Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) has entered into a 20-year strategic partnership with Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd. (Adbri) to build and operate what has been described as the ‘world’s first fully electric battery-capable self-unloading vessel’. The custom-designed ship is in
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has secured €15 million in funding for the further development and deployment of offshore floating solar power technology. According to SolarDuck, this funding sets the company on a path of continued growth, to deliver its first commercial projects and increase its
ASYAD Shipping, a part of Oman’s national logistics provider ASYAD Group, and Oman LNG have signed a long-term agreement for the charter of two 5th generation LNG carriers. According to Asyad, the agreement for two 170,000 cubic meter LNG carriers affirms the company’s commitment to boost local adde
The latest lease sale for acreage in the Gulf of Mexico under the Biden administration has gathered nearly $382.2 million in high bids.
Fugro is planning to repurpose two platform supply vessels (PSVs) into geotechnical vessels. This news comes as the Dutch company is currently in the process of repurposing two other PSVs into geotechnical vessels. Fugro announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the Wartsila-designed Sea Gold
Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has signed two contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two 114,000 dwt LNG-ready LR2 Aframax product/crude oil tankers. The oil tanker vessels are expected to be delivered in January and April
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has contracted Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) to deliver an onshore charging system for its berth in Puttgarden, Germany. The Norwegian maritime system integrator NES will deliver the land-based charging system to the Puttgarden ferry berth, and connect the equi
Australia-based developer of green hydrogen projects Provaris Energy has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German energy company Uniper to evaluate the supply of green hydrogen to Germany using Provaris’ compressed hydrogen carriers. Under the MoU, Provaris and Uniper will
The Neapolitan shipping group Grimaldi has taken delivery of the third ro-ro multipurpose unit belonging to its “G5” class of vessels named the Great Tema. The RoRo was built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, and it is intended for maritime transport services betwe
Northern Ocean has landed a contract extension for one of its semi-submersible rigs for activities in West Africa with TotalEnergies.
Van Oord has completed the installation of all foundations and inter-array cables at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen installed the final monopile in September and the company has now put all the transition
In response to Israel’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza, the Malaysian government has decided to ban ships flying the Israeli flag from docking at any port in the country.
Shell has made a final investment decision (FID) for a deepwater oil development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
ACWA Power, a Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has signed a framework agreement on the development of the first phase of a green hydrogen project in Egypt with a capacity of 600,000 tons per year of green ammonia, wit
