Equinor and BP announce a “reset” of Empire Wind 2

Back in November 2023, the New York State Public Service Commission denied petitions submitted by Empire Offshore Wind, Beacon Wind, Sunrise Wind and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Inc. (ACENY) that sought to address inflationary pressures impacting project economics through adjustments to Renewable Energy Credit (REC) and Offshore Wind REC (OREC) purchase and sales agreements entered with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

That was seen as putting...

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COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023: Days 4 to 6: Seadrill, Gulf Drilling International and ADES; five shipping magnates on future fuels; six corrupted states and Al Jazeera [Offshore Accounts]

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]

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Höegh Autoliners could be bunkering clean ammonia in JAXPORT by 2027

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Höegh Autoliners and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on the supply and delivery of clean ammonia as a next-generation sustainable maritime fuel for Höegh’s upcoming Aurora Class PCTC vessels. The agreement will see them look into the supply of clean ammonia as a bunker fuel at the ports of Singapore and Jacksonville, Fla. (JAXPORT) from 2027 onwards.

The twelve Aurora Class vessels are set to become the largest and most eco-friendly car carriers ever...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | December 1 – Greek FSRU delivery, SWATH crewboat orders and more

A rebuilt floating processing unit has been handed over to a Greek owner while a Dutch operator places orders for additional renewables support vessels. Designs have meanwhile been selected for crewboats for a UK customer and jackup barges that will be deployed in the Middle East. Converted FSRU...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | November 22 – Chinese exploration jackup, FLNG conversion for West African waters and more

Deliveries include a floating LNG liquefaction vessel and an exploration platform that will operate in support of the Chinese offshore wind market. A Chinese yard floats out a new cable-laying vessel with an innovative trenching system. Finally, a Taiwanese wind farm operator will add a second walk-to-work vessel to its fleet. Golar LNG acquires floating […]

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Wiernicki selected to be first Seatrium visiting professor

ABS chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki has been selected by Seatrium as the first visiting professor in an innovative program at the National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering (NUS CDE) designed to promote the energy transition and develop next-generation skills in Singapore.

Seatrium professorships at NUS CDE seek to attract top energy transition and sustainability talents to Singapore to promote knowledge transfer and support the development of innovative...

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ABS And Seatrium Embark On A Pioneering Journey

ABS and Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) have taken the next step on a pioneering journey to advance the use of smart functions with the assignment of a structural health monitoring notation to a self-elevating drilling unit (SEDU).

Key Collaboration

ADMARINE 686 is the world’s first SEDU to receive the ABS SMART (SHM) Notation, recognizing its ability to monitor and analyze the condition of a range of key structural elements, supporting physics-based analysis and simulation for a holistic structural...

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Seatrium delivers Whale FPU for Shell GoM project

Whale FSU

Singapore-based Seatrium Limited has successfully delivered the Whale Floating Production Unit (FPU), for deployment in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, under a contract awarded by Shell Offshore Inc. in November 2019.

The Whale deep water development is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field, approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido platform and approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston, with the Whale FPU being located in more than 8,600...

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COLUMN | The chickens come home to roost again: Swiber charges in Singapore; Texas judicial investigation; CWind sold; Guardian Geomatics sold; Newbuild! Newbuild! [Offshore Accounts]

This week we look at consequences: judicial consequences, legal consequences, the consequences of bad strategy and bad execution, and the inevitable consequences of high day rates. Ladies and gentlemen, there is a newbuilding anchor handler out there, being built as you read this. Adjust your forecasts accordingly. But first, we look at other consequences. Goh-Goh […]

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