Houston-headquartered McDermott International has been selected by BHP, in partnership with Pemex, to provide the front-end engineering design of a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) for the Trion Project in the Gulf of Mexico. The scope of the contract includes engineering tasks...
https://splash247.com/mcdermott-awarded-trion-fpu-contract-by-bhp-2/
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ares Management Corporation to develop renewable-energy infrastructure on port-owned property. The new infrastructure will support the production of emission-free hydrogen produced through electrolysis –...
Port Houston, tucked inland from the northwest corner of the Gulf of Mexico, has broken ground to start construction to widen and deepen the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel, the passage for ships from the Gulf to the port. Known as Project 11, the nearly billion-dollar dredging project will provide...
https://splash247.com/construction-to-widen-and-deepen-houston-ship-channel-begins/
Colonial Pipeline announced that it has turned on systems to resume fuel delivery to the US East Coast. The company expects that it will take several days for its supply chain to return to normal. The six-day pipeline shutdown, the result of a ransomware attack on Friday, led to panic buying at the...
Waterfront Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has demonstrated the ease of barge-to-ship bunkering as part of the launch this week of the world’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam. Waterfront Shipping’s Takaroa Sun, a long-term...
https://splash247.com/demonstration-shows-ease-of-methanol-bunkering-by-barge/
A team of researchers from Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Canada, claims that a small-scale nuclear reactor used in combination with renewable energy sources could be the best energy system for the marine industry to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve economic performance. In...
https://splash247.com/canadian-researchers-tout-nuclear-renewable-hybrid-solution-for-shipping/
Offshore seismic firm Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 4D survey contract by Petrobras for towed streamer seismic acquisition in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The 3D and 4D surveys will be conducted over 9-months by the seismic vessel , over the Marlim, Albacora, and Voador fields,...
Monaco’s Eneti, formerly Scorpio Bulkers, has pressed ahead with plans to enter the offshore wind sector, confirming an agreement for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) at DSME. Additionally, the company is in advanced discussions with American shipbuilders for the...
https://splash247.com/eneti-confirms-offshore-wind-vessel-order-makes-plans-for-jones-act-vessel/
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) said in a release yesterday that the government is considering a “temporary and targeted waiver of the Jones Act” in response to the Colonial Pipeline hack. The USDOT’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) is conducting a survey of Jones Act-qualified vessels...
The US government on Tuesday approved the construction and operation of the country’s first large-scale offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. The 800 MW project is under development by Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Avangrid Inc., and...
https://splash247.com/us-greenlights-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-farm/