Although we are in the midst of the summer holidays and mails are returned with out-of-office messages, some moves were made on the offshore energy chess board. Moves that show that the strategy of the game is changing towards a more sustainable future. In this weekly update recent developments from
Shell Tankers (Singapore) has signed a partnership agreement with Greece-based ship management company Signal Maritime placing ten Medium Range (MR) product tankers into the company’s MR pool.
Taiwanese shipping line TS Lines has placed an order for the construction of six 1,100 TEU boxships at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding.
Hong Kong-based containership owner Seaspan Corporation has forward fixed contracts, extending current contract terms for 10 containerships with an undisclosed major liner.
LNG exports from the U.S. increase week over week, with Henry Hub prices going up, according to weekly data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Singapore-based Phoenix Tankers, a subsidiary of shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a deal with Namura Shipbuilding Co. for the construction of two very large gas carriers (VLGC) to transport liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and ammonia.
Norwegian clean energy company Horisont Energi and the Port of Rotterdam have agreed on transporting blue ammonia from Norway to Rotterdam.
Bermuda-based ship owner and charterer SFL Corporation has acquired two 14,000 TEU containerships and sold 18 vintage feeder ships
Swedish ship design and management company Wallenius Marine has signed a contract with Volkswagen Group Logistics to build and manage two multi-fuel car carriers.
South Korean shipping company Hyundai LNG Shipping has placed an order for an additional 174,000 cbm liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier with compatriot Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
U.S. small-scale provider of energy transition services Stabilis Solutions and Galveston Wharves have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the use of LNG as a marine fuel at the Texas port.
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has delivered the new LNG carrier named Isabella to Greece’s Maran Gas, the gas shipping unit of Angelicoussis Shipping Group.
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed contracts to build four 7,000-unit capacity car carriers using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their main fuel.
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has won an order from Ocean Residences Development to build an LNG-powered luxury residential yacht.
