Taiwanese shipping firm Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC) held an official opening ceremony for the newly built Terminal 7 at Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan, on Monday, August 14. This is the first and largest fully-automated container terminal equipped with remote-controlled gantry cranes in Taiwan. The facilit
Strohm has installed and commissioned its first deep-water, high-pressure thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumper in South America for ExxonMobil Guyana. The jumper, incorporating advanced carbon fiber and polyamide12 materials, is used for water alternating gas (WAG) injection at ExxonMobil Guyan
Prosafe is optimistic about the demand outlook for 2024 and beyond thanks to a substantial boost in tendering activity for this period.
UAE’s integrated gas processing company ADNOC Gas has signed a five-year LNG supply agreement with energy company Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX). ADNOC said the agreement, valued between $450 million (AED 1.65 billion) and $550 million (AED 2 billion), builds on the long-standing bilateral rela
Following the carbon storage license award to progress the Poseidon project over the Leman fields, Perenco UK and Carbon Catalyst have secured two further CO2 storage licenses in the Southern North Sea sector of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Orion carbon capture and storage (CCS) project enco
China-based Chengxi Shipyard has completed the installation of Anemoi’s rotor sails on TR Lady, an 82,000 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The installation was completed in June 2023. TR Lady is owned by TR Lady Shipping Ltd, a portfolio company of Tufton Investment Management and is on a time charter wi
Towage operator Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has launched the second phase of its project to design the world’s first methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug. In the first phase, Svitzer conducted technical studies to establish the feasibility of this type of vessel accommodating the real-wor
Oil and gas services provider Hartshead Resources NL (HHR) and its joint venture partner Rockrose Energy have awarded Gardline with a contract to perform a geophysical survey for field developments located in the Southern North Sea. Following a competitive tender and subsequent technical and commerc
Norwegian shipping company Odfjell in partnership with bound4blue, a Spanish developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, will install the eSAIL® suction sail system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel in the world to harness this type of technology. The eSAIL system, catego
Japanese shipping company NYK Line and compatriot TB Global Technologies (TBG) have signed a basic agreement to jointly develop Japan’s first bunkering boom for ammonia, a device used to supply ammonia fuel between ships. A bunkering boom for ammonia is a device consisting of rigid pipes and hoses t
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs for drilling ops in the Norwegian Sea.
A second of two FPSOs that are part of Petrobras’ revitalisation project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil has started production.
Stolt Tankers has welcomed into the fleet Bochem Houston, the first of six newbuilds hired from Belgian shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB). The 26,000 dwt ship has joined the company’s Stolt Tanker Joint Service, bringing the number of ships in its deep-sea fleet to 84. The IMO Tier III tanker
Fugro’s Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has completed its first project in Denmark, with operations being controlled remotely from the UK. Fugro reported that its 12-meter Blue Essence USV had completed the data acquisition of a cable route survey in the North Sea for Denmark’s Energy Isl
