Aker, EDP Renewables in Korean floating wind farm venture

EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have formed a consortium with WindPower Korea that aims to develop a floating wind farm off the coast of Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Korea with an

Giant Saudi shipyard licensed to build new GustoMSC jack-up design

Saudi Arabia’s International Maritime Industries (IMI) has signed a license agreement with GustoMSC that will enable it to construct and deliver drilling rigs built to a new GustoMSC jack-up design. International Maritime

CWind develops hybrid SES offshore wind CTV

From mid-2020, the world’s first hybrid powered Surface Effect Ship will be operating as an offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV). Chelmsford, U.K., based CWind has reached a long term charter agreement

Wärtsilä wins two battery hybrid OSV upgrade contracts

Norwegian offshore service vessel operator Atlantic Offshore has contracted Wärtsilä to engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages in two of its supply vessels. The upgrade project will be carried out

Bourbon: Banks make takeover offer

A company owned by a group of French banks has made a takeover offer for Bourbon Corporation. As we reported earlier, the offshore services giant sought restructuring protection from the Marseilles Commercial

Laborde Marine adds two crewboats to managed fleet

New Orleans based Laborde Marine Management, LLC has assumed the management of two crewboats owned by Boat Services of Galveston, LLC, effective October 1. With the addition of the 150 ft Ms,

Transocean rig is world’s first hybrid floating drilling unit

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reports that it has successfully deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged

Foss inks U.S. offshore wind MOU with Østensjø Rederi

Foss Maritime LLC, Seattle, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Østensjø Rederi AS to establish a partnership to provide domestic Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind projects

Heads roll at Tidewater

Houston headquartered offshore services specialist Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced today that it has reached agreements with Jeffrey A. Gorski, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Bruce D. Lundstrom, Executive

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind starts ocean survey ops

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC today launched ocean survey operations within the Atlantic Shores lease area. Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC is a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and

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