JAPANESE DESTROYER DISABLED AND LEAKING OIL AFTER HITTING ROCK
One of Japan’s Murasame-class destroyers, the JS Inazuma, hit a rock while on sea trials off the coast of Japan disabling the ship and causing an oil spill. Reports are that the vessel is...
CHINA CONNECTS DEEPWATER FLOATING WIND PLATFORM TO WENCHANG OILFIELD
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has grid-connected its Haiyou Guanlan deepwater floating wind turbine and integrated it into the power grid of the Wenchang oilfield.
Earlier this month, CNOOC announced the 5-kilometre dynamic subsea...
DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD’S LARGEST CARBON-FREE GREEN HYDROGEN PLANT IN FULL SWING
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC), a joint venture created by ACWA Power, Air Products and NEOM, has achieved financial close on the mega green hydrogen production facility in Saudi Arabia at a total investment...
MONTENEGRO INKS MOU WITH US COMPANIES FOR LNG TERMINAL IN PORT OF BAR
The Government of Montenegro is advancing works to install an LNG terminal in the port of Bar as it signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US companies Enerflex Energy Systems and Wethington Energy...
GLOBAL WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY MARKET POISED TO REACH $10 BLN BY 2031, REPORT...
Global wave and tidal energy market was valued at $477.81 million in 2022 and is projected to generate a revenue of around $10 billion by 2031 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
HYEKOTANK PROJECT MOVES FORWARD AS PARTNERS DISCUSS PROCEDURES
HyEkoTank project partners have discussed the procedures that the consortium will follow during the project’s implementation period as well as the work to be carried out in the upcoming period.
The consortium includes TECO 2030...
THORDON’S SOLUTION TO SUPPORT ALOFT’S WIND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Thordon Bearings has been contracted to supply its grease-free, self-lubricating ThorPlas-Blue bearing material to Aloft Systems’ containerized wind propulsion system designed by to reduce fuel consumption and fossil fuel emissions across all commercial ship...
U.S. AND CANADIAN COAST GUARD FREE SHIPS TRAPPED IN ICE
Days after announcing that they had begun the annual ice patrols and efforts to break the ice on parts of the Great Lakes and shipping lanes, the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard reports they...
NOV DESIGNS LARGER, MODULAR SOV CONCEPT FOR NEXT GENERATION WIND FARMS
As wind farms move farther offshore and into deeper waters, more robust operations and maintenance strategies will be required. The support vessels designed to service these wind farms will need to be able to...
BOATERS RESCUED FROM WATER AS BOAT FIRE SMOKE ATTRACTS PASSING SHIPS
Three boaters are lucky to be alive, reporting that they were in the water earlier this week in the Caribbean after their small boat caught fire. They had to abandon their boat due to...