The push for renewable energy has led to a surge in the number of companies advancing into the offshore wind power industry in recent years, resulting in an increase in the demand for maritime meteorological information.

The 2020 edition of Dredging in Figures, an annual review of the global open dredging market by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is now available. The annually prepared report serves as a resource to entities interested in the financial development of the dredging industry.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the obtainment of the Notice to Proceed for the approximately €200 million contract to supply a submarine power cable system for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. A milestone in the development of the offshore wind farm sector in the US, Vineyard will consist of an array of 62 wind turbines and will generate 800 megawatts of electricity annually and power over 400,000 homes.

In a world-first for the maritime sector, the containership, ‘ElbBLUE’ has bunkered green SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) at the Elbe port in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has been awarded contracts for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) with options for two additional vessels, and the sales and conversion of one Platform Supply Vessel to be converted to a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Norwind Offshore in Ålesund, Norway. The contracts for the firm three vessels have an indicative total value of NOK 1.4 billion. 

Parker Wellbore—the re-energized integration of Parker Drilling, with subsidiaries Quail Tools, and iTS Energy Services— has launched with plans for expansion into new markets, geographies, and sectors to provide advanced subsurface wellbore construction solutions for modern transitioning energy markets.

SLPE had the recent privilege of seeing TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (Noord) OSS substructure enter the final stages of fabrication, with the roll up completed and the 2-part cable deck now successfully installed.

Specialist oil and gas consultancy Oil Plus Ltd has secured a number of significant international contract awards totaling more than £1.5million in the first half of this year, signaling that it is on track to increase its revenues by 50% and meet its conservative £4.75million growth target by 2023. 

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured RoRo equipment orders for 8 vessels to be built in Asia. The orders are booked into Cargotec's second (EUR 9 million) and third quarter (EUR 22 million) 2021 order intake with deliveries planned to commence during the second quarter of 2022 and completed during the third quarter of 2023.



Greensea Systems, creator of OPENSEA®, the universal open architecture software platform for the marine industry, entered into a contract with Ocean Infinity to provide OPENSEA as the open architecture platform that the Armada Dynamic Payloads Control (DPC) will be built upon.

Eni and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have entered a three-year partnership agreement to collaborate in the promotion of renewable energy and accelerate the energy transition, particularly in countries that export fossil fuels. The agreement has been signed by Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, and IRENA’s General Director, Francesco La Camera, at a time when Milan is hosting the "Pre-COP 26" preparatory ministerial meeting.

Seaborn Networks (“Seaborn”), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, announced the appointment of Lin Gentemann as General Counsel and Sean McNeill as Chief Financial Officer.

Ocean Business 2021, taking place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, from October 12-14, 2021, is counting down to delivering the biggest ocean technology event this year. 

In partnership with African Business, the African Energy Week will prepare a special report deep-diving into Africa's Oil & Gas industry.

The cleanest of all the fossil fuels has entered its most defining moment as the world gets back to the twin ambitions of economic recovery and sustainable progress, the participants of the 4^th GECF Annual Workshop on Promotion of Natural Gas Demand heard on Wednesday (29 Sept).

Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract for a ±500kV HVDC submarine and land cable system to create an interconnection between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth around €221 million.