Leading davit supplier Vestdavit has completed the delivery of four boat-handling systems to Australian shipyard Austal. The PLAR-4501-type davits are due to be installed on two Cape-class patrol boats acquired by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to enhance the island nation’s border protection capabilities.



Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a major⁽¹⁾ contract by SSE Renewables for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the foundations and inter array cables for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project, 27km offshore Scotland.

WFS Technologies (WFS) has joined forces with Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) to harness their combined global expertise and market-leading range of live condition monitored cable protection systems for the offshore energy industry.

Despite severe constraints caused by the Covid-19 lockdown in India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has safely and successfully moved a total of 33 offshore jack-up rigs to new drilling locations ahead of the adverse weather conditions associated with the Indian monsoon season.

Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV), the mobile ship repair squad of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has announced the creation of a 24/7 Covid-19 Disinfection Service for ships.

Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, has raised £8.45m to fuel the company’s expansion across all markets and oil and gas product development.  

The 11G95ME-C10.5 engine was constructed at HSD Engine Co. Ltd. In Korea (picture courtesy HMM)

Over the past decade the oil and gas industry has proved itself to be resilient to the shocks and twists of global geo-politics, resurgent trade wars, plummeting prices, economic uncertainty and increasing awareness of environmental concerns. Now, it must prove itself resilient to an entirely different type of threat: a global pandemic that changes everything from actual demand to workforce availability.

ChartWorld has launched MyFleet, the shipping industry’s first free-of-charge cloud-based tool to do due diligence on voyage planning.  MyFleet is an easy-to-use web-based tool designed to support onshore teams to check and assess risk in a ship’s voyage plan.

America’s marine economy, including goods and services, contributed about $373 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2018 and grew faster than the nation’s economy as a whole, according to the marine economy statistics released on June 2, by two Department of Commerce agencies.

On Friday, May 15, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and Royal IHC (IHC) successfully launched cutter suction dredger (CSD) MOHAB MAMEESH. The launch took place at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen a/d IJssel, The Netherlands.

Cape Town-based subsea engineering expert, MMO, a Unique Group Company, has announced the successful completion of beta testing its inhouse-designed Uni-Life 100, a Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation System.

Siemens Gamesa has received the firm order for the supply of wind turbines and a 15-year maintenance contract for the Fécamp offshore wind power plant from customer EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd.

Greensea Systems, Inc., creator of OPENSEA®, the industry-leading software platform for marine robotics, has announced its sales partnership with 3D Spatial Solutions, LLC.

Engineering and construction firm, Innovo, has designed, built and delivered a fully electric modular motorized drum for a leading global subsea contractor in the Mediterranean Sea.

Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd, a North East UK based subsea service provider, has recently completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter array cable routes on the innogy operated Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm, utilizing the Modus HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle).