The technology group Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply 40 generating sets for 12 new LNG fueled platform supply vessels (PSV), the first such vessels to be built for a Chinese owner. The multiple benefits of the Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines were cited as the reason for the contract award over strong competitive bids.

Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wind, and WindServe Marine, LLC, a premier offshore wind support services provider, have entered into a partnership to construct two purpose-built offshore Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), which will transport personnel for construction, maintenance, and operation from port to offshore wind farms.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has completed the construction of FibreTrac, the first fiber-rope offshore crane to enter the market. The crane’s full potential is being validated and its capabilities have recently been demonstrated at an event in Kristiansand, Norway.

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd., a company specializing in the field of Electro-Optics (EO) and InfraRed (IR) Defense and Homeland Security solutions ‒ presents the TORNADO-ER, a panoramic IR scanning and automatic maritime target detection and tracking system, at IMDEX 2019.

Rever Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, continues its success in the North Sea, announcing the deployment of all four of the company’s vessels since the start of April, 2019.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation was recently awarded three major contracts for drilling riser buoyancy and associated riser protection that will be manufactured across two of its facilities in the UK and Brazil.

DNV GL, a technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has developed a solution that reduces the risk of offshore floating vessel mooring line failure going undetected by replacing physical sensors with a machine learning algorithm that accurately predicts line failure in real time.

The Multicargo Terminal (T-MULT) of Complex of Port of Açu , located in São João da Barra (Rio de Janeiro), received this week the BBC Amethyst vessel, which brought the first gas turbine of the UTE GNA I, the main equipment that will make up the thermoelectric plant that is under construction by Gas Natural Açu (GNA).

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, recently recognized Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley Jr. and Crowley Maritime Corporation for more than 30 years of support at its 25th Tribute to the Coast Guard Seventh District event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event, originally scheduled for late January but postponed due to the partial government shutdown, was held April 18.

The technology group Wärtsilä’s Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted US Coastguard (USCG) Type Approval. With the company’s other BWMS technology, the Wärtsilä Aquarius EC, already Type Approved by USCG, Wärtsilä becomes the first manufacturer able to offer two USCG Type Approved BWMS technologies.

Specialists in renewable energy support services, Green Marine has received funding from Royal Bank of Scotland and Lombard to support extensive growth plans; which includes the purchase and renovation of the former Stromness police station and ‘Green Storm’; the latest addition to its fleet of vessels.

On 2^nd May, 2019 Damen Shipyards Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Askeri Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme AŞ (ASFAT) for collaboration in the production of marine platforms. The MOU signing took place at the 14^th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) taking place in Istanbul April 30^th – May 3^rd.

Israel Shipyards Ltd. – a leading shipbuilding and repair company for the Naval and HLS markets – unveils its new multi-purpose Offshore Patrol Vessel, OPV-45, at IMDEX ASIA 2019.

Aqueos Corporation, a provider of manned diving and other subsea services in the Gulf of Mexico, West Coast and select International Regions and Otto Candies, LLC a provider of Diving Support Vessels, ROV-IMR equipped vessels, and DP offshore supply vessels on a world-wide basis, have entered into a multi-year agreement for the charter of the DSV Kelly Ann Candies, a USA built multi-role DP-2 Diving Support Vessel.

Intellian, a global leader of mobile satellite communication antenna systems, is introducing the new 1.5m Ku to Ka convertible VSAT terminal.

Canyon Offshore, Inc., the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies L.L.C for the charter of the Jones Act-compliant Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel Ross Candies.