Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane county has been awarded the contract for assembly site for the floating Hywind Tampen wind turbines before they are transported to the field in the North Sea.

Dräger Marine & Offshore has backed the efforts of the Offshore Safety Professionals Register (OSPR), the only membership organization for offshore health, safety and environment (HSE) professionals.

MacArtney has secured an order from Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group to develop an automated concept for a HGT – Hub Generator Tightening Tool - to improve mechanization and reduce human interaction in wind turbine maintenance.

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Following the announcement that BWC and Erma First have agreed to collaborate, it now means BWC is able to offer its containerized Ballast Water Treatment solution in a range of technologies.

According to a report published by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy last year, the collective cost of decommissioning the UK’s offshore wind farms could amount to as much as £3.6 billion.

Subsea connectivity specialist Hydro Group is the first engineering firm in the world to offer manned submersible electrical penetrators type-approved for use at a working depth of up to 650 MSW (Meter sea water).

The arrival of 2019 leaves just one year until the global sulphur cap becomes reality. But as the marine industry scrambles to ready itself, an important milestone has already been reached. The new year marks a decade since the first vessel set sail with an Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubber on board.

Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (“Shell”), announces with consortium partners the start of production at the Lula North deep-water project in the Brazilian Santos Basin.

On January 31, 2019, Exxon Mobil Corporation said, it will streamline its upstream organization and centralize project delivery across the company to support previously announced plans to double operating cash flow and earnings by 2025.

Tekmar Energy announces that offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul Group have selected the patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mechanical Latch for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established marine equipment and engineering service provider, and Continental Shelf Associates Inc (CSA), a diverse ocean industry holding company, have announced an exclusive rental and sales distribution agreement for CSA’s patented FlexSEA Modular Flotation System.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) has reported earnings of $3.7 billion($1.95 per share – diluted) for fourth quarter 2018, compared with $3.1 billion ($1.64 per share – diluted) in the fourth quarter of 2017, which included $2.02 billion in tax benefits related to U.S. tax reform. Included in the current quarter was an asset write-off totaling $270 million. Foreign currency effects increased earnings in the 2018 fourth quarter by $268 million.

Techstars, a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, and Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), a world leading ship management company, announces they are jointly launching the world’s first global MaritimeTech accelerator, the EPS MaritimeTech Accelerator Powered by Techstars. Based in Singapore, this new mentorship-driven accelerator program will be Techstars second accelerator in the sovereign city-state.

Equinor is engaging with the UK offshore wind supply chain to support the development of innovative, technology-led solutions, which can shape the future of the industry post-2025.

Cleanship Solutions has been selected as the dedicated scrubber engineering partner for a large container vessel operator’s scrubber retrofit program through 2019. The scrubber retrofit program includes over 30 vessels ranging from 7500 TEU to 15000 TEU.