Fortescue to have green vessel at sea in 2022
Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group plans to have a vessel operating on green ammonia at sea by next year. The news was announced yesterday in an address at the COP26 Transport Day by
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Jackson Offshore Operators adds another PSV to fleet
Jackson Offshore Operators LLC is growing its platform supply vessel (PSV) fleet with the acquisition of the M/V Storm. Once it has completed regulatory requirements, the vessel will commence a five-year contract
Island Offshore operates PSV on biogas
Island Offshore reports that its LNG battery-hybrid PSV Island Crusader has become the first offshore vessel on the Norwegian shelf running on biogas, resulting in immediate and significant net reductions in CO2
Solstad to upgrade 9th PSV to battery-hybrid
As part of the frame agreement between Aker BP and Solstad Offshore, the companies have entered into a new contract for the 91.6- by 22-meter platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Solitaire. The
Atlantic Towing selects Vard Electro for PSV battery hybrid conversion
Saint John, New Brunswick, headquartered J.D. Irving Group company Atlantic Towing has selected Vard Electro to integrate a hybrid battery system into the diesel-electric propulsion plant of its 2017-built PSV Atlantic Shrike.
Maersk Supply in AHTS battery conversion first
Copenhagen-headquartered Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class anchor handling tugs supply (AHTS) vessels. While the addition of battery packs has become well proven in the
Wärtsilä picks Corvus Energy for Harvey Gulf battery retrofits
Corvus Energy reports that it has received an order from Wärtsilä for four energy storage systems (ESS) for installation in offshore support vessels operated by New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine.
Brazilian OSV operator in battery hybrid first
Wärtsilä and Brazilian offshore support vessel operator CBO have recently signed an agreement that will see CBO’s platform supply vessel CBO Flamengo become the first vessel in Latin America to be fitted
Harvey Gulf opts for Wärtsilä for latest PSV battery retrofits
New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected Wärtsilä Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for the four further Harvey Energy class dual-fuel platform supply vessels it is to retrofit with batteries (see
Hermitage Offshore vessels sold in bankruptcy auction
Scorpio Group controlled Hermitage Offshore Services Ltd. (HOFSQ:OTC), which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 11, has announced the winning bidders in the bankruptcy auction of its remaining fleet. It says