Norwegian Diving Contractor, SubseaPartner, has won offshore work at the Goliat and Balder fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The contracts have been awarded by Vår Energi under the existing frame agreement for offshore contingency and diving intervention services.

Amogy, a provider of mature, scalable, and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, has been issued a New Technology Qualification (NTQ) letter for concept design verification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a global leader in providing classification services for marine and offshore assets.

Saipem has been conferred the 2024 Spotlight on New Technology^® Award by Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) for its technology for the digital monitoring of subsea pipelines during laying operations called Integrated Acoustic Unit (I.A.U.).

Digital Edge Subsea have teamed up with Harvest Technology Group to launch the beta Nodestream Live video streaming solution that’s set to revolutionize the offshore industry.

Fairplay Towage Group, one of Europe’s leading towage providers, has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two further tugboats, one of which is of the ASD Tug 2813 design, the other one being a tug fitted with azimuth stern drives and a bollard pull of 60 tonnes. The latter acquisition will be fitted with an aft winch for offshore towage. The ASD Tug 2813 boasts an impressive bollard pull in excess of 80 tons for harbour assistance. Both vessels will be fitted with external FiFi capabilities for swift response to emergencies.

Global offshore player RWE and the Swedish Port of Karlshamn have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The aim of this collaboration is to explore whether Port of Karlshamn could be a suitable harbor for the logistics, installation, operations and maintenance activities relating to RWE’s planned offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. In a first step, the partners will map the requirements and necessary build outs and investments to facilitate the scaling-up of the port’s capacity. An early implementation of port capacity will ensure that Sweden is well placed to maximize the potential of the offshore wind industry. This collaboration demonstrates a clear commitment to share knowledge and expertise, in support of broader industrial growth in Sweden.

Ørsted has appointed energy and marine consultancy ABL to provide marine warranty survey services for the offshore transportation and installation (T&I) of wind turbine generators (WTGs) and a cables package for Ørsted’s 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan.

The UK Government has announced a new £4.6 million support package for the UK’s islands, £3 million of which will be awarded to the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) over two years.

Tokyu Land Corporation and SolarDuck B.V. (SolarDuck), in collaboration with Kyocera Communication Systems Corporation, have completed the installation of Japan's first offshore floating solar photovoltaic (OFPV) power plant on the sea surface under the Tokyo Bay eSG Project, an initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Policy Planning Bureau.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a large¹ contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center AS (TP-OTC) relating to the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye. The award will be booked in backlog in Q2 2024.

Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) announces that its joint- venture company formed between Mermaid and a local offshore services operator has secured a one-year contract extension for offshore inspection, repair and maintenance services with a national upstream oil and gas company in direct continuation to its current contract, which commenced in 2012. Mermaid will continue to provide a suite of diving services using its DP2 saturation dive support vessel “Mermaid Asiana” along with remotely operated vehicles, specialized diving equipment and divers. Mermaid’s joint venture partner, a reputable offshore and marine services company, will provide other offshore vessel related services and logistics.

James Fisher Decommissioning, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, extended its contract with a major offshore engineering, preparations, removal, and disposal (EPRD) operator, making the project the largest to date for the offshore decommissioning specialist. The multi-million-pound offshore decommissioning project utilized real time cutting verification technology to remove 25 dormant gas platforms in support of the client’s wider asset end-of-life campaign.

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine to power six new stern-drive tugs for the Tunisian port authority OMMP.

April 2024 marked 20 years since the shipping company Island Offshore was established. Now, Island Offshore is again making a bold move by ordering a large Ocean Energy Construction Vessel from VARD with options for two more, designed and equipped to continue the transition from oil and gas-related activities to more work in new energy markets related to the sea. This is based on a new and improved design, modern low-emission technology, and efficient maritime operations.

ULA announced that it has signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. in Bristol, Rhode Island, to design, oversee and build a new ship to transport Vulcan rockets from the factory in Decatur, Alabama to the launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.