DNV GL is heading up a new NOK1.45m ($179,134) project, ReCharge, together with shore-power specialist Cavotec, the Port of Oslo and Enova to expand the use of electrically powered ships in Norway.
Farstad Shipping is planning to lay up five OSVs in Norway due to the further weakening of the offshore market, and make redundant approximately 100 employees mostly of Norwegian nationalities.
Power and automation technology group ABB has ordered what it describes as the world’s most advanced cable-laying and subsea service vessel.
The Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) says the choice of a ship recycling yard should not be based on geography or use of the beaching method, but on the individual standards of each facility.
Malaysia's Barakah Offshore Petroleum is set to add deepwater capabilities to its portfolio as its unit teams up with a Norwegian subsea service provider Ocean Installer Ltd (OI), it said in an announcement.
The Norwegian port city of Bergen has announced its first “cold ironing” connection, created by shore power systems builder Schneider Electric in co-operation with cabling manufacturer Cavotec.
Nor-Shipping 2015 celebrated the event’s 50th year with a packed quayside party held outside Oslo’s Astrup Fearnley Museum last night.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg pledged to create sustainable knowledge-based growth for the country’s maritime industries, at the opening of Nor-Shipping 2015.