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The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market

The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s Clean …
Jan 29, 2024 / Finance

ICE-Supported Development Project Receives Grant

Bluewater Engineering Limited (BWE), the inventor of SKYTUG®, has recently been awarded a grant from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) programme, financed by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The TRIG programme aims to …
Aug 17, 2023 / Curious

Mercuria joins efforts with ÈTA Shipping towards a sustainable short sea shipping

Global energy and commodity group, Mercuria and maritime innovator, ÈTA Shipping announced a landmark partnership to accelerate the transition to sustainable short-sea shipping. A joint venture will see the construction of six initial (and ten …
Aug 10, 2023 / Curious

Groundbreaking ABS Study Explores Potential of Commercial Nuclear Propulsion

The transformational impact of nuclear propulsion on the design, operation and emissions of a 14k TEU container vessel and a 157k DWT Suezmax tanker have been modeled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) in a groundbreaking study. ABS …
Jul 25, 2023 / Curious

HD Korea Shipbuilding bags US$92.8 million order for 2 product carriers

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Tuesday it has won a 120.6 billion-won (US$92.8 million) order to build two product carriers for an Asian shipper. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding's three affiliates, …
Apr 19, 2023 / Vessels

The Njord field upgraded and ready for another 20 years

Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea resumed at 16.30 on 27 December, following an upgrading project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore. The field is now back on …
Dec 29, 2022 / Curious

Watch: 32,000-Ton FPSO Vessel Successfully Delivered In Qingdao

A floating production, storage, offloading (FPSO) vessel that weighs about 32,000 tons and is 118 meters tall and built by the Offshore Oil Engineering Co. for a Britain-based client was delivered successfully in Qingdao, Shandong Province of East …
Dec 5, 2022 / Vessels

AD Ports Group Inks Topside Infrastructure Agreement for CMA Terminals Khalifa Port with China Harbour Engineering Company

AD Ports Group has signed a contract with China Harbour Engineering Company for the development of buildings and topside infrastructure for the cutting-edge CMA Terminals Khalifa Port, a joint venture owned by CMA CGM’s subsidiary CMA Terminals (with …
Nov 28, 2022 / Curious

Bollinger Shipyards To Acquire VT Halter Marine And ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore

Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger), the largest privately-owned and operated shipbuilder in the United States, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire VT Halter Marine, Inc. and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore (“STEHMO”), …
Nov 7, 2022 / Curious

Nigeria inaugurates first deep sea cargo port

The China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) on Monday handed over Nigeria's first deep sea port to the government after the completion of the huge maritime project in the country's economic hub city of Lagos.  The completion ceremony of …
Nov 3, 2022 / Curious