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AKOFS Offshore Inks New Vessel Deal with Petrobrason 20 February 2026 at 11:19 amNorway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras for its Aker Wayfarer vessel.AKOFS Offshore, majority owned by Akastor, said the 2010-built vessel will continue…
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Orange Marine Orders Two More Cable Laying and…on 20 February 2026 at 10:52 amNorwegian ship designer and builder VARD has secured on order from France’s Orange Marine for two additional cable laying and repair vessels of the VARD 9 03 design, to be built at Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka.The vessels will be based on the same design as CS Sophie Germain…
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One Dead After RoPax Fire Off Singaporeon 20 February 2026 at 1:30 amA fire onboard the Liberia-registered passenger vessel World Legacy while it was en route to Singapore has resulted in the death of one crew member.The incident occurred on February 20 at about 4:00am (Singapore Time). The fire was brought under…
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Hanwha Ocean Partners with Ontario Shipyardson 20 February 2026 at 12:00 amHanwha Ocean and Ontario Shipyards have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the return of large-scale shipbuilding in Ontario and to strengthen Canada’s ability to deliver future naval programs.In parallel, Hanwha Ocean…
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LR Verifies Performance Assessment Methodology…on 19 February 2026 at 11:51 pmGT Wings has secured Lloyd’s Register (LR) verification of sea trials performance assessment methodology for its AirWing™ Jet Sail technology.The announcement follows some 10 months of commercial operation of a 20-metre AirWing™ onboard MV Vectis Progress…
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Taking Quantum Logic to the Edgeon 19 February 2026 at 11:41 pmJason Turner, Chairman and CEO of Entanglement, started the AI quantum computing company in 2017. He quickly realized it was too early. Rather than focus on quantum computing hardware, which is still on the journey to maturity, he chose to focus on quantum logic…
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Report: No Obvious Compromise to Net Zero…on 19 February 2026 at 11:36 pmA new insight brief by the UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group for the Getting to Zero coalition, titled “Uncertainty at the IMO: Three scenarios and their consequences for shipping’s transition”, concludes that of those options only the…
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Watch: Fishing Safety Matterson 19 February 2026 at 11:04 pmA film commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation highlights why commitment to fishing safety matters by bringing stories of three very different communities.“All that separates us is distance” tells the stories of Emmanuel, Dede and James…
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DOF Upgrades AHTS Fleeton 19 February 2026 at 10:56 pmDOF Group has entered into an agreement to purchase the very high-end AHTS vessels Aurora Saltfjord and Aurora Sandefjord.The vessels are 2011-built and feature a bollard pull of almost 400 metric tonnes, making them among the most powerful…