The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil servants to take the helm.
Jay Stefany, who...
Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
Australia
Shelf Subsea takes Jumeirah Offshore DSV on long-term charter
Australia’s Shelf Subsea has entered into a long-term charter with Singapore-based Jumeirah Offshore for the diving support vessel (DSV) Oriental Dragon. The charter is for five years effective towards the end of this year following the vessel’s current obligations. The vessel is an ST-246...
https://splash247.com/shelf-subsea-takes-jumeirah-offshore-dsv-on-long-term-charter/
Cyan Renewables buys MMA Offshore for $700m
Singapore-based offshore wind vessel pure-play Cyan Renewables has acquired Perth-based OSV operator MMA Offshore for AUD 1.1bn ($702m). According to a statement by the two companies, this transaction marks the region’s largest take-private deal in the offshore wind energy services industry. MMA...
https://splash247.com/cyan-renewables-buys-mma-offshore-for-700m/
Woodside expands into US with $900m Tellurian buy
Australian energy major Woodside has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Houston-based LNG exporter Tellurian, including its owned and operated US Gulf Coast Driftwood LNG development. The consideration for the transaction is an all-cash payment of approximately $900m. The implied...
https://splash247.com/woodside-expands-into-us-with-900m-tellurian-buy/
Australia awards five more offshore wind licenses
Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has announced via social media that twelve offshore wind projects have been given feasibility licenses offshore Victoria in the Gippsland Offshore Wind Zone. The first batch of six licences was awarded in May this year, with a combined...
https://splash247.com/australia-awards-five-more-offshore-wind-licenses/
China’s Aircraft Carrier Shandong Launches 240 Sorties in Philippine Sea
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group conducted 240 fighter aircraft launches and recoveries and 140 helicopter take-offs and landings over the course of a week operating in the Philippine Sea, according to a Tuesday news release from Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO).
The CSG is still deployed in the area. On Tuesday, the JSO issued a release covering the daily location and composition of the...
Ineffective Bridge Resource Management Leads to Bulk Carrier Grounding in Western Australia
Ineffective bridge resource management contributed to the grounding of a bulk carrier in the Port of Bunbury, Western Australia, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation has found. The incident…
Wood gets EPC management gig on Shell’s Prelude FLNG
UK consulting and engineering firm Wood has won a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude FLNG off Western Australia. The company said that it would build on its 70-year global relationship with Shell and...
https://splash247.com/wood-gets-epc-management-gig-on-shells-prelude-flng/
CSL pens $598m transhipment vessel deal with BCI Minerals
Canadian owner CSL Group has entered into a 21-year, $598m strategic partnership with BCI Minerals to build and operate a new transhipment vessel to support the Mardie salt and potash project. The first phase of the contract involves the provision of a transhipment vessel from CSL in the second...
https://splash247.com/csl-pens-598m-transhipment-vessel-deal-with-bci-minerals/
Wellard offloads livestock carrier
Australian livestock carrier operator Wellard has struck a deal to sell one of its two ships. The ASX-listed firm is offloading the Ocean Ute to Marshall Islands-registered Bassem Dabbah Shipping for $12m. The vessel, converted from a containership into a livestock carrier in 2010 and purchased by...