Norwegian energy giant Equinor has opted to cancel all its offshore wind projects in Spain and Portugal only days after the company closed its Hanoi office and departed from Vietnam. The decision comes as Equinor decided to reign in its spending and to prioritise capital. Another reason is the...
https://splash247.com/after-leaving-vietnam-equinor-nixes-spain-and-portugal-offshore-wind-plans/
Norwegian shipowner and operator Østensjø Rederi has contracted what it describes as an ocean energy support vessel (OESV) newbuild at one of its favourite yards, Astilleros Gondan in Spain. The vessel, scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2027, will be fit to operate across multiple...
https://splash247.com/ostensjo-rederi-orders-cross-segment-offshore-newbuild-in-spain/
Online box booking platform Freightos has acquired Luxembourg-based Shipsta, a freight-tender procurement platform used by enterprises to procure freight at scale from freight forwarders and carriers. This transaction expands NASDAQ-listed Freightos’ existing spot pricing, quoting, and booking...
Spanish developer BlueFloat Energy has revealed the site location of its Winds of September Phase 1 project to participate in the upcoming floating Demonstration Program set to be launched by the Taiwanese government later in 2024. The Winds of September Phase 1 project, in development since 2021,...
https://splash247.com/bluefloat-energy-reveals-site-for-taiwans-first-floating-wind-farm/
A 31-year-old general cargo ship run by Germany’s NautiCore Shipping has been detained in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African coastline over a bunker spill. Authorities will not let the Antigua & Barbuda-flagged vessel, called Tony Stark, leave until it has paid a bail of $130,000....
https://splash247.com/ship-detained-in-ceuta-over-bunker-spill/
Spain’s Dragados Offshore in consortium with Germany’s Siemens Energy has won a deal to construct a new converter system for the LanWin3 offshore grid connection project in the German North Sea. It was awarded by transmission system operator 50Hertz and the EPCI contract includes all engineering...
https://splash247.com/dragados-and-siemens-energy-win-3bn-offshore-grid-connection-contract/
Best Large SAR Boat – Guardamar Urania – Armon Shipyard Yet again illustrating the staggering versatility of the Vigo-based shipyard Armon, this very impressive aluminium craft is the last in a series of five built for Spain’s famed sea rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. She and her sisters...
Sea trials completed for Inverlussa Marine Services’ newest workboat Netherlands-based Nauplius Workboats has completed conducting sea trials of a new shallow-draught, fish farm support workboat ordered by UK aquaculture support company Inverlussa Marine Services. Arthur Douglas is a near-identical sister of Geraldine Mary, which was delivered to Inverlussa in 2022. Irish fishing family to welcome […]
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The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities will allocate more than €5.2 million (US$5.6 million) for the construction of the new cultivation building of the Oceanographic Centre of Vigo of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. The project has a design period of six months and a...
A consortium led by Naval Group Belgium, a 100 per cent subsidiary of French shipbuilder the Naval Group, has been selected by the European Commission to work on the European Extended Mine Countermeasures (E=MCM) project to expand the mine countermeasures (MCM) capabilities of EU naval operators....