MacArtney has secured a contract from APL Norway AS, a Norwegian Mooring and Loading Systems provider - part of NOV Completion & Production Solutions. The scope of supply covers a Moog Focal Low Voltage Electrical Optical Swivel (LVEOS) and a Medium Voltage Electrical Swivel (MVES) for the Equinor Njord Bravo FSO project in the Norwegian Sea.

UK and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea has announced that it has been awarded two £multi-million contracts.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced two sizeable* contracts, one from Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) and one from Sapura Exploration and Production (SEP), to provide transportation and installation of offshore structures, pipelines and pre-commissioning work for the Pan Malaysia field development located off the shore of Sarawak, Malaysia.

The first turbine at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been installed and is now producing electricity.

The Carbon Trust has published the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines, to increase industry confidence in the use of suction caissons.

Marine-i, the EU funded program set up to boost marine innovation in Cornwall, has made a grant award to specialist marine technology company, Submarine Technology Ltd (STL). Based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, STL have opened a new office in Penryn, Cornwall, to focus on designing and building their futuristic robotic arm.

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE: BHGE), the world’s first fullstream oil and gas company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar Petroleum (QP) to unlock new opportunities to expand its presence in the country and to support Qatar Petroleum’s Tawteen Program.

Total, a major energy player, Ørsted, renewable major, and Elicio, a renewable energy producer preselected by the French Energy Regulatory Commission, announce the creation of an industrial consortium to submit a joint bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm project for a power capacity of up to 600 MW.

Petrobras announces that it has started the production of oil and natural gas of P-76, the third platform to enter production in the Búzios field.

Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a two-year Integrity Management contract with Total E&P Danmark (“Total”) to support its significant Tyra Redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.

Poor installation quality of cable and pipe transits can be a potential risk in marine and offshore environments. Therefore, Roxtec sealing experts Tom Flader and Per Törnström present an educative webinar – ”How to secure your transits” – between 10:00 and 10:45 CST on March 21, 2019. Anyone working with safety in marine environments should sign-up.

Ocean Infinity, the next generation seabed survey and ocean exploration company, has successfully located the wreck of the lost South Korean tanker, Stellar Daisy, at a depth of 3461 meter in the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1800 nautical miles due west of Cape Town. Stellar Daisy sank on 31 March 2017, transporting iron ore from Brazil to China. Tragically, 22 of the24 crew were lost.

Recently, Radio Holland received the order to renew the complete IT infrastructure for the JB-115 barge of Jack-Up Barge. The order includes design, installation and commissioning of an IT network. The JB-115 is an existing platform which has an IT structure on board, that is no longer Future Proof.

CONTROP iSea payload to equip Asian Coast Guard for Maritime Surveillance

James Fisher and Sons plc (JFS) has further expanded its capabilities in the Middle East with the acquisition of Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Contracting LLC (MSMC).

On February 7, 2019, Excelerate Energy L.P. (Excelerate) and Equinor Energy AS (Equinor) completed the first ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in The Bahamas.