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Just twenty days after Les Alizés, Jan DE NUL Group launched the Voltaire, a Next-Gen Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. This vessel will be the second and largest jack-up vessel in Jan DE NUL's fleet, and able to support the renewable energy industry to build next generation offshore wind farms. In common with Les Alizés, the Voltaire is due for delivery in H2 2022, and will be welcomed by a global offshore wind industry that is already forecasting installation vessel shortages by mid-decade.

A major expansion of Europe's offshore wind capacity is on the horizon and Poland wants to be a leading player. The country aims to build 28 GW of new offshore wind capacity by 2050. A new report now finds that the upcoming global shortage of specialised offshore wind vessels might pose a risk for project execution in Poland and worldwide. Poland should see the shortage as an opportunity to build up a fleet of modern vessels to service national and international markets.

DEME is very proud to announce that the revolutionary offshore installation vessel 'Orion' officially joins its fleet today. This next-generation vessel brings a game-changing installation concept to the offshore energy market.

Offshore : les norvégiens Statoil et Aibel licencient.

Sixth Victim Of Petrobras Brazil Offshore Gas Explosion Found.

Sixth Victim Of Petrobras Brazil Offshore Gas Explosion Found.

Caspian Sea: Three Workers Missing in Offshore Platform.

Caspian Sea: Three Workers Missing in Offshore Platform.

The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouse in the face of severe storms are revealed in a new study by Plymouth University.

The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouse in the face of severe storms are revealed in a new study by Plymouth University.

Rotterdam To Become Offshore Wind Port.

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) offer significant value through their capability to undertake hazardous and time-consuming missions across water surfaces. Recently, as the application of USVs has been extended to nearshore waterways, object tracking is vital to the safe navigation of USVs in offshore scenes. However, existing tracking systems for USVs are mainly based on cameras or LiDAR sensors, which suffer from drawbacks such as lack of depth perception or high deployment costs. In contrast, millimeter-wave (MMW) radar offers advantages in terms of low cost and robustness in all weather and lighting conditions. In this work, to construct a robust and low-cost tracking system for USVs in complex offshore scenes, we propose a novel MMW radar-based object tracking method (ROTracker). The proposed ROTracker combines the physical properties of MMW radar with traditional tracking systems. Specifically, we introduce the radar DOPPLER velocity and a designed motion discriminator to improve the robustness of the tracking system toward low-speed targets. Moreover, we conducted real-world experiments to validate the efficacy of the proposed ROTracker. Compared to other baseline methods, ROTracker achieves excellent multiple object tracking accuracy in terms of 91.9% in our collected dataset. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed ROTracker has significant application potential in both accuracy and efficiency for USVs, addressing the challenges posed by complex nearshore environments.

Sea piracy undermines investment in offshore oil sector - Lawyer.

Offshore Platform Could Boost Search and Rescue Operations.

4 Ways Drones are Being Used in Maritime and Offshore Services.

Offshore vessel equipped for bigger parts.

Bourbon Offshore Extends Deal to Defer Debt Repayment.

Video: Pioneering Spirit Removes Two Offshore Platforms in One Week.

New Vessels Up Security Offshore Nigeria.

Offshore Vessel Sinks: 3 Rescued, 1 Dead, 10 Missing.

UK Limits Travel To Offshore Platforms.