L to R: Ian Finch, director of business development for the EMEA region at Bardex, and Gabriel Engineering CEO Jason Simeon.

Bardex and Gabriel Engineering aim to redefine floating offshore wind mooring solutions

Though U.S. offshore wind is in a hiatus, that’s not the case in the rest of the world and Goleta, Calif.-headquartered Bardex Corporation and U.K.-based Gabriel Engineering Group have signed a Memorandum

ST-245 energy support vessels

Sea1 Offshore orders two more ST-245 offshore energy support vessels

Doubling down on a two-ship order placed in November last year, Norway’s Sea1 Offshore (the former Siem Offshore) has now placed an order at Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd.

W2W SOVs

Brunvoll to supply thirty thrusters for five Vard W2W SOVs

Brunvoll has signed a contract with Vard for the delivery of a comprehensive package of propulsion and maneuvering thrusters for five W2W SOVs to be built at Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam

Ulstein Verft receives hhull

Ulstein Verft starts work on next BS Offshore Twin-X

Norway’s Ulstein Verft has marked a key stage in the construction of the second CSOV it is building for Bernard Schulte Offshore (Yard No.321). On March 11, 2025, the hull of the

UT7623 SEV vessels

Kongsberg wins contract for two new UT7623 SEV design vessels

Kongsberg Maritime has signed at contract for the design of two UT7623 SEV design multipurpose subsea vessels for Fosnavåg, Norway-headquartered Olympic Group. The “SEV” in the designation stands for “Sustainable Energy Vessel”

Bureau Veritas (BV) is joining NAVHYS

With Vard on board, NAVHYS project aims to develop liquid hydrogen fueled SOV

Building on its experience of using liquid hydrogen as a fuel for Ariane rockets, France’s ArianeGroup has launched the European NAVHYS project. Partners in the project, which is co-funded by the EU,

Yard No. 320

Ulstein marks another milestone in build of Yard No. 320 CSOV

Norway’s Ulstein Verft has launched its Yard No. 320, the first of two advanced commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) on order for Bernard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore). The launch event followed an

Nexus

VIDEO: Damen upgrades Van Oord cable layer Nexus

Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has installed selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems on its 2014-built cable-laying vessel Nexus, making it fully IMO Tier III compliant. The work was carried out by the vessel’s original

EMYN wimd farm CTV

LD Tide picked to provide EMYN wind farm CTV

After an international tender, Siemens Gamesa has selected Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ LD Tide joint venture with Tidal Transit to supply a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the operation and maintenance services of

SX250

VIDEO: New Ulstein SX250 is an offshore wind cost cutter

Offshore wind farms are currently serviced using crew transfer vessels (CTVs) or helicopters for day operations, and service operation vessels (SOVs) for extended periods. Aiming to reduce costs, Ulstein has developed the

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