OuYang Offshore Co., Ltd. has awarded AqualisBraemar the construction supervision contract for two newbuild self-elevating wind turbine installation vessels to be constructed at Chinese shipyard Dayang Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd.  

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured two orders from Japan to provide full hardware supply including ramps and lifting platforms for two RoPax vessels and two material supply vessels.



Abrado, an industry leader in the surgical removal of multiple casing sections downhole, has appointed Jason Broussard as President and CEO. He will be based at the company’s office in Broussard, Louisiana.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind, a leading non-profit advocate for U.S. offshore wind at the state, federal and global levels, is launching OSW CareerMatch Job Fair, the first ever offshore wind job fair, as part of its International Partnership Forum (IPF).

Global energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched a three-year collaborative research project on the costs around floating offshore wind.

Akselos and Lamprell have signed a prestigious distributor deal. The agreement will see the UAE-headquartered fabrication, engineering and contracting firm have exclusive rights to market structural digital twins for Lamprell-serviced assets in the Middle East and North Africa using Akselos’ leading edge software applications.

Sparrows Group has signed a long-term partnership agreement to become the sole Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) service provider for market leading machine construction company, J.D. Neuhaus Group (JDN) in the Middle East.

The UK’s national Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Centre of Excellence has partnered with global offshore wind leader Ørsted in a £400k project to develop an innovative approach to sea state forecasting, which aims to deliver a significant reduction in missed working days.

The CrossWind consortium, a joint venture between Shell in the Netherlands and Eneco, has awarded Fugro a contract to deliver comprehensive geotechnical site investigation solutions to support development of the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm.

On August 6^th, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier (AFAGC) that would use ammonia as the main fuel, in addition to an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).
 



Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD) has won a multi-million-dollar contract to supply a Quasar II, medium-sized work class ROV to PTSC GEOS & SUBSEA SERVICES CO., LTD., (PTSC G&S), a subsidiary of Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC).

The United States’ most plentiful offshore wind resource is found in waters so deep that floating platforms are needed to support the turbines—posing major challenges for offshore wind to deliver electricity at a commercial scale and competitive cost.

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has delivered its first VIKING Norsafe Munin-S1200 ambulance boat to the Hellenic Coastguard. Stationed in Naxos, the largest of the Cyclades island group, the vessel is the opening installment in a three-boat order that will change the face of regional healthcare provision.

Michael Madely, VP of Global Service at Ecochlor is excited to reveal the first of many planned locations for Ecochlor’s spare parts support network outside the United States.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established provider of marine engineering services and oceanographic equipment, has released further details of an active heave compensated umbilical winch and skid mounted A-Frame style LARS that was delivered to Japan’s NiGK Corporation (NIGK) earlier this year.