Family-owned Sea Horizon Offshore Marine Services has made a major new hire in the shape of Bab Reijntjes as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Singapore-based offshore wind farm vessel-operator Cyan Renewables has acquired its first service operations vessel (SOV) from Belgium’s DEME Group.

The Jones Act Enforcer is on patrol in the US East Coast’s growing offshore wind sector to ensure projects are not employing non-Jones Act compliant service vessels.

A range of factors have impacted the offshore oil and gas markets over the year so far but the signals are broadly positive, with Clarksons Offshore Index hitting 99 points, only two down on the 101 notched up in 2014.

The US offshore wind landscape took a big step forward in early July when the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) granted an approval to developer Ørsted to begin construction on Ocean Wind 1.

Tidewater has completed its $580 million acquisition of Solstad’s Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) fleet.

Electric motor manufacturer Hoyer is opening up its new regional headquarter in Ningbo, China, to create enhanced prospects for new services and solutions.

There is a bullish outlook for the offshore vessel sector both among US owners in the sector and from analysts.

Offshore wind is attracting considerable interest and last week saw the announcement of the merger between NYSE-listed Eneti and Copenhagen-headquartered Cadeler, however, in the US there is growing political pressure on the sector’s development.

Andreas Sohmen-Pao’s Cadeler and Emanuele Lauro’s Eneti are set to merge into a large, pure-play offshore wind turbine and foundation installation company.