Tag: offshore industry

Offshore workers were evacuated from a rig near Aberdeen following a collision with a supply vessel, according to reports.

The Singaporean Government introduced a package worth SGD $100 million to boost green growth in the marine and offshore energy industries.

CSL OWL Subsea Rock Installation is building two 17,500-tonne DP2 vessels with methanol-ready engines to support precise subsea rock placement for offshore renewable energy projects.

The EU MRV regulation was revised in 2023 to allow shipping to be included in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

SAFEEN Subsea, a part of AD Ports Group, has introduced “SAFEEN Green,” a remotely operated unmanned vessel (USV) designed to enhance marine surveys and inspections.

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.