Heavy Marine Transport News

The Trump Administration has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court ruling that invalidated the section of a January 2025 Presidential Wind Memorandum that halted federal leasing and permitting activities …

Taiwan ranked fifth worldwide for installed offshore wind capacity in 2025 and third for new capacity additions, according to the Energy Administration, which cited the Global Wind Energy Council. The …

BOURBON has secured a new multi-month subsea services contract for operations offshore Ghana on the Jubilee Field. The campaign will use the Bourbon Evolution 802, a Multi-Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) …

The European Union has added shipping subsidiaries linked to Gazprom and Lukoil to its sanctions list, expanding measures against Russia’s oil transportation network. According to a decision published in the …

Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing Chinese and Russian government-linked vessels from conducting research operations in U.S. Arctic waters, citing growing security concerns in the region. …

Australian energy company Woodside Energy has rejected media speculation linking it to a potential takeover or business combination with ExxonMobil. The company said it is not aware of any proposal …

Vestas has reached 100 offshore installations of its V236-15.0 MW turbine, marking a milestone as construction continues at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The 1.2 GW project …

The Dutch government has increased financial support for two offshore wind projects in the North Sea to help secure market interest in 2 GW of new wind energy capacity. For …

SAL is set to strengthen its project cargo capabilities through the long-term charter of three Octopus 12.6 class newbuildings, extending its capacity to manage complex cargo transportation projects across global …

BW Offshore has completed the interim performance test for FPSO BW Opal as commissioning continues at the Barossa LNG project offshore northern Australia. The vessel is working at the Barossa …

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has taken a step toward domestic production of eco-friendly service operation vessels (SOVs) designed for the offshore wind sector. The company recently signed a memorandum of …

Ocean Winds has installed the first turbine at the 500 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm off the coast of France. The project will include 62 turbines and is …

A container ship was fired upon in the Gulf of Aden on Monday morning after a small skiff approached the vessel south of Yemen, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations …

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has called on governments to speed up offshore wind deployment and treat projects as critical energy infrastructure, saying faster development is needed to strengthen energy …

Next Geosolutions, also known as NextGeo, has completed post-lay trenching work for the Bouri Gas Utilisation Project in Libya, adding trenching to its offshore services portfolio. The work was carried …

Balaena has acquired APCL Group in a £150 million transaction, adding four UK shipyard assets to its expanding shipbuilding and repair portfolio. The deal includes Cammell Laird, A&P Tyne, A&P …

The jacket for the Neptun Deep gas production platform has left Saipem’s Arbatax yard in Sardinia, Italy, for the €4.0 billion ($4.6 billion) project offshore Romania. OMV Petrom is developing …

The barge Fjord, towed by the 120 tBP oceangoing tug Eraclea, is making steady progress from Greece to Poland with export cable cargo for an offshore wind project. The shipment …

Equinor has received consent from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority, Havtil, to carry out permanent plugging and abandonment work on the Tordis field in the North Sea. The approved activity …

Avtandil Kalandadze, master of the shadow fleet tanker Bella 1, has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after refusing a U.S. Coast Guard order …

Norwegian maritime investment group Eitzen has confirmed an order for two battery-powered container vessels as it advances plans to expand electric shipping services in Northern Europe. The contract was signed …

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. has completed exploratory drilling in the offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido, confirming natural gas in part of the reservoir. However, the confirmed volume does not …

France has started a major offshore wind tender covering eleven projects with a combined capacity of just over 10 GW. The notice was published in the Official Journal of the …

Two security incidents involving bulk carriers were reported to ReCAAP ISC in Asia during 2-8 June. The cases were classified as one CAT 3 incident and one CAT 4 incident. …

Brave Tern remains under detention by the Danish Maritime Authority after a port collision in Esbjerg damaged wind turbine components allocated to the Thor offshore wind farm. The incident occurred …

DEME Group’s jack-up offshore transport and installation vessel Norse Wind has installed the first 15 MW turbine at RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German North Sea. Operating …

EXMAR has taken delivery of ANTWERPEN, the first oceangoing vessel powered by a dual-fuel ammonia engine. The newbuild midsize gas carrier marks a significant step in low-carbon shipping for EXMAR, …

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has launched Spirit of Mobile, the second of three new ro-ro cargo vessels being built for Airbus’ Atlantic logistics chain. The vessel entered the water at Wuchang …

Serica Energy has completed the purchase of minority stakes in two producing North Sea assets from ONE-Dyas, adding output, reserves and resources to its UK Continental Shelf portfolio. The deal …

All monopile foundations have been installed at the Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind project in South Korea, marking a key construction milestone for the 364.8 MW development led by Nakwol Blue …

Global newbuilding orders fell sharply in May 2026 from the previous month, although year-on-year demand remained higher, according to monthly shipbuilding data released by Clarksons on 9 June 2026. Worldwide …

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Governments should accelerate offshore wind development to reduce exposure to future energy crises, according to GWEC. In its 2026 Global Offshore Wind Report, GWEC said offshore wind projects should be …

bp will reorganize its operations into two core business segments from 1 July as part of a broader effort to simplify its structure, improve execution and strengthen shareholder returns. The …

PV Drilling has acquired an additional jack-up drilling rig to expand capacity and support growing drilling demand in Vietnam and the wider regional market. PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation …

Jiangnan Shipyard has named and delivered IVY COVE, the first 93,000 m³ Very Large Ammonia Carrier built for Singapore-based EPS. The handover took place on 10 June. The vessel is …

GPO Heavylift’s semi-submersible heavy transport vessel GPO Emerald has completed the loading of a topside structure at Karimun, Indonesia, destined for the Neptun Deep gas development in the Black Sea. …

RWE is examining an incident at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark after turbine components on Brave Tern struck another vessel and the dockside on 10 June. The Fred. Olsen …

Turbine towers, nacelles and blades for Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD units are arriving at Mukran Port on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast for installation at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm. …

Samsung Heavy Industries has signed the main contract for the Delfin FLNG Project, the first offshore LNG export project in the U.S. The signing ceremony was held in Washington, D.C. …

Shell has made a new oil discovery at the Merlin-1X exploration well on PEL 39 in Namibia’s Orange Basin. The well was spudded on 8 April 2026 and successfully penetrated …

Granada Cranes has secured two multi-year offshore service and maintenance agreements covering two major offshore wind farm sites. The agreements are valued at £3.5 million per year and include inspection, …

ECKSHIP GmbH & Co. KG has confirmed a newbuilding program that could add up to six heavy-lift vessels to its fleet from the second quarter of 2028. Each vessel will …

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said a delegation from India’s Tamil Nadu state government visited its Ulsan shipyard on 9 June to review vessel construction activities and production operations as plans …

Suez Canal Authority will increase temporary transit surcharges for most vessel classes from 15 July, raising costs for tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and containerships using the canal. The revised …

CM Energy has unveiled the Meridian Class, a new construction and service operation vessel (CSOV) platform developed to support the changing requirements of the global offshore wind sector. The Hong …

China State Shipbuilding Corp has started construction of the first QC-Max LNG carrier at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai, moving forward with a record LNG carrier program for QatarEnergy. The vessel …

WindSpider and Seaway7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic collaboration aimed at developing innovative and competitive wind turbine generator (WTG) installation solutions for the offshore …

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has warned that the Strait of Hormuz remains unsafe for commercial shipping, despite claims from U.S. officials that vessel traffic through the strategic waterway is recovering. …

Hanwha Ocean will test whether humanoid robots can be used for risky, repetitive, and physically demanding shipyard tasks through a demonstration project with AeiROBOT and NdotLight. The trial will take …