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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COLUMN | I will survive: Seacor Marine channels Gloria Gaynor [Offshore Accounts]

Seacor Marine is a survivor. Most of its supply vessel-owning peers in America and internationally went bust in the extended industry downturn from 2015 to 2021, and were ..

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Pasha Hawaii, Keppel AmFELS announce delivery of first LNG-fuelled vessel to serve Hawaii

Honolulu-based transporter Pasha Hawaii and Texas-based Keppel AmFELS announced the delivery of the MV George III, the first LNG-fuelled vessel to fuel on the West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii.

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COLUMN | What does the future look like? More private equity deals – Esvagt, Havfram, JP Morgan, Huisman, Nabors, James Fisher and The Metals Company [Offshore Accounts]

This week has seen a number of big deals, and a couple of big stumbles. Money is sloshing through the renewables sector like there is no tomorrow. Private equity is enjoy ..

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COLUMN | Diet teas, influencers, John Fredriksen, Idan Ofer and the Edda Wind IPO, plus Eneti’s capital raising [Offshore Accounts]

If advertising on Instagram, it pays to have a powerful and beautiful influencer hawking your wares to their millions of followers. Unfortunately, they sometimes overstep ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-diet-teas-influencers-john-fredriksen-idan-ofer-and-the-edda-wind-ipo-plus-enetis-capital-raising-offshore-accounts/

MacGregor to supply cranes for Manson dredge newbuild

Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long, hopper dredge Frederick Paup is to be equipped with MacGregor telescopic cranes.

Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the vessel will be the largest self-propelled hopper dredge in the U.S, on delivery.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, will deliver two 120 foot double telescopic service cranes and one 50 foot telescopic stores crane for the vessel.

The cranes will be built at...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/macgregor-to-supply-cranes-for-manson-dredge-newbuild/

Eneti to acquire Seajacks and become world’s largest WTIV operator

Emanuele Lauro led Eneti Inc. (NYSE: NETI) is poised to change from being a WTIV new entrant to being the biggest player in the offshore wind turbine installation market. It has reached an agreement to acquire U.K. based Seajacks International, which has five WTIVs on the water and which is also assisting with construction and operations oversight of the advanced Jones Act WTIV that Dominion Energy has under construction at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas.

“This transaction reflects...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore-wind/eneti-to-acquire-seajacks-and-become-worlds-largest-wtiv-operator/

COLUMN | Quick wind updates; Seaway7 and OHT; Awind consolidation; Cadeler newbuilds; Triumph’s cancellation; Ørsted and Equinor’s profit warnings [Offshore Accounts]

It’s been two months since we last covered the investment frenzy that is the offshore wind industry (here). And those two months have been packed with news, as competit ..

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VIDEO: Huisman launches offshore wind feeder vessel solution

Huisman, Schiedam, Netherlands, is introducing a motion compensated platform to quickly and safely transfer wind turbine components from a Jones Act feeder vessel to an internationally flagged wind turbine installation vessel.

The motion compensated platform provides a stable deck area as it actively counterbalances the effects of vessel motions. This means that lifting heavy components and moving an empty jack-up vessel can be done in more severe weather conditions, significantly increasing the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/renewables/video-huisman-launches-offshore-wind-feeder-vessel-solution/

Keppel Chooses KONGSBERG’s Integrated Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Technology

Dominion Energy’s new Wind Turbine Installation Vessel, due for delivery by the end of 2023

Kongsberg Maritime’s industry-leading wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) technology has won another important customer, following the signing of a major contract with American shipbuilder Keppel AmFELS, a subsidiary of the world’s leading shipyard group Keppel Offshore & Marine.

The agreement will see Kongsberg Maritime (KM) supply a comprehensive technology package for a new WTIV destined to be among the largest of its type, which Keppel is constructing for the U.S.-based energy provider...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/keppel-chooses-kongsbergs-integrated-wind-turbine-installation-vessel-technology/

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