Norway’s Olympic Subsea ASA has commissioned the second construction service operation vessel (CSOV), Olympic Notos, built by Ulstein Verft and incorporating the shipbuilder’s Twin X-Stern system. The first vessel, Olympic Boreas, has been working…

Hamburg-based MPC Capital, an investment and asset manager specialising in maritime and energy infrastructure, has launched a new investment vehicle targeting offshore wind and service vessels. Its first project involves the construction of six emission-free offshore survey and service vessels (OSSV) which, the company said, aligns with its focus on maritime and energy infrastructure.

Brent Charlie, the biggest and heaviest topside of the Brent field, one of the largest oil and gas fields ever developed in the North Sea, has been landed by heavy-lift specialist, Mammoet, on the quayside at Able Seaton Port, near Hartlepool on England’s north-east coast.