April 2024 Marine Log

April 2024

As the events surrounding the Baltimore bridge collapse and the M/V Dali cargo ship unfold, we look at what we know so far. Offshore wind and oil & gas are also examined.

CSOV outside Ulstein Verft building hall

Ulstein Verft launches first of two Olympic CSOVs

Ulstein reports that the first of two advanced offshore wind construction service and operation vessels under construction for Norway’s Olympic Subsea ASA has been launched from the dock hall at its Ulstein

International Partnering Forum, IPF

Offshore wind: International Partnering Forum kicks off April 22

Hosted by Oceantic Network (formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind), International Partnering Forum (IPF) is the premier offshore wind energy conference in the Americas. Industry experts from around the world will

Green methanol offshore platform

Is the best place to produce green methanol on an offshore platform?

Producing green methanol requires green electricity. So it makes sense to produce it near the green electricity source. One novel solution does just that by producing green methanol on an offshore platform

SES (surface effect ship) CTV

Strategic inks agreement to develop novel CTV using SES technology

Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed an agreement with Norwegian ship designer ESNA (Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects) to develop an offshore wind crew transfer vessel using an SES (surface effect ship)

second GOM offshore wind lease sale

BOEM moves ahead on new GoM offshore wind lease sale

Despite the tepid response to its first Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease auction, the U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its proposal for a second GoM offshore wind lease sale

LH2-fueled SOV

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs plans to develop LH2-fueled SOV

As well as providing the fleet that ships aircraft components for Airbus, France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is also active in offshore wind support. Today it revealed, that, in collaboration with Norway’s

Ulstein SX232 subsea vessel

New Ulstein SX232: A subsea vessel for all markets

Seeing a “surge of optimism” in the offshore service vessel market, Ulstein has unveiled a design for a new subsea vessel, the Ulstein SX232, to serve both the fixed and floating offshore

wind installation vessel

Chouest and Maersk Supply partner up on U.S. offshore wind installation

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and Maersk Supply Service are partnering up for the construction and operation of a Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation feeder concept. Specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s

President of Equinor Wind US says company is ready to go to work on Empire Wind

Equinor says it’s “ready to go to work” on Empire Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced its approval of Empire Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP). This is the Equinor project’s final approval from BOEM, following the agency’s Record

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