato …
Apr 1, 2024 / Curious

Seaway7 awarded contract offshore Poland

Subsea7 today announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a sizeable¹ contract by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transport and installation of the substations for the Baltica 2 wind farm, offshore Poland. …
Mar 29, 2024 / Curious

Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement to guarantee operational reliability of new Wind farm Installation Vessel

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term Guaranteed Asset Performance agreement with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering Co Ltd (CDWE), a joint venture between CSBC Corporation and DEME Offshore. The agreement covers CDWE’s new 216 metres-long marine …
Mar 26, 2024 / Curious

Rem Offshore orders next-generation vessel

Rem Offshore and Myklebust Verft have signed a contract for the construction of an Energy Subsea Construction Vessel (ESCV) with a 250 tonne crane. The vessel will be delivered in 2026 and will be the first of its kind that can perform heavy …
Mar 22, 2024 / Curious