As much as 13% of the global merchant fleet has no internet access, a new survey has found. Ideal, a British ship inspection company, has just launched a social impact report, which draws on data from more than 13,0000 vessel inspections over a 17-month period through to September last year,...
Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has been awarded a technical services contract by Equatorial Guinea’s national oil company GEPetrol to support operations on the region’s offshore Block B. Under the contract, valued at around $350m over five years, Petrofac will deliver technical services...
https://splash247.com/petrofac-bags-350m-services-deal-in-equatorial-guinea/
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network. Using a principle similar to night storage heaters, battery-powered vessels on the...
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for cooperation on floating offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, HD Hyundai will share its know-how in designing and...
https://splash247.com/hd-hyundai-backs-scottish-offshore-wind-sector/
The UK Royal Navy has confirmed that a new type of laser weapon under development will be installed on one of the service’s warships in 2027. The DragonFire laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s array of air defence weaponry, which includes the Sea Viper and Sea Ceptor missile systems that...
S&P activity is picking up this month with brokers reporting a string of deals. Laurent Cadji-led outfit Union Maritime has sold the five-year-old, 50,000 dwt, Hyundai Mipo-built tanker, Avon, to an undisclosed account for $45.5m. Last week, the UK bulker and tanker player made the headlines for...
https://splash247.com/busy-union-maritime-offloads-a-tanker/
Offshore contracting giant TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract in Guyana’s Stabroek Block by US supermajor ExxonMobil to supply subsea production systems for the Whiptail project. TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver 48 subsea trees and associated...
https://splash247.com/technipfmc-bags-work-on-exxons-sixth-guyana-project/
Offshore engineering specialist Petrofac has been awarded a contract extension by energy supermajor BP for continuing support across its North Sea portfolio. Petrofac said that it would be providing maintenance and engineering services under the terms of a three-year, multi-million-dollar contract....
https://splash247.com/new-extension-keeps-petrofac-working-on-bps-north-sea-assets/
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting...
Singapore yard group Seatrium has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a subsidiary of energy supermajor Shell to strengthen collaboration on floating production systems. The MoU, which focuses on driving project standardisation and replication, seeks to promote best...
https://splash247.com/seatrium-and-shell-to-partner-on-floating-production-systems/