Exempting Puerto Rico from Jones Act remote
OCTOBER 27, 2017—The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria gave an opening to critics of the Jones Act to blame the law for hindering the relief and
OCTOBER 27, 2017—The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria gave an opening to critics of the Jones Act to blame the law for hindering the relief and
OCTOBER 12, 2017 — Chelmsford, U.K., based Global Marine Group reports that its Global Marine Systems Limited (GMSL) unit has entered into an agreement with Fugro N.V. under which GMG will acquire
OCTOBER 2, 2017 — From November 6, Denmark’s DONG Energy, the world leader in deploying offshore wind facilities, is changing its name to Ørsted. “DONG was originally short for Danish Oil and
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — Turkish shipyard Cemre Marin Endüstri A.Ş, has ordered four MAN 8L21/31 variable speed gensets for the wind service operation vessel (WSOV) that it is building for France’s Louis
AUGUST 24, 2017 — Esbjerg, Denmark, headquartered ESVAGT is to build a new service operation vessel (SOV) to support MHI Vestas Offshore Wind in its Deutsche Bucht wind farm project. ESVAGT has
AUGUST 15, 2017 — A next generation Barge Master and Bosch Rexroth motion-compensated gangway is now in operation on the walk-to-work subsea-support vessel VOS Start, the first of two 80 m x 18.4
AUGUST 1, 2017 — Ever increasing safety and environmental regulatory demands put pressures not only on vessel owners and operators, but also on enforcement agencies — including the U.S. Coast Guard. This
JULY 25, 2017 — Vroon B.V. christened its first subsea-support walk-to-work vessel in a July 20 ceremony, held at the Damen Shiprepair shipyard in Amsterdam, in which the vessel was named VOS
JUNE 28, 2017 — Singapore headquartered Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) says that its Keppel Shipyard subsidiary has won four contracts worth a total of S$85 million (about US$64 million)
JUNE 6, 2017 — Breda, Netherlands, headquartered Vroon reports that VOS Start, the company’s first subsea-support walk-to-work vessel, has arrived in Amsterdam. The 80 m x 18.4 m vessel, which was built