Ulstein has developed a range of X-BOW® vessels for the RoPax market. The portfolio is based on their ‘compact concept’ of shorter, wider and slower design solutions, leading to high capacity vessels and less expensive newbuilds. The ‘compact concept’ increases the competitiveness of such vessel designs by higher revenue making at lower financial and operational costs.

The X-BOW® is one of Ulstein’s contributions to cleaner and more sustainable shipping operations. Introducing the X-BOW on RoPax vessels is a natural design development.  

Even though great strides have been taken in detecting, containing and extinguishing fires, the best time to fight a fire is before it starts. The desire to work towards a zero-fire engine room led cruise operator RCL, technology group Wärtsilä, and classification society DNV GL to initiate a joint industry project to improve engine room fire prevention.

 International casing and completion technology business, Deep Casing Tools (DCT), has formed an alliance in Norway with American multinational corporation National Oilwell Varco Completion Tools (NOV Completion Tools).

Equinor has been awarded five licenses by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) - four as operator and one as partner.

A new range of davits designed to increase safety and reduce corrosion of critical parts has been introduced to the market by safety solutions specialist Survitec.

Engineered with its European-based partner, a company with more than 20 years’ experience in manufacturing davits, the high-end product was presented to the maritime industry for the first time today at Nor-Shipping. The Survitec range includes different davit types suitable for liferafts, rescue boats and fast rescue craft.

Subsidiary of world's largest shipyard becomes first Certified Application Provider to use new Dedicated Bandwidth Service to enable its digital total care solution

Inmarsat has signed a business cooperation agreement that allows Hyundai Global Service (HGS) to offer ship owners and managers a digital total care solution route to maritime digitalization. HGS was established in 2016 by parent group Hyundai Heavy Industries as a digital transformation solutions provider to optimize ship operation and performance.

CGG, a leading geoscience company, announces collaboration with Microsoft to deliver its geoscience products, data and services on Microsoft Azure and accelerate Exploration and Development workflows for its oil and gas company clients.

The world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel, Color Hybrid, has been appointed ‘Ship of the Year 2019’. Ulstein Group CEO Gunvor Ulstein received the Award from HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway at the Nor-Shipping exhibition on June 4, 2019.

An UK equipment supplier has announced a joint venture which will allow it to supply a revolutionary surface wellhead and tree production equipment package, which will enhance oil and gas production integrity and reduce the need for long-term repair and maintenance.

DEME Offshore’s newest heavy-lift jack-up Apollo has recently completed a one-month conversion project at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu). This complex contract involved the installation of a moon pool on the main deck. The technical demands combined with the limited time available required highly precise planning together with working around the clock in order to complete on time.

In preparation for US offshore wind project development and supply chain partnering, New Energy Update is inviting companies interested in offshore wind to attend the US Offshore Wind 2019 Conference and Supply Chain Exhibition (USOW19). The event offers an opportunity to network with executive speakers from Avangrid, Equinor, Vineyard Wind, Ørsted, Northland Power, EnBW, MHI Vestas, GE Renewables, BOEM, NYSERDA, MassCEC and many more.

James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a specialist partner in the delivery of subsea and topside projects, further strengthens its offshore decommissioning capabilities with the development of an advanced internal abrasive cutting system offering higher performance, cost savings and operational efficiency to support the oil and gas industry’s decommissioning cost reduction target.

KONGSBERG systems will be used to optimize operations on the second newbuild Awilco Drilling Owned Moss CS60Eco semi-submersible drilling rig being built by Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine.

Kongsberg Maritime has won its first milestone orders for a major project combining KONGSBERG control and electrical systems with power, propulsion and mooring solutions. The entire deal is valued at approximately MNOK 350 total.

 Unique Group, one of the world's leading integrated subsea and offshore solution providers, has announced the launch of state-of-the-art survey equipment calibration services from its Houston base.

SevenCs and TELKO have announced a cooperation agreement relating to the use of the Nautilus SDK Kernel in the development of TELKO’s new TECDIS units and cooperation regarding the distribution of electronic navigational data between the two companies.

The Maine North Atlantic Institute at USM (MNAI), has established a working group to broaden the business community’s understanding of market opportunities and available trade resources. The group includes the New England Ocean Cluster (NEOC), the Maine Port Authority (MPA) and faculty members of the University.