Phoenix International announces the appointment of Chris Williams to the position of Vice President, Manned Operations.

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has selected Vestas as its preferred supplier for wind turbine generators for both Empire Wind I and Empire Wind II, one of the largest offshore wind projects in the US.

Ørsted Wind Power S/A and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of 107 monopile foundations and one offshore substation topside at Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm.

Mayflower Wind, the developer of a deep water offshore wind project, has signed an agreement with Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding/Duclos Corporation of Somerset, MA for the specification, design, and manufacture of an industry-leading, Jones Act-compliant, hybrid battery diesel electric crew transfer vessel.

To reduce the number of harmful emissions produced as it achieves the world record for the longest autonomous mission at sea, Sea Machines Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous command and advanced perception systems, is utilizing renewable Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel, sourced by Bunker One in Denmark, to power its autonomous Nellie Bly tugboat.

Mammoet was selected by PTSC Mechanical & Construction Company to complete a four-phase project for the Sao Vang and Dai Nguyet (SVDN) gas and condensate development project, located approximately 300km south-east of Ho Chi Minh City, offshore Vietnam.

International offshore energy suppliers Aker Solutions ASA (Aker Solutions), DeepOcean Norway AS (DeepOcean) and Solstad Offshore ASA (Solstad Offshore) have joined forces to create Windstaller Alliance.

Valaris Limited announces that ultra-deepwater drillship VALARIS DS-12 has become the first vessel in the world to receive the ABS Enhanced Electrical System Notation EHS-E.

INEOS has announced that it is to invest more than €2 billion into electrolysis projects to make zero carbon, green hydrogen across Europe. Its first plants will be built in Norway, Germany, Belgium with investment also planned in the UK and France.

Subsea 7  has confirmed the award of a major1 contract by Turkish Petroleum for the Sakarya field development offshore Turkey in the Black Sea. The award was announced on a redacted basis on September 29, 2021 and the contract was recorded in the backlog of Subsea and Conventional in the third quarter.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has outlined the path forward for future offshore wind leasing to meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030.

C-Kore Systems successfully executed an electrical fault-finding campaign on a subsea field offshore Australia.

Marine-i has welcomed the news that Global OTEC Resources has entered into a partnership for the deployment of the world’s first commercial floating OTEC platform, which will be located in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) has appointed Wael Sawan as Integrated Gas and Renewable and Energy Solutions (R&ES) Director and Zoë Yujnovich as Upstream Director. Both appointments are effective 25th October 2021.

Bakker Sliedrecht is one of the first companies in the maritime industry to switch partly from time-based maintenance to condition-based maintenance. The actual status and condition of electrical drive systems and components are monitored. The cost-effective method ensures that maintenance, repair and replacement are only planned and carried out when necessary.

Fugro has become one of the first companies to secure accreditation from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Helideck Certification Agency (HCA) as an approved supplier of helideck monitoring systems (HMS) conforming to the new 2021 UK CAA standards.