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Maersk Supply Service A/S, a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Ørsted have joined forces to test a proto-type buoy that will act as both a safe mooring point and a charging station for vessels, potentially displacing a significant amount of marine fuel with green electricity.

In his keynote address to delegates at ENGenious Online (22-24 September), CEO of C3.ai, author of Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction, and Silicon Valley businessman, Tom Siebel, urged business leaders to “drive not delegate the digital transformation.”   

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) concluded a three-day webinar series yesterday that brought together offshore energy leaders and elected officials to discuss the outlook for U.S. offshore wind.

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA03) applauded passage of his amendment (Garamendi #33) to the “Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act” (H.R. 4447) by the U.S House of Representatives.

Jan De Nul Group recently announced that its trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt’, had completed 2,000 hours operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines.

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and GE Renewable Energy, on September 22, announced contracts confirming the 13MW Haliade-X turbine for the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B phases of the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

NOVACAVI team has been recently asked to develop and manufacture a prototype of a rugged and reliable custom-engineered cable solution for an innovative floating solar electricity system for marine environment installed in Oslo fjord, Norway.

Leading French tidal energy developer HydroQuest is joining the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors as a Lead Partner, the industry body announced today. HydroQuest will be represented by Guillaume Gréau, Head of Business Development, who has 20 years of experience in shipbuilding and tidal energy. 



Energy company Eneco has become a member of the Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) association, which represents over 85 companies and organizations active in the North Sea Canal region with a focus on the offshore sector.

Siemens Gamesa’s massive 14-megawatt (MW) wind turbine is set to become commercially available from the mid-2020s, furthering the industry’s push for larger and more efficient facilities.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out its BSEE!Safe initiative in May 2019, becoming the first regulator in the world to use a text messaging system to provide critical safety information directly to offshore workers.

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has delivered a review into tariffs for a landmark Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in the Netherlands.