Due to progress in the adoption of green energy and a move to reduce CO2 emissions, offshore wind power has become more important in recent years. For offshore wind power facilities to be built, stringent criteria such as wind and waves are required for determining feasibility. Meteorological data with higher accuracy are therefore required.

The inclusion of the maritime sector into the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is done and dusted to be introduced from 2024. Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is developing solutions to support its customers to navigate the complexity of the upcoming requirements.

ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to Value Maritime (VM) for their Carbon Capture System onboard seagoing vessels. The Filtree System - a prefabricated gas cleaning system that filters sulphur and 99% of particulate matter - includes a Carbon Capture Module that captures the CO2 onboard in a battery container.

Fugro has reached an agreement to acquire two platform supply vessels, Topaz Endurance and Topaz Energy, both built in 2015, which will be repurposed to geotechnical vessels.

National Energy Corporation (NEC), a subsidiary of the state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, has taken delivery of a new Damen ASD Tug 2811. NEC has opted to have installed a Class certified Damen Marine NOx Reduction System to make it IMO Tier III compliant.

Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC Maurice Jester to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 178th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 52nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program.

Chevron Corporation through its subsidiary Chevron Shipping Company LLC, announces entrance into an agreement with Sembcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades Pte. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (Sembcorp Marine), intending to reduce the carbon intensity of their LNG fleet operations.

ODE Asset Management (ODE AM) has commenced a 9-month charter with options of the VOS Glamour multi-role vessel managed by Vroon Offshore Services Limited. The charter is being supported by ODE AM’s shipbroker Braemar ACM and began in February 2023.

Seawork is the annual meeting place for the commercial marine and workboat sector and is a proven platform to build business networks. It delivers an international audience of visitors supported by our trusted partners made up of the industry’s key associations and representative organizations.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity making $12,423,000 available in Fiscal Year 2023 funds through the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP), previously named America’s Marine Highway Program.

Global Survival Technology solutions provider Survitec lent its expertise in offshore personal protective equipment (PPE) to the recent production of Prime Video’s The Rig, a series set on a fictional North Sea oil rig.

Underwater Contracting (UCO), owners of the world’s largest fleet of Saab’s Seaeye Falcons, has expanded to 27 vehicles as they win one of the largest contracts in the global aquaculture sector.

Six months after announcing its plans to launch a deck-based containerized hydrogen (H2) energy systems for ships, HAV Hydrogen unveils details of the system that has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV.

Wärtsilä will supply the main propulsion machinery, as well as a range of other equipment and systems for two new 110-meter-long amphibious transport vessels being built for the Chilean Navy.

Success across the UK’s £8billion underwater industry was celebrated in Aberdeen this week at the Subsea Expo Awards.

Ships of the future could once again be powered by wind if a pioneering project which retrofits large vessels with ultramodern wing-sails proves successful in cutting carbon emissions.