Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a StratCat 27 Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) to Orlen to operate in Poland’s growing offshore wind sector. The vessel is designed specifically for offshore wind farm operations, and is scheduled to begin operations in...
offshore marine news
ESVAGT AND METIS CO-OPERATE ON SOV PERFORMANCE SOLUTION
Metis Cyberspace Technology of Greece is expanding its portfolio of data acquisition, real-time performance monitoring and intelligent analytics solutions to include the needs of service operation vessels (SOVs), following a collaborative project covering fleet...
VARD TO BUILD HYBRID SOV FOR TAIWAN WIND FARM
Vard has signed a contract for the design and construction of a hybrid-powered Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for service in Taiwan for operator Cyan Renewables. Cyan is Asia’s first dedicated offshore wind vessel owner, headquartered in Singapore, with the aim to...
KONGSBERG TO EQUIP FOUR CSOVs AT ULSTEIN
Kongsberg Maritime is to supply an equipment package for four 90m windfarm Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV), two for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and two for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, being built at Ulstein Verft to the Ulstein SX222 design. The...
CATERPILLAR, SOLSTAD AND PON POWER SIGN MoU FOR METHANOL FUEL ON OFFSHORE VESSELS
Caterpillar Marine has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Solstad Offshore and Cat dealer Pon Power to identify and evaluate solutions that will increase the fuel efficiency of Solstad’s offshore vessels and reduce their GHG emissions. Offshore...
OFFSHORE EMISSION-SAVING UPGRADE FEATURES FIRST BRUNVOLL DP SYSTEM
The first Brunvoll BruCon DP2 dynamic positioning system has passed third party verification onboard the offshore vessel 'Stril Mar', on which it was fitted as part of a larger power and energy management system upgrade supplied by Norwegian company SEAM. The upgrade...
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR GREEN CTV PROJECT
Northern Ireland based sustainable maritime transport company Artemis Technologies, is leading a collaborative industry-led Research and Development project that has received £3m of government backing through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 4...
KONGSBERG TO ADD ESS TO SEACOR PSVs
US offshore operator Seacor Marine Holdings has announced its commitment to acquire four energy storage systems (ESS) from Kongsberg Maritime of Norway. The hybrid power solution will be installed on four of Seacor Marine’s Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to enhance...
ARTEMIS PROVIDES ON-SHORE CHARGING FOR E-CTV
UK company Artemis Technologies says it is playing a key role in a groundbreaking £8m project to deliver the world’s first retrofit Electric Crew Transfer Vessel (E-CTV) with offshore and onshore charging. The design and engineering phase has begun for the project led...
VARD TO BUILD TWO MORE HYBRID CSOVS
Vard and Windward Offshore, a consortium led by ASSC´s offshore arm SeaRenergy Group in Germany, have signed a contract for the design and construction for two additional hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV). With this contract, Windward executes the...
FIRST GERMAN H2-POWERED CTV BEGINS OPERATION
FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics (FWOL), a joint venture between FRS Offshore of Germany and Dutch company Windcat has begun operating what is said to be the first hydrogen-powered dual-fuel Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) in the German Baltic Sea, for 50Hertz. The Hydrocat...
OPTION EXERCISED WITH ULSTEIN FOR TWO HYBRID ZERO-CARBON CSOVs
Two new Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) contracted at Ulstein Verft will be equipped with a hybrid battery propulsion system and be prepared for green methanol fuel to enable carbon-neutral operations. In 2023, Bernhard Schulte Offshore ordered the...
VARD CONTRACTED FOR HYBRID CABLE LAYER BY PRYSMIAN
Vard of Norway has secured a new contract, worth about €230m, for the design and construction of another cable laying vessel for Prysmian Group of Italy, the third Prysmian cable layer contracted with Vard. The new vessel will be an evolution, based on knowledge and...