Montecon at the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay has placed an order with Liebherr Container Cranes for two large electric rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes.

Geo-data and underwater inspection specialist Fugro has ordered two 12 m SEA-KIT X class Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), one for use in the Asia-Pacific region and the other the North Sea.

Scorpio Bulkers is set to move into the offshore wind market with it signing a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel, plus options, at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

ABS is set to class the first offshore heavy lift and installation vessel to be built by CSBC Corp in Taiwan.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has appointed Mike Holliday as Marine & Offshore (M&O) president for South Asia, the Middle East and Africa (SAMEA).

Just over 20% of Keppel Offshore & Marine’s workforce are currently working due to lockdowns at foreign worker dormitories in Singapore hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Singapore’s Kim Heng Offshore & Marine has announced the acquisition of two 12,500 horsepower AHT from the POSH Terasea liquidation for $4.8m.

The operating condition for the dire OSV industry is expected to improve in 2021 as a recovery is delayed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on oil price, according to Wintermar Offshore.

MAN Energy Solutions (ES) is to lay off nearly 4,000 staff as the company aims to cut EUR450m in costs and ride out the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.