Tag: offshore industry

On September 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) opened an opportunity for up to $112.5 million in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation.

At the 150th annual conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in Berlin, it was reported that global premiums in the Offshore Energy sector reached USD 4.6 billion in 2023, a 4.6% increase from the previous year.

The Marine Safety Forum presents an incident where a gangway operator on a Service Operation Vessel sustained a compound fracture of the right foot when the telescoping gangway frame retracted over it while attempting to connect to a Wind Turbine Generator amid challenging vessel movements.

IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which a diver’s umbilical trapped during a pipeline flooding operation. 

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in the UK has issued a safety advisory regarding incidents associated with motion-compensated gangways on offshore vessels.

According to Reuters, a fire on an offshore platform operated by Mexico's national oil company Pemex resulted in the death of at least one contractor, with two others reported to be in critical condition.

Oasis Marine has developed the Oasis Hydrogen Buoy and Oasis Power Buoy technologies, allowing vessels to switch from diesel to green power through offshore hydrogen bunkering and electric charging.

Speaking exclusively to SAFETY4SEA, Kevin Sligh, Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), outlines the primary hurdles facing the offshore industry and discusses BSEE's strategies for addressing them. Central to BSEE's efforts is the cultivation of a safety-conscious culture and robust risk management practices across all offshore activities.

NYK placed an order with Kosaba Shipbuilding Corporation for a crew transfer vessel (CTV), the first CTV for NYK to order from a Japanese shipyard.

BIMCO has released the Dynamic Positioning (DP) Annex for SUPPLYTIME 2017, to advance contractual standards in the shipping industry.