Wärtsilä will provide and integrate the electrical system package for a new German research vessel.

The inventor and market-leader of Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBC), Gall Thomson, has announced the latest evolution, PetalC, which reduces axial loads on the most exposed breakstuds by up to 30 per cent and reduces MBC install length by 60 per cent.

Mammoet has completed the transport and load-out of what will be the first grid-connected floating wind turbine in Spain.

NEC Corporation has signed a charter contract with U.K.-based Global Marine Systems Limited (*1) for an optical submarine cable-laying ship for approximately four years. Through this contract, NEC will strengthen its provision of submarine cable systems and respond to expanding demand for submarine cables due to the increase in global data traffic.

The energy transition depends on several technologies with potential hazardous characteristics, such as carbon capture and storage, and utilization of hydrogen and ammonia.

DOF Subsea has been awarded a 3-year contract for two vessels with Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited. Under the agreement, DOF Subsea will perform IMR, well intervention support, and light subsea construction activities to support the growing subsea infrastructures in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

Survitec’s revolutionary Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, has won the technology category of this year’s Safety4Sea awards.

Siemens Gamesa and Hai Long Offshore Wind Project have signed two agreements at the Energy Taiwan trade fair in Taipei. Encompassing 1,044 MW for three offshore wind power projects in Taiwan, both the Turbine Supply Agreement and Service and Availability Agreements confirm the parties’ commitments to the market. The signing covering the Hai Long 2A (300 MW), Hai Long 2B (232 MW), and Hai Long 3 (512 MW) projects are Siemens Gamesa’s largest offshore wind power signing in Taiwan to date.

1. Offshore wind will overtake the oil and gas sector to receive the largest investments in the Blue Economy

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced next steps for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to comply with provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. These steps include a proposed sale for the Gulf of Mexico region and completion of an environmental review for Cook Inlet, offshore Alaska.

Next year’s Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition (OEE2023) will take place in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Siemens Gamesa has announced the appointment of Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen to the newly created position of global Chief Technology Officer (CTO), tasked with accelerating harmonization and standardization of technologies across the company under the Mistral strategy program.

Port Canaveral has signed an agreement with the Liebherr Group to acquire another mobile harbor crane from the company to support the Port’s growing cargo operations. The 320-foot-tall Liebherr LMH 600 is the second mobile harbor crane to be deployed at Port Canaveral and is part of a new mobile harbor crane product line recently launched by Liebherr.

Saipem has been awarded a contract by Qatargas for the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Compression Complexes Project – EPC 2 located offshore the north-east coast of Qatar. The contract value amounts to approximately 4.5 billion USD.

Fugro has successfully completed fieldwork on a geophysical, geotechnical and environmental site investigation contract for RWE Renewables’ Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm and export cable routes.

Kongsberg Digital and Keystone have combined their software expertise to form an industry-first technology partnership, enabling real time wells and planning data to be combined and contextualized to power more valuable workflows leading to optimized drilling operations.