A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel and IAPH with its Clean Marine Fuels Working group to work together to increase understanding about the safe, effective and sustainable use of all gases as marine fuel.

After two days of doing business, networking, celebrating innovation, and making new connections and collaborations, the 14th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 (OEEC) can look back at a fruitful and inspiring event. The event brought together over 350 exhibitors and 5.000 visitors at the Home of Energy Transition in the RAI Amsterdam. Next year Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference takes place on November 29-30, 2022.

Vard Electro has secured an order with Siem Offshore to deliver its largest battery package to date for a vessel retrofit as the Norwegian shipowner proactively upgrades its fleet with hybrid power in pursuit of greener and safer operations with lower fuel costs.

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the newest Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”), the USCGC John Scheuerman, to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida nearly one week ahead of schedule despite a three week shutdown due to the significant damage sustained to Bollinger’s facilities during Hurricane Ida. The storm made landfall in late August near Port Fourchon, Louisiana as a powerful Category 4 storm. Bollinger’s facilities in Port Fourchon, Lockport, Houma and Larose suffered significant damage as a result of Hurricane Ida, which tied with last year’s Hurricane Laura and the Last Island Hurricane of 1856 as the strongest on record in Louisiana.

A fleetwide order from Pacific International Lines (PIL) represents significant acknowledgement of the effectiveness of the HydroPen™ container firefighting solution.
 


Wärtsilä will upgrade the ‘Siem Pride’, an 89-meter-long Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) owned by Norway-based Siem Offshore Rederi, for hybrid engine and battery propulsion. The upgrade will enable the vessel to reduce the number of engines in use during operations, thereby considerably lowering its energy and fuel consumption. The order with Wärtsilä was signed in the 2nd quarter, 2021.

Fugro has completed a geotechnical site characterization project for DRA Global as part of the proposed expansion of the port of Richards Bay in South Africa. DRA Global contracted Fugro to acquire critical seabed Geo-data required for the completion of preliminary engineering and design works. The project began with a cross-continental mobilization of marine assets from Bangladesh and UAE to Richards Bay and was safely delivered despite challenging ground conditions and ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.

Join the Blue Innovation Symposium, virtually, from 5:00-6:30PM (Eastern), on October 27th, for launch of the Blue Venture Forum and the inaugural event, Venture Capital and Blue Technology, a case study featuring Dive Technologies.

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ABB’s newly launched C-CAMs automation solution applies to vessel systems, power management, cargo control and tank gauging, improving efficiency and safety by enabling faster troubleshooting and maintenance as well as enhanced situational awareness.

Following a successful test on the P&C tanker Fure Ven, Svanehøj is now launching “FlowControl”, which automates the control of electric cargo pumps on tankers. The intention is to encourage more shipowners to choose the more environmentally friendly solution.

Yara Marine Technologies, a company known for its portfolio of green technologies, presents the FuelOpt system as an excellent option to enable Shaft Power Limitation (ShaPoLi) in accordance with the IMO’s upcoming EEXI framework. A preliminary assessment carried out by DNV confirms this statement.

Leading online valuation and data provider, VesselsValue, are now covering Crew Transfer Vessels.

DecomMissionBlue, a partnership between various parties from the offshore sector, has been launched at the Offshore Energy 2021 exhibition in Amsterdam.

The Estonian energy company Elenger has taken delivery of the first of Damen’s new class of Liquified Gas Carrier (LGC) 6000 LNG bunkering vessels. Named Optimus, the 100-meter vessel will carry up to 6,000m³ of LNG in two type-C tanks at -163° C. The vessel was delivered in the port of Rotterdam and will be the first LNG bunkering vessel in the Gulf of Finland, serving both LNG powered vessels and smaller shoreside customers. Its introduction is expected to accelerate the wider adoption of LNG as a cleaner alternative fuel in the Baltic Sea by providing a mobile and efficient ship-to-ship distribution service for the first time.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), has revealed details of a historic geophysical marine survey conducted in September 2019 off Nova Scotia, which resulted in the recently confirmed identification of the sunken US Revenue Cutter Bear. The two-week reconnaissance mission was carried out in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), with the primary objective of locating and cataloging acoustic targets that might pinpoint the final resting place of the fabled 190-foot vessel.