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Utility company Eversource Energy has been awarded an $89m grant for its Huntsbrook Offshore Wind Hub project in Montville, in the southeast part of Connecticut. The grant was awarded in the second round of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Innovation Program. The Huntsbrook OSW Hub proposal was included in the Power Up New …
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https://splash247.com/us-awards-89m-to-eversources-offshore-wind-hub-in-connecticut/Houston-based Audubon Engineering has been awarded a contract for BP’s Kaskida project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The company will complete topside engineering and design of the Kaskida floating production unit (FPU). According to Audubon, its design philosophies will allow for a faster cycle time and will use experience from previous projects such as …
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https://splash247.com/bp-hands-out-engineering-contract-for-kaskida-topsides/More than 200 people are being drawn in to ramp up the clean-up of oil from the grounded Ultra Galaxy general cargo vessel after the last few days’ wintry and stormy weather on South Africa’s west coast teared the wreck further into pieces. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) gave an update yesterday, saying …
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https://splash247.com/grounded-vessel-on-south-africas-west-coast-tears-further-into-pieces/More than six months after it grounded, spewing oil into the Caribbean, the Gulfstream barge has been refloated with a dive team now assessing the overturned vessel before it is towed away from Cove in Tobago to Port of Spain in Trinidad. The government of Trinidad & Tobago has yet to officially pinpoint the blame …
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https://splash247.com/grounded-oil-barge-refloated-off-tobago/Arne Blystad-backed Songa Box has gone to the Saverys family to expand. Alphaliner is reporting Songa Box has bought two 2,592 teu class ships from Compagnie Maritime Berge (CMB), the Santa Marta Express and the Puerto Limon Express, paying around $46m for the pair, which are currently on charter to Hapag-Lloyd. The ships were built …
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https://splash247.com/blystads-songa-box-acquires-two-ships-from-cmb/Folk Maritime, a recently established Saudi liner, is being linked to its first vessel purchase. Previously using chartered in tonnage for its three services, brokers now report Folk Maritime has bought the 2023-built Vega Daytona from Germany’s Vega Rederei, paying $33m for the 1,868 teu ship that delivered last year from Zhejiang Yangfan in China. …
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https://splash247.com/new-saudi-liner-buys-first-vessel/The application of wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPSs) across a variety of vessel types is nearing a “tipping point” with deployment likely to increase rapidly, according to a new study from Lloyd’s Register. The British classification society is warning however that the lack of standardisation for verifying fuel savings and concerns about equipment availability need to …
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https://splash247.com/wind-assisted-propulsion-nears-tipping-point-for-rapid-adoption/George Economou has launched a lawsuit in the high court of the Marshall Islands against directors and insiders of US-listed tanker owner Performance Shipping after his case was dismissed in the US. Last October, the Greek shipping magnate, who owns more than 100 vessels, sued Performance’s top executives in the New York Supreme Court, claiming …
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https://splash247.com/economou-takes-performace-shipping-case-to-the-marshall-islands-after-us-dismissal/Argentine authorities have quarantined a dry bulk vessel in the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard. The ship was near the port of Rosario when it alerted authorities that “one of its crew members of Indian nationality showed cyst-like skin lesions predominantly on the chest and face,” the health ministry said in …
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https://splash247.com/bulk-carrier-crew-quarantined-in-argentina-over-suspected-mpox-case/Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has increased its stake in fellow floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) specialist Modec, becoming its largest shareholder. MOL, which has been focusing on expanding its non-shipping business, including offshore, as part of its “BLUE ACTION 2035” scheme, said the move would make Modec its equity-method affiliate. The …
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