The German navy is helping Norway to protect critical maritime infrastructure such as oil rigs, undersea cables, and pipelines, and is ready to do the same off the Danish and Swedish coasts, its head said on Thursday.

Bordering Russia in the north, Norway is Europe’s biggest producer of natural gas and oil and has an extremely long coast that is hard to protect. It operates an extensive network of pipelines that connect the country with Britain and Europe.

NATO has pledged to boost the protection of critical infrastructure after the ruptures in September in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, laid on the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.

Norway’s prime minister also said it would deploy its military to protect its oil and gas installations. Sweden and Denmark have both concluded that four leaks on Nord Stream 1 and 2 were caused by explosions, but have not said who might be responsible.

Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the pipelines, a claim that London said was false.

In mid-October, the secretary-general said NATO had already doubled its presence in the Baltic and the North Seas to over 30 ships supported by aircraft and undersea activities.

Details of which ships are deployed where are not usually given. German navy chief Vice-Admiral Jan Christian Kaack said in a statement Berlin had three frigates and a supply ship with some 700 sailors for exercises in the Norway region that would also help monitor the situation, coordinated with NATO.

Kaack said the navy was making good on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s promise to support Norway, Denmark and Sweden in protecting their maritime infrastructure after the Nord Stream incidents.

“With its presence in Norwegian waters, the German navy is fulfilling NATO’s pledge of ‘one for all, all for one’,” he said. He said overflights by maritime patrol aircraft would also contribute to establishing situational awareness.

Norway-based company Amon Maritime has launched Amon Offshore – a new company focused on the offshore oil and gas market – with plans to operate carbon-free platform supply vessels.

The ship has already received approval in principle from DNV and preliminary flag approval from the Norwegian Maritime Authority, Amon Maritime said.

Amon Offshore has been created to build, own and operate a fleet of ammonia-powered supply ships for the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

“The ships have been developed to meet oil companies’ current and future offshore logistics needs, setting a new standard for North Sea PSVs – while drastically reducing emissions,” the company said.

“This is the next generation. We are combining new technologies with future requirements, enabling capabilities only available for newbuildings. Our vessels will be carbon free, future-proof, and holistically designed for ammonia fuel from the ground up”, says André Risholm, Founder & CEO of Amon Maritime.

Ammonia fuel will be made available with a floating bunkering terminal at the selected supply base from affiliated company Azane Fuel Solutions – with fuel provided by project partner Yara Clean Ammonia.

The vessels will be managed by Amon Maritime’s new in-house ship management setup in Norway – Ula Ship Management.

The company is a joint venture with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, the third largest ship manager in the world.

According to Amon Maritime, the Norwegian Government has stated in the Hurdal Platform that all PSVs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf shall release zero emissions by 2030.

Amon says that this requires around 80 newbuilds or significantly modified/rebuilt to be delivered between 2025-2030 “and will be a massive boost for innovation and value creation in the maritime industry.”

The company says that the Amon PSV has been developed for full compliance with 2030 requirements, “offering carbon free operations with best-in-class energy efficiency.”

“Amon Offshore is working closely with clients to obtain charter contracts, enabling the first ships to be delivered in 2025,” the company said.

Kongsberg Maritime will design and deliver key technologies to the project.

“These vessels will represent the next generation platform supply vessel (PSV) and Amon Maritime will set a new standard in the logistics in the segment with these new-buildings. We are proud of working with them to lead the green shift in shipping, designing what we believe will be a game changer for the market”, says Jørn Heltne, Vice President for Ship Design sales in Kongsberg Maritime.