Feeder barge sails out for Vineyard Wind 1

Vineyard Wind 1 completes first turbine installation

Marking a milestone in U.S. offshore wind development, installation of the first GE Haliade-X Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) at the Vineyard Wind 1 project was completed this week. It was hailed as

Gulf of Maine draft Wind Energy Area

Plans for Gulf of Maine offshore wind advance

Moving ahead on plans for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday identified a Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) there, opening a 30-day

Whale FSU in shipyard

Seatrium delivers Whale FPU for Shell GoM project

Singapore-based Seatrium Limited has successfully delivered the Whale Floating Production Unit (FPU), for deployment in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, under a contract awarded by Shell Offshore Inc. in November 2019. The

Cable layer will have MAN 175D gensets

Hybrid cable layer will have MAN 175D gensets

Fincantieri’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary has ordered four MAN 12V175D-MEM gensets for the 95 meter long subsea cable laying vessel it is to build for Denmark’s NCT Offshore. The MAN 175D gensets will

ECO TLP wind turbine support system

ECO TLP floating wind solution gains ABS approval

ABS has issued an approval in principle (AIP) to San Carlos, Calif., headquartered ECO TLP Inc. and Rotterdam headquartered MOCEAN-Offshore BV for a new floating offshore wind turbine support structure. Suited for

offshore wind development

N.Y. Public Service Commission ruling disturbs offshore wind advocates

At the end of the day, electricity generated from offshore wind has to be paid for from consumers’ electricity bills. When those rates aren’t high enough to justify the huge investment required

FSIV (fast support intervention vessel)

Incat Crowther commissioned to design FSIV trio

Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean has commissioned Incat Crowther to design three new ABS-classed monohull fast support intervention vessels (FSIVs) for Saudi Arabia’s Zamil Offshore, which will use the 60-meter vessels to transport

One Big Beautiful Bill

New AOWFA legislation aims to close offshore energy Jones Act loophole

The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) is applauding the introduction of the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act (AOWFA), saying, “this important legislation provides a step forward towards providing parity between U.S.-flagged and

Rendering of one the two MPSVs

Hornbeck to complete construction of two 400 class Jones Act MPSVs

Covington, La., headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. is to complete the two multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that had been at the center of its recently settled lawsuit with Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.

oil and gas

BOEM sets new date for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has now set a date for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261. It will be held November 8, 2023. This is the sale

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