COLUMN | Where the wind blows, part 2: Shell, Cadeler, HEA Energy, Cyan Renewables, Edda Wind, Norwind and Norside [Offshore Accounts]

In Part One last week, we looked at the paradox of offshore wind, a segment that is growing without profit for many players. This contrasts with offshore oil and gas, which has shrunk but has become intensely profitable for rig and vessel operators, and for the oil companies themselves. Whereas offshore oil and gas companies […]

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COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts]

We’ve passed Twelfth Night, so let’s look at some key numbers for the year ahead. This week’s lucky lottery numbers are 4, 10, 29, 177, and 470,000. Who is feeling lucky? Four newbuilds for wind: #1 Toyo Nature abhors a vacuum, and as Global Marine Systems, for two decades the former cablelay market leader, sinks […]

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FEATURE | World’s first artificial energy island to be built off Belgium

A consortium formed by Belgian companies Jan De Nul and DEME has won the tender for the construction of the world’s first artificial energy island. The construction of the foundations of the Princess Elisabeth Island will begin in early 2024 and will last 2.5 years. After that, the installation of...

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COLUMN | Quick Updates: Atlantica buys DOF’s supply vessel flip; Maersk sells anchor handlers; battery power drive gains momentum in UK and Norway; Ocean Infinity wins grant; more cable layers ordered [Offshore Accounts]

Last week we looked at Britoil’s acquisition of 30 offshore supply vessels (OSVs) from Vroon for a price we estimated to be in the region of US$239 million, and the acquisition of the Vroon Offshore Services management teams in Singapore and Italy. We noted how the Dutch Bank ING had foolishly cut a side deal […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Voltaire – Large turbine installation vessel joins Jan De Nul fleet

COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China, has handed over a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to the marine works provider the Jan De Nul Group. The Bureau Ver ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Vaquita 01 – Jan De Nul debuts compact unmanned survey craft

Dredging and marine works company the Jan De Nul Group has introduced a new unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to be used for hydrographic surveys in inland waters. Developed ..

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Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | March 29 – Newbuilds for Dutch owners, a new maintenance workboat for a UK service provider and an unmanned survey craft

Deliveries include an LNG-fuelled dredger and an offshore support workboat to two owners in the Netherlands. A new compact unmanned vehicle boasts advanced sensors to aid ..

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Channel deepening completed at Payra Port, Bangladesh

The Jan De Nul Group has completed capital dredging works at the Port of Payra in Bangladesh. The deepening works mean commercial vessels with draughts of up to 10.5 metr ..

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COLUMN | Quick updates: Maersk Supply Service sold; The Metals Company borrows from Allseas as seabed mining negotiations get tense; Cadeler and Eneti report; Scottish Ferries report reveals ̶g̶r̶o̶s̶s̶ ̶n̶e̶g̶l̶i̶g̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ significant failings [Offshore Accounts]

It has been nearly six months since we whacked out one of our quick updates (last one here), so it is time to whip through the latest developments in our favourite compan ..

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COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2022, Final Edition: Havfram, Eneti, Cyan Renewables, Taiwanese wind, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners; DOF’s rebel shareholders; Seadrill and Aquadrill reunited, Odjfell resurgent! [Offshore Accounts]

Merry Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping and so on, all the way bac ..

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