WINDEA Reliance,

St. Johns Ship Building completes WINDEA CTV trio

St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla., reports that it has delivered the WINDEA Reliance, the third and final vessel in a series of 30-meter aluminum crew transfer vessels (CTVs) built for WINDEA

One Big Beautiful Bill

What’s in “The One Big Beautiful Bill” for offshore?

The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday released its proposed mark up of the of the 2025 tax reconciliation bill: “The One Big Beautiful Bill.” While it’s for sure big, opinions on

Gov. Hochul fights Trump offshore wind energy pause

New York leads 17 state coalition filing lawsuit to end Trump offshore wind energy halt

New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 17 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to end the Trump administration’s arbitrary and indefinite halt on new offshore wind energy

April 2025 Marine Log magazine

April 2025

Our April issue of Marine Log is now available, and we’ve packed it with insights into some of the most pressing issues facing the offshore maritime industry today.

The maritime industry is facing escalating climate change.

Op-Ed: Offshore maritime insurance amid climate change

By Robert Mackay, Business Development Lead, FDR The maritime industry is facing escalating climate-related challenges. The rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and typhoons, profoundly affect offshore

e-CTV

Tidal Transit secures equity funding to build six new e-CTVs

U.K.-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel specialist Tidal Transit has secured equity financing from maritime and logistics investor HICO Investment Group to expand its fleet with six new electric CTVs (e-CTVs). It

Vessel with U-stern

Offshore wind: World’s largest HLV will feature Ulstein U-stern

Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction has signed a shipbuilding contract with Seatrium covering the construction of what it says will be the world’s largest heavy lift vessel. To be used for the installation of

Trump revokes MOU on Snake River dams

Trump executive order pauses offshore wind leasing

Among the slew of executive orders signed by President Donald J. Trump yesterday was one announcing a “temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from offshore wind leasing and

Bibby eCSOV

Bibby Marine finds new builder for its eCSOV

In what it calls an “amicable move away” from the original shipbuilder, Spain’s Astilleros Gondan, Liverpool-headquartered Bibby Marine has signed a new shipbuilding contract with another Spanish shipyard to build its innovative

Boreas hand over ceremony

Van Oord takes delivery of giant jack-up WTIV Boreas

Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has now accepted delivery of the mega wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Boreas in a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The Boreas, named

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