Crowley instructor at MMA

Crowley and Mass Maritime partner on offshore wind

Crowley Maritime Corporation and Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) are to create a first-of-its-kind training and workforce development program dedicated specifically to the New England region’s offshore wind energy industry. The partnership will

Three vessels near wind turbine

North Star secures funding for hybrid SOV trio

Aberdeen, Scotland, based North Star Renewables reports that it has finalized a GBP 96 million (about $132 million) funding package to build its new fleet of three service operations vessels (SOVs). North

AHTS Sea Panther

Solstad sells 1999-built AHTS for recycling

Solstad Rederi AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norway’s Solstad Offshore ASA, has sold the AHTS Sea Panther for recycling. The 74 meter long, 174 tonnes bollard pull vessel was delivered by

Power Transfer Vessel

Goodbye subsea cables, hello power transfer vessels?

Is there an alternative to bringing offshore wind power to shore via subsea cables? Japanese start-up PowerX thinks so. It says that new Japanese government targets for renewable energy will require a

Offshore wind training modules incude training on working at heights

Mass Maritime now delivering training to wind farm construction personnel

With three offshore wind farms set to be built in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 20 miles south of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, training for the personnel who will construct them is critical.

Two CTVs

Strategic Marine gets repeat two CTV order from U.K. customer

Making it “two more, like before,” Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd has finalized contracts to build an additional pair of StratCat 27 meter crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for Tyne &

BOEM pushes forward on South Fork Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday reported that it has completed its environmental review of the proposed South Fork Wind project offshore New York and Rhode Island. South Fork Wind,

Capsized SEACOR Power on the evening of the accident, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground. [U.S. Coast Guard photograph]

Coast Guard concludes public hearing into loss of SEACOR Power

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board today concluded their formal public hearing on the sinking of the liftboat SEACOR Power and the loss of all but six of its 19

Hubrid CTV

Hybrid version of Chartwell 24 CTV makes its debut

U.K. headquartered HST Marine has taken delivery of the HST Ella, the first hybrid version of the successful Chartwell 24 offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) design from Southampton, U.K. naval architect

Dominion Energy's Charybdis promises big capabilities but represents a $500 million investment.

Offshore vessel construction: Waiting on the wind

Other Options Houston-headquartered Friede & Goldman Ltd (F&G), long a leader in jack-up technology, has come up with a couple of Jones Act-compliant solutions that are not based on based on the

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