The cable-laying vessel BOKA Ocean has installed the final inter-array cable at Borkum Riffgrund 3, completing a four-campaign programme that also involved Ndeavor and earlier work with Rockpiper and DolWin epsilon in the area.
Japan has cleared the Olympia Dream Seto as its first licensed autonomous Ro-Pax ferry under the MEGURI 2040 project, with further demonstration vessels scheduled through April 2026.
Seafarer departures are rising above 30% year on year, while training gaps, early retirement plans and more abandonment cases add strain—an acute risk for Cyprus-managed fleets.
Norway will allocate Utsira Nord floating wind areas to the Harald Hårfagre JV and an Equinor–Vårgrønn consortium, the two bidders in the first tender, ahead of a state-aid competition worth up to NOK 35 billion.
Hanwha Group has been authorised to lift its stake in Austal to 19.9%, overtaking Tata Rang Ventures’ 19.28% holding and becoming the Australian defence shipbuilder’s largest shareholder.
Harbour Energy will buy the Waldorf subsidiaries for $170 million, adding about 20,000 boe/d, 35 million boe of 2P reserves and larger interests in the Catcher and Kraken oil fields in the UK North Sea.
Jumbo Offshore signed two contracts to transport and install offshore wind transition pieces, including responsibility for marshalling yard handling and load-out support.
Consortia led by Equinor–Vargronn and Deep Wind Offshore–EDF Power Solutions have each secured a project area in Norway’s 1,500 MW Utsira Nord floating wind round, with access to a state-aid tender capped at NOK 35bn.
Semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Seaway Falcon has loaded jack-up GRID at Dos Bocas, Mexico, and sailed for West Africa, ahead of planned GRID campaigns in Congo and Angola through August 2026.
