A new bill has been introduced at the US Congress aimed at closing loopholes in the Jones Act that have granted exemptions to international flagged and crewed vessels to operate in domestic trades.

Offshore wind, of the floating variety, will be coming to the States with the award of $757m in leases off the coast of California.

A discussion on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and the offshore support vessels (OSVs) sector at a Marine Money event in New Orleans last week brought some refreshing and honest perspectives.

North Star has secured £140m in funding to support its growth plans as the UK's leading offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV) operator.

As the calendar shifts to 2023, the US offshore wind mantra of ‘30 by 30’ - 30 gW by 2030 - will suddenly be one year closer to the catchy-sounding guidepost put out there by the Biden administration.

The revival in the US oil patch is real even though offshore service vessels (OSVs) have not received the widespread exposure of other sectors.

Compagnie Maritime Belge’s (CMB) Windcat Offshore has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for two of ‘future-proof CSOVs,’ along with options for further vessels.

Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat is to assist Zamil Offshore with roll-out of an Internet-of-Things (IoT) solution for over 60 support vessels operating in Gulf waters.

The first France’s commercial-scale wind farm started operating on Wednesday, adding 480 megawatts of capacity to the grid.

Cadeler has placed an order to build its second F-class hybrid jack-up installation vessel at Cosco Heavy Industries.