Boreas hand over ceremony

Van Oord takes delivery of giant jack-up WTIV Boreas

Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has now accepted delivery of the mega wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Boreas in a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The Boreas, named

CARB board member attended tug christening

EPA approves most of controversial CARB rule waiver request

Will the California Air Resources Board’s controversial Commercial Harbor Craft Rule lead to the building of more cutting edge zero-emission vessels, or will it create hazardous conditions on existing vessels retrofitted to

EcoTow operation

Höegh and Svitzer in carbon-cutting Australian EcoTow first

Copenhagen-headquartered towage giant Svitzer has delivered its first EcoTow solution in Australia to Höegh Autoliners first Aurora-class vessel, Höegh Aurora. Already claiming the title of “the world’s largest, greenest PCTC,” the 9,100

Meng Xian

VIDEO: AkzoNobel protects ultra deep drilling research vessel Meng Xian

AkzoNobel reports that Meng Xian, China’s first domestically designed and built ultra deep-sea research drilling vessel is being protected by more than 300,000 liters of marine coatings supplied by its International brand.

Guam offshore wind call area

BOEM takes a step forward on Guam offshore wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) for possible wind energy leasing off the coast of the U.S. Pacific Territory of Guam. The

Windpiper

New Boskalis Windpiper will be world’s largest rock installer

Royal Boskalis B.V. reports that the latest addition to its fleet will be the Windpiper, a subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel with a cargo capacity of 45,500 tonnes, making it the world’s

Pangaea CEO

Pangaea completes deal that adds 15 handy-sizes to its fleet

Newport, R.I.-based Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. [Nasdaq: PANL] reports that it has completed its previously announced combination of its existing dry-bulk fleet with 15 handy-size dry bulk vessels owned by privately-held Strategic

SES crew transfer veesel delivery

Strategic Marine delivers 50-knot SES crew transfer vessel

Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered an offshore crew transfer vessel to All Energies Services that is capable of reaching speeds of over 50 knots. Designed to provide seamless offshore transfers in

Coast Guard Cutter Storis

Coast Guard to rename former ECO icebreaker Storis

The Coast Guard has now completed acceptance of the Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) icebreaking vessel Aiviq. On commissioning, it will be renamed Coast Guard Cutter Storis, becoming the second cutter to bear

NuProShip

Vard joins NuProShip nuclear propulsion project

Fincantieri Group’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary is collaborating with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Ålesund, Norway, and other key stakeholders in the groundbreaking NuProShip I project, which explores nuclear propulsion

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