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The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is scaling back operations and cutting jobs as the influential non-profit adapts to what it describes as the next stage of shipping’s energy transition.  The Copenhagen-based organisation confirmed the restructuring in a letter issued by chief executive Bo Cerup-Simonsen alongside the release of its latest assessment on global maritime climate regulation.  Although the...

Pakistan is reopening its offshore energy sector after almost two decades of inactivity, launching a major deepwater exploration program designed...

Wood has secured a new offshore engineering contract linked to QatarEnergy’s Bul Hanine EPIC project offshore Qatar.  The contract was awarded by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), with Wood set to deliver a detailed design scope focused on optimising the field’s complex offshore pipeline infrastructure.  As part of the project,...

DeepOcean has won a new offshore decommissioning contract in the UK North Sea, strengthening its position in the growing market for ageing offshore asset retirement projects.  The company will support the decommissioning and removal of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) currently operating on the UK continental...

Saipem is strengthening its position in Brazil’s fast emerging offshore decommissioning market after signing a new cooperation agreement with Petrobras...

Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, the freight technology sector...

Shipbuilding is about to get a new kind of assistant — not human, but robotic.  Researchers from the University of Michigan Engineering and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

An international consortium led by Maersk-backed Stillstrom has secured a €5m ($5.8m) grant from the EU’s Horizon Europe programme to...

Ericsson and IoT specialist Net Feasa have launched a global partnership aimed at transforming maritime connectivity through secure, carrier-grade 4G and 5G coverage for container vessels, combined with an AI-driven operational platform designed to improve decision-making from ship to shore.  The solution integrates Ericsson Radio System technology with Ericsson’s on-demand 5G core delivered as a service, alongside Net Feasa’s Agentic Control Tower platform. Together, they aim to give shipping operators continuous, secure connectivity and AI-ready data access wherever vessels operate globally.  Connectivity backhaul will be supported through low-earth orbit satellite...

WinGD has taken a notable step in the maritime energy transition after securing the world’s first orders for ethanol-fuelled engines intended for deep-sea commercial vessels.  The Swiss engine designer confirmed that its new X-DF-M/E ethanol engines will power two Guaibamax-class ore carriers currently being built in China for Shandong Shipping Corporation. The vessels will operate under long-term charter to Brazilian mining giant Vale.  Each ship, with a deadweight of...