Damien Bertin on the OSV vessel shortages

Op-Ed: How OSV shortages are driving digitalization

By Damien Bertin, Business Director, Opsealog Amid the escalating demand, the industry faces offshore support vessel (OSV) shortages, many of which were scrapped or withdrawn from the market during the pandemic. The

ammonia cracker in container

VIDEO: Successful OSV test of ammonia cracker and fuel cell combo

Bilbao, Spain, based H2SITE reports that ammonia cracking is gaining traction for onboard power generation as a means of producing hydrogen for use in PEM fuel cells. The company says that it

OSV profile

Uzmar cuts steel for new Buksér og Berging OSV

At a time when newbuild orders for offshore support vessels remain mostly confined to wind-specific vessels, Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyards has cut the first steel for a new OSV (offshore support vessel)

GVA (Global Value Agreement) signing

Tidewater in global value agreement with Caterpillar

Offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. [NYSE: TDW] has executed a Global Value Agreement (GVA) with Caterpillar covering its worldwide fleet of over 200 OSVs that operate in more than 60 countries. Caterpillar

Golden Ocean Offshore vessel

Golden Energy Offshore will buy Vroon OSV quintet for $94 million

Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Golden Energy Offshore Services AS (GEOS) reports that it has entered into a binding Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to acquire four PSVs and one SSV (safety standby vessel) from

Vessel after OSV to SOV conversion

Hornbeck Offshore Services taps Eastern for OSV to SOV conversion

Panama City, Fla., headquartered Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. to convert a 280-foot offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV). The 280-foot vessel

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB reports on $12.3 million collision between bulker and OSV

The bridge watch officers on a bulk carrier and an offshore supply vessel (OSV) were not maintaining a proper lookout before a collision last year near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the National Transportation

SEACOR uses Spinergie solutions on OSVs like this

OSV operator uses Spinergie solution to address carbon intensity

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. [NYSE: SMHI] is using a carbon emissions monitoring solution from Paris-headquartered maritime software as a service (SaaS) provider Spinergie to baseline the carbon intensity of its OSV fleet.

There’s an increasing momentum in floating wind from a combination of private investment and public policies.

Floating wind continues to gain momentum in the U.S. 

If you asked Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten where its sees floating wind progress in the U.S., it’d have a lot to say. This especially holds true for the

Rendering of marine spaceport vessel at night

Former Chouest OSV to become marine spaceport

ABS is supporting the reactivation and modification of an offshore support vessel (OSV) to function as the world’s first marine spaceport for human space flights. The flights will be operated by Space

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