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Renewables
Mainstream and Maple Power join forces for Celtic Sea floating bid
Mainstream Renewable Power, majority-owned by Kristian Røkke-led Aker Horizons, has teamed up with Maple Power, a joint venture between Enbridge…
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Tech
BAR Technologies presses ahead with wind propulsion as first WindWings take shape
Marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies and its Scandinavian partner Yara Marine Technologies are pressing ahead with the construction of WindWings,…
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Offshore
Jan De Nul acquires Global Marine OSV
Belgian offshore contractor Jan De Nul has bolstered its fleet by acquiring offshore support vessel from UK-based subsea cabling specialist…
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Ports and Logistics
UK, Wales governments to receive bid to create freeport in North Wales
The county council in Anglesey, an island in Wales off the mainland’s northwest coast, and Sweden’s Stena Line plan to…
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Renewables
Google signs up for Moray West wind farm power
Google has signed up to offtake 100 MW of Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland’s outer Moray Firth region.…
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Offshore
Aquadrill clinches drillship charter in Indonesia
Aquadrill and rig manager Vantage Drilling have agreed a new drillship charter deal with Premier Oil in Indonesia. The 2008-built…
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Offshore
UK North Sea decommissioning spend forecast at nearly $24bn over next decade
More than 2,000 North Sea wells involved in oil and gas extraction are to be decommissioned at a cost of…
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Ports and Logistics
British tidal power boxport plan unveiled
Centre Port Holdings, a UK-based marine and renewable energy infrastructure developer, led by James Sutcliffe, has announced the first stages…
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Offshore
BW Offshore’s Brazilian FPSO deal falls through as Shell puts investment decision on ice
Norway’s BW Offshore is set to have its limited notice to proceed on Gato do Mato floating production storage and…
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Offshore
Valaris lines up drillship for BP’s Egyptian campaign
Valaris has been awarded a four-well contract with BP for the 2014-built drillship offshore Egypt. The contract is expected to…
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Offshore
Petrofac CEO to step down next year
UK energy services company Petrofac has announced that its chief executive Sami Iskander is leaving the company next year. Iskander…
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Gas
Petredec sets up UK handysize LPG unit
Singapore-based gas shipowner and trader Petredec has established a UK handysize LPG carrier subsidiary, Fortitude Shipping. The London-headquartered unit will…
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Ports and Logistics
Frank Olsen steps down as Inchcape CEO
Frank Olsen has stepped down as chief executive of one of the world’s largest maritime service providers, Inchcape Shipping Services…
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Offshore
Kent scores three-year North Sea contract with Ineos
Oil and gas and low-carbon energy engineering company Kent has secured a three-year framework contract for structural integrity analysis modelling…
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Renewables
Octopus Renewables ups stake in floating wind developer Simply Blue
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has invested an additional €6.25m ($6.5m) into Simply Blue Holdings, the parent company of the…
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Maritime CEO
Sea/: The intelligent marketplace for fixing freight
Clarksons-backed Sea/ platform is rapidly scaling up to offer something unique in the fragmented shipping digital universe. The Sea/ platform…
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Environment
AirWing the latest wind-assist tech to start marketing
GT Green Technologies, a UK-headquartered wind propulsion specialist, has secured grant funding following success at this year’s Clean Maritime Demonstration…
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Ports and Logistics
Liverpool port strike called off as union backs pay deal
A pay dispute between nearly 600 dockworkers at the port of Liverpool and port operator Peel Ports may be over.…
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Tech
Sea/ acquires Polish software developer Setapp
Digital shipping platform Sea/ has acquired Polish software development company Setapp. The Poznan-based company employs around 50 people that provide…
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Renewables
Briggs Marine expands into Japanese offshore wind sector with Mitsui and Hokutaku tie-up
UK marine services company Briggs Marine has teamed up with Horizon Ocean Management (HOM), a joint venture between Japanese trading…
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