Oceantic Network has announced the agenda preview for its eagerly anticipated 2025 International Partnering Forum (IPF), the largest offshore wind and offshore renewables conference in the Americas.  The event takes place April 28 to May 1 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Guice Offshore Vice President of Sales and Marketing David Scheyd (pictured here) will be attending...Read More

During early July 2024, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released the first edition of API Recommended Practice 75W (API RP 75W), Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Wind Operations and Assets.  This landmark standard leverages API’s extensive experience with offshore oil and natural gas development to provide a comprehensive framework for safety and environmental integrity...Read More

We’ve known for years that the United States is an ocean nation with a growing “Blue Economy,” but did you know there’s now a “New Blue Economy?” Coastal communities in the U.S. are home to over 127 million people, 40% of the population. In 2019, the American Blue Economy grew faster than the nation’s economy...Read More

Photo:  Guice Offshore naval architects Asa Moss (standing) and Rob Allums (seated).   Meet Naval Architect Rob Allums, Guice Offshore’s new Director of Technical Services, whose addition strengthens Guice Offshore’s specialty maritime engineering and consulting services across various industries, including aerospace and offshore wind.  Now, along with partner Asa Moss, Guice Offshore has TWO naval...Read More

NOAA reported on June 6, 2024 that the American marine economy continues to bolster the nation as demonstrated by increased sales and jobs, according to the most recent statistics from the annual Marine Economy Satellite Account (MESA) released by two Department of Commerce agencies — NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). According to MESA,...Read More

Today, the U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. This facility will eventually be the new home of NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic.  While the details of the facility’s design are...Read More

Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Proposed for Offshore Delaware, Maryland, Virginia On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the proposal of an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic that includes one area offshore the States of Delaware and Maryland, and one area offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lease Area A-2 consists of...Read More

Perspective is everything.  Great feats of American engineering and infrastructure have never been created by just one person or one company, but rather, they’re the collective product of many people working together over many years to produce a monumental accomplishment.  The offshore wind infrastructure arising now in the United States Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of...Read More

GE Haliade-X Is First of 62 Wind Turbines for First-in-the-Nation Project that Will Power More than 400,000 Homes and Businesses in Massachusetts (BOSTON, MA) – Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investment, announced on October...Read More

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced on June 7, 2023 that work installing the first monopiles and transition pieces has started on the first-in-the-nation commercial scale offshore wind farm.  The heavy lift vessel ORION, which is being operated by DEME, will work with a team...Read More