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Hanwha Enters Pre-Qualification for Offshore Wind Bid in Nova Scotia

Jan 14, 2026

Together with its sister company Hanwha Ocean, Q ENERGY France, a Hanwha company, has announced its participation in the pre-qualification process to participate in a call for bids for seabed licenses to develop offshore wind projects in Nova Scotia…

EU Backs Øresund CCUS Cross-Border Scheme

Jan 14, 2026

The European Union has awarded funding to support the development of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in the Øresund region, backing a cross-border project aimed at accelerating renewable energy use and enabling the production of sustainable fuels…

OceanMight Gets Petronas’ Offshore Construction Job in Malaysia

Jan 12, 2026

OceanMight, a subsidiary of KKB Engineering, has secured a contract from Petronas for construction services at greenfield development project offshore Malaysia.The letter of award signed by the companies is for the provision of minor engineering…

Vard to Build Four New Multi-Purpose Robotic Vessels for Ocean Infinity

Jan 12, 2026

Vard, the Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has signed a new contract with existing customer Ocean Infinity for the design and construction of four Multi-Purpose Robotic Vessels (MPVs).The contract, whose value exceeds $230 million (€200 million)…

Ørsted to Challenge US Stop-Work Order for Another Offshore Wind Project

Jan 07, 2026

Ørsted will file a complaint and seek a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging U.S. government’s lease suspension order issued for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project, after it instigated…

Equinor Files Lawsuit Against US Over Offshore Wind Project Suspension

Jan 05, 2026

Equinor has filed a civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging a U.S. Department of the Interior order to suspend work on its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project.The company said it plans to seek a preliminary…

Vestas Books First South Korean Offshore Wind Order

Dec 29, 2025

Vestas has received a 390 MW order for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project in Jeollanam Province in South Korea.The project is developed by Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind, a consortium consisting of Hanwha Ocean, SK Eternix, KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power)…

Equinor Halts Activities on Empire Wind Project After US Stop-Work Order

Dec 23, 2025

Equinor said it is complying with a stop-work order issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which ordered the suspension of offshore construction activities on the Empire Wind project citing national security concerns…

Trump Freezes Five Offshore Wind Projects, Company Shares Plummet

Dec 22, 2025

The Trump administration suspended leases on Monday for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the U.S. East Coast over what it called national security concerns, sending shares of offshore wind companies plunging…

2025: Fascinated with Subsea Discovery

Dec 18, 2025

Our fascination with the depths of the ocean revealed itself in some of our most-read stories of 2025.What’s really down there? asked New Wave Media President Greg Trauthwein in his interview with Matt Grove, Regional Segment Manager Offshore at Seequent in September…

VARD Forms Research and Innovation Partnership with NORCE

Dec 18, 2025

VARD has recently signed an agreement (MoU) with the major Norwegian research institute NORCE, establishing a strategic partnership to cooperate on research and innovation.The agreement encompasses topics such as design, construction, on board…

ESVAGT Acquires Two SOVs from Edda Wind

Dec 16, 2025

Danish vessel owner ESVAGT has completed the acquisition of Breeze Enabler and Brint Enabler Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) from Edda Wind through a 100% share purchase agreement of the two Spanish vessel owning entities.The SOVs are on long…

Ocean Geophysics, HighTide Team Up for Offshore Data Processing

Dec 16, 2025

Offshore wind industry suppliers Ocean Geophysics and HighTide have entered into a joint venture aimed at combining their seabed data processing, analysis and interpretation capabilities.The partnership brings together Ocean Geophysics’ large…

Odyssey Marine Exploration Request for Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Advances

Dec 15, 2025

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a U.S.-based ocean exploration and marine resource development leader, received news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM), a department of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), has initiated…

Ocean Infinity Takes Delivery of Final Armada Fleet Vessel

Dec 15, 2025

Ocean Infinity has reached a significant milestone with the delivery of the final vessel in its 14-vessel Armada fleet, featuring advanced underwater robotic systems capable of a wide range of data collection tasks.Over the past five years,…

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