The Canadian Coast Guard has launched a new offshore oceanographic science vessel to be named the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Naalak Nappaaluk.As the Canadian Coast Guard’s largest dedicated science vessel, the new ship will provide increased…
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Esgian Week 33 Report: New Contracts in North Sea, Nigeria
Esgian provides an update on new jack-up contracts in the North Sea and Nigeria in its Week 33 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsBorr Drilling 400-ft jackup Prospector 1 has secured a contract extension with ONE-Dyas for work offshore...
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Cruise Vessel MS Amera Gets a New Lease on Life
Shipowners in all sectors face the same decision: build new or refurbish older tonnage. In the booming cruise sector the decision is more pressing, particularly as new construction ships can take two to three years to build, perhaps longer today…
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Freedom Flotilla Activists take aim at Gaza Blockade
Activists from several countries are setting out on a converted trawler to defy an Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."The purpose of this mission is to send a message that civil society is not OK with what'...
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Poland Calls Nord Stream Attack Insinuations ‘Groundless’
Suggestions that Ukrainian authorities supported by Poland were behind planning and executing the sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 are groundless, the Polish president's aide said on Sunday.Germany's former intelligence chief…
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GOM Floating Production Vessel gets Award-Winning Mooring Tech
Bardex completed its phase of floating production system (FPS) for the Shenandoah project: delivering its Off Vessel Tensioning (OVT) BarLatch mooring system. When installed, the FPS will be located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico at more than 1800 m w...
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China Merchants’ to Buy 10 Tanker Vessels from Dalian Shipbuilding
China Merchants Energy Shipping Co Ltd will purchase 10 tankers in total from Dalian Shipbuilding for a total of $921m. Of the 10, five of the ships will be VLCCs; five will be Aframax takers.
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China’s First Offshore Wind Power SOVs Delivered
AUGUST 16, 2024 - Today, the first two China-built offshore wind power SOVs (Service Operation Vessels) ZHI ZHEN 100 and ZHI CHENG 60 was held in Qidong, China. The two SOVs were delivered by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to Shanghai Elec...
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$6M to Fund Green Hydrogen Producing Vessel
DRIFT Energy, a British startup set to make green energy at sea using sailing vessels, reports it has closed its seed funding round, led by Octopus Ventures, brining in $6m and enabling it to start vessel production in 2025.DRIFT Energy is committed…
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Shipbuilding: Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Delivered to Cadeler
Cadeler took delivery of the fifth and newest addition to its fleet – Wind Peak, the first of seven newbuilds for which Cadeler currently has signed contracts. The P-class jack-up installation vessel was built at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (COSCO) s...
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