In what is described as a significant step towards sustainability and emission-free energy sources on board, German shipping company Offshore Service Gesellschaft has decided to switch to green hydrogen as the main source of energy for its offshore supply vessel...
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TWO NEW HYBRID VESSELS TO BE ADDED TO NORTH STAR FLEET
North Star, a specialist vessel operator for offshore infrastructure support, has awarded a new contract to UK builder Alicat Workboats for the construction of two new hybrid-propulsion offshore wind daughter craft, to a design by Chartwell Marine. The new vessels...
ABB HYBRID TECHNOLOGY FOR HAVFRAM WIND WTIV PAIR
ABB has secured an order with one of the largest offshore shipbuilders in China, Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore, to deliver an integrated bridge-to-propeller technology for Havfram Wind’s two new NG20000X-HF Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs). The vessels,...
VARD UNVEILS CONCEPT FOR ALL-ELECTRIC PSV
Through a project known as Piezo, after three years of R&D, Vard has developed a concept design for a PSV using batteries as the primary energy source together with offshore charging. One of the great challenges facing the petroleum and maritime industries today...
MoU AIMS TO EXPLORE AMMONIA FOR OFFSHORE VESSELS
Emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solution developer Amogy, Faroese shipping company Skansi Offshore, and Norwegian system developer and integrator SEAM, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly investigate potential technology...
VARD NAMES NEW GREEN CSOV FOR REM PURUS
Vard has handed over the CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) 'REM Power' to operator Rem Purus at a naming ceremony in Ålesund, Norway. This is the first of two CSOVs VARD is delivering to Rem Purus. The new REM Power is described as a pioneer in green and...
KONGSBERG OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CAN REDUCE COST AND EMISSIONS
With enhanced technology and new features, Kongsberg Digital is relaunching its application for vessel and fleet optimisation, Vessel Performance, specifically for offshore vessel operations. The data-driven solution now provides more accessible onboard and onshore...
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY HELPS CUT EMISSIONS OFFSHORE
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has extended its run of orders for walk-to-work gangway technology from Edda Wind, after receiving a contract to equip the eighth service vessel in succession for the Østensjø Group operation. The vessel, scheduled for delivery in the...
SOLSTAD OFFSHORE SAVES FUEL BY DETAILED VOYAGE PLANNING
Norwegian operator Solstad Offshore says that one of its largest construction vessels, 'Normand Vision', managed to save significant amounts of fuel and reduce emission on a voyage home from a project in West Africa. Through cooperation with long-term client Ocean...
SECOND HYBRID WTIV ORDERED FROM CIMC RAFFLES
CIMC Raffles and Norway's Havfram have confirmed and signed a second EPC shipbuilding Contract for a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV), to be used for transportation and installation services in European wind farms. The shipyard says that this project places...
STUDY WILL EVALUATE EMISSIONS PROFILES OF DIESEL AND HYBRID-POWERED CTVs
Singapore yard Strategic Marine has commissioned a study from the Maritime Energy and Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence (MESD CoE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to compare the efficiency of traditional diesel-powered and...
COOLING WATER PUMP SYSTEM SAVES CO2 OFFSHORE
Pump company Framo says that its Submerged Turbine technology has been recognised by the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with the OTC Spotlight on New Technology award, to be presented at the 2023 event in Houston. The Framo Submerged Turbine is designed to...
WÄRTSILÄ TO SUPPORT POWER MODULES FOR BRAZILIAN FPSO
Wärtsilä has been selected to operate the power modules onboard a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in Brazil, on behalf of the owner 3R Petroleum. The vessel operates in the Papa Terra oilfield in Brazilian waters. Wärtsilä has signed a...