Another regulatory obstacle to offshore wind is gone

In a blog posting yesterday, Seth Jaffe, a partner at environmental law firm Foley Hoag, reports that “on Friday, the Principal Deputy Solicitor at the Department of Interior issued a memorandum on

Bordelon Marine promotes two

Wes Bordelon, president and CEO of Lockport, La., based offshore support and subsea services provider Bordelon Marine, reports that the company has promoted Mike Belanger to chief operating officer and Chris Martin

Aaron Smith, OMSA

OPINION: Offshore wind—the fallacy of just this once

By Aaron C. Smith, President of the Offshore Marine Service Association At home, I live in a near constant state of “just this once.” From YouTube and TikTok, to desserts and kittens,

Rendering of vessel

Samsung Heavy unveils new ECO-WTIV design

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled its first proprietary Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) design. It breaks new ground by using a combination of advanced green technologies to slash CO2

NTSB reports on City of Boston

NTSB reports on collision with ATB that totaled an OSV

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the November 14, 2019, incident in which, about about 2.15 p.m. local time, the offshore supply vessel Cheramie Bo Truc No.

Green SWATH

VIDEO: First SWATH SOV will serve 3 wind farms

Set to enter service later this year, the 60-meter Groene Wind is the first Service Operation Vessel ordered by the DEME Group. The Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel will be

White CTVin water

Consortium will use hybrid CTVs to testbed zero-emissions technology

Esbjerg, Denmark, headquartered offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator MHO-Co is leading a consortium that aims to develop a propulsion system that will use fuel cells and a new type of

Three vessels near wind turbine

Vard wins order for Dogger Bank SOV trio

Norwegian headquartered Fincantieri Group company Vard has secured contracts for the design and construction of three hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Aberdeen, Scotland, based North Star Renewables. The trio will operate

Green wind turbine installation vessel

Vineyard Wind selects DEME/Foss partnership for wind turbine transport installation

Vineyard Wind will use a foreign-flag wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), serviced by Jones Act compliant feeder vessels, to install the wind turbines for the first large-scale offshore wind installation in the

MARAD announces new marine highway route designations

MARAD invites applications for $230 million in port infrastructure grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encouraging states and port authorities to apply for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and

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