Belgium-based contractor DEME Offshore and Italian cabling giant Prysmian have landed the largest offshore wind installation contract ever awarded in the US. Dominion Energy Virginia, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, has awarded the consortium the balance of plant (BOP) contract worth more than...
https://splash247.com/deme-offshore-and-prysmian-clinch-largest-ever-us-wind-installation-contract/
John Fredriksen has spotted an investment opportunity rather than hatching a takeover attempt, the boss of tanker rival Euronav said yesterday, when quizzed about the Norwegian tycoon’s recent share buying tactics. John Fredriksen, who controls tanker giant Frontline, has become the largest Euronav...
https://splash247.com/euronavs-ceo-plays-down-fredriksen-takeover-talk/
Offshore accommodation vessel specialist Prosafe has been awarded a contract extension by Petrobras for the 2016-built semisub floatel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The initial three-year and 222-day firm period was due to complete in July 2020, but had previously been...
https://splash247.com/prosafe-secures-new-extension-with-petrobras/
UK-based mining giant Anglo American has set an ambition to achieve carbon neutrality across its controlled ocean freight activities by 2040, with an interim 30% reduction in emissions by 2030. The ambition for carbon neutral controlled ocean freight is an extension of Anglo American’s commitment...
https://splash247.com/anglo-american-eyes-carbon-neutral-shipping-by-2040/
Glenn Murphy has taken over from Susan Oatway as chair of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. Murphy runs his own shipbroking firm based in Dublin. “I have spent my entire career working in shipping and the institute has always stood for three things to me,” Murphy said. “Firstly, its pursuit...
https://splash247.com/glenn-murphy-elected-chair-of-the-institute-of-chartered-shipbrokers/
Norwegian pureplay offshore wind developer Aker Offshore Wind, compatriot hydropower company Statkraft and Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, have partnered to jointly bid for the development of a commercial scale floating offshore wind farm in the Utsira Nord license...
Norwegian OSV owner Havila Shipping has sold the platform supply vessel to an undisclosed foreign owner, who will use the PSV outside the offshore sector. Transaction details for the 2010-built PSV have not been made public. VesselsValue has put a $9.56m price tag on the Panama-flagged vessel. The...
Aker Horizons portfolio companies Aker Offshore Wind and Aker Clean Hydrogen, together with classification society DNV, presented a plan at the COP 26 climate change conference in Glasgow on how to use Scottish offshore wind resources in the North Sea to make the country an exporter of clean...
https://splash247.com/aker-unveils-massive-floating-wind-to-hydrogen-scheme-for-scotland/
Equinor has decided to stop its early phase offshore wind activities in Ireland due to regulatory uncertainty, according to its partner ESB. The Norwegian energy giant signed a cooperation agreement with Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in 2019 to identify and develop a portfolio of...
https://splash247.com/equinor-scraps-irish-offshore-wind-plans/
Among the many energy sources lobbying hard in Glasgow this month during COP26, a major international climate summit, proponents of nuclear power are expecting to make inroads with regulators and the general public alike. When it comes to merchant shipping, which has entered a crucial decade of...
https://splash247.com/nuclear-powered-ships-make-waves-in-glasgow/