EnSolve Biosystems, Raleigh, USA, specialist in maritime bioremediation technology, has introduced a new line of products designed to facilitate cleanup of oil from shorelines, beaches, marshes and open waters.

The newly founded Haugesund Simulatorcenter will receive a range of offshore simulators. Kongsberg Maritime's simulation division will deliver a 360 degree visual offshore vessel simulator with interface to a range of specialised task simulators for team training of complex offshore operations in 2011.

The Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of ten US East Coast states signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the efficient, orderly, and responsible…

American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC), a global power technologies company, and Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd. announced that they have expanded their strategic partnership to include additional wind turbine designs for both the onshore and offshore markets.

Offshore engineering and windfarm development was the topic of the recent First Class Exchange Forum of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) held in cooperation with Samsung Heavy Industries, Beluga Hochtief Offshore, Huisman and BLM Jack up Systems in Hamburg.

Norwegian Cruise Line has taken delivery of its largest and most innovative ship to date, the “Norwegian Epic”, from STX France SA.

The first of two Class 209PN submarines for the Portuguese Navy, “N.R.P. Tridente”, was recently delivered by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, in Kiel.

GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) of Northern Ohio announced a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.