OMSA President Aaron Smith on PAM Portable Accommodation Modules

OPINION: Will Ferrell is right, Norway is a model for energy policy

by Aaron Smith, President and CEO, OMSA Like most Americans, I spent the Monday following the Super Bowl thinking about the ads. What stuck in my mind was GM’s ad featuring Will

Brunvoll to equip Van Oord cable layer

The next generation cable layer recently ordered by Van Oord will have a complete propulsion and maneuvering system supplied by Molde, Norway, based Brunvoll AS. As we reported earlier, (see story) the

Kongsberg Maritime to deliver tech package for Triumph Subsea newbuild

Under a Letter of Intent signed with Brodosplit Shipyard and DIV Group in Croatia, Kongsberg Maritime is to deliver a large technology package for an ST-269 unit being built for the Scottish-based

Green seismic ship Polarcus

Polarcus in provisional liquidation

Dubai-based seismic vessel specialist Polarcus (OSE: PLCS) is now in provisional liquidation. Following an application by Polarcus to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands seeking the appointment of “Soft Touch Provisional

Crowley partners with Watco for offshore wind

Aiming to provide a single-source solution for U.S. offshore wind companies, Crowley is partnering with Pittsburg, Kan., headquartered transportation service and logistics specialist Watco Companies LLC to create a terminal and supply

First vessel gains ABS infectious disease mitigation notation

A DP3 diving support vessel (DSV) operated by Singapore-based Tasik Subsea has become the first vessel to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation. The ABS-classed Southern Star has met the

GE Haliade-X wind turine

New BOEM Director hits ground running with offshore wind announcement

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management has a new Director: Amanada Lefton. She most recently served as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s First Assistant Secretary for Energy

Enviromax SOV design vessel

TAI develops diesel electric hybrid Jones Act SOV design

New Orleans headquartered Technology Associates Inc. (TAI), has added a diesel-electric hybrid offshore wind farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) design to its EnviroMax vessel series. The TAI EnviroMax vessels have been designed

C-Innovation signs one-year RLWI contract extension with BP

Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate C-Innovation, LLC (C-I) has won a one-year extension of its contract with BP for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). CI’s giant OCV,

Solstad Offshore CSV wins offshore wind farm contract

Solstad Offshore ASA, Skudeneshavn, Norway, reports that it as signed a contract with MHI Vestas for hire of the construction support vessel Normand Fortress to support its walk-to-work (W2W) operations at the

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