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Sept.4 (offshoreWIND.biz) The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Japanese engineering and technology company Japan Blue Energy (JB Energy) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot project proposed for installation off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Named Aura Sul Wind, the project will consist... Continue Reading →
Sept. 1 (marinereport) Singapore and Brazil have inked a deal that will establish their green and digital shipping corridor. In a statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the two markets signed the memorandum of understanding to establish the Singapore-Brazil Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC). The partnership will strengthen cooperation between Singapore and... Continue Reading →
Aug 27 (Reuters) - French renewable energy company Voltalia has received authorization from Brazil's government to install a data center at the Pecem port complex in Ceara state, securing tax exemptions for the planned mega-project. Investment in the data center is expected to total 181.7 billion reais ($35.24 billion), Brazil's government said in a Wednesday statement.... Continue Reading →
4th August 2026: Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for the provision of inspection, preservation, maintenance, and operational readiness services for subsea interconnection, mooring and anchoring materials. This award marks the third contract secured by Intermoor from Petrobras in less than a year, reinforcing a long-standing... Continue Reading →
July 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) The French government has selected five ports to receive nearly EUR 260 million in funding under the France 2030 investment programme to upgrade infrastructure supporting the country’s floating offshore wind industry. The selected ports are Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle, and Marseille-Fos, with the port funding expected to leverage almost EUR 1... Continue Reading →
June 23 (OE) Italian energy services company Saipem has launched operations for the GranMorgu offshore project in Suriname with the arrival of the multi-purpose construction vessel Normand Navigator at the Jules Sedney Harbour commercial port in Paramaribo. The vessel is berthed and ready to begin preliminary activities for the project, which is located in Block... Continue Reading →
June 16 (OE) Europe will require a dedicated fleet of around 65 CO2 carriers and a network of 33 ports by 2050 to support the large-scale deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), according to a new study led by energy consultancy Xodus. The CCUS Enabling Infrastructure Study, prepared by Xodus on behalf of the... Continue Reading →
May 25 (offshoreWIND.biz) California remains committed to deploying 25 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2045, according to state officials who were at the recently held 2026 Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, hosted by Offshore Wind California. David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission, reiterated California’s offshore wind ambitions and said the state would continue... Continue Reading →
May 22 (oilprice.com) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explicitly linked oil exploration and rare-earth mining to Brazil's national sovereignty, declaring that the country’s subsoil resources must be used to drive domestic industrialization rather than enrich foreign nations. Speaking at Petrobras’(NYSE:PBR) giant refinery, Refinaria de Paulínia (Replan), in São Paulo, Lula emphasized that Brazil must actively... Continue Reading →
May 18 (Reuters) - Omnia, the data center platform of Brazil's Patria Investments, has signed a $2 billion, 20-year energy supply agreement with renewable generator Casa dos Ventos to power a data center it is building for TikTok-owner ByteDance, the companies told Reuters. The data center, located at the Pecem port complex in the northeastern... Continue Reading →
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