
Australia’s Santos has started production from the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field with the company reporting a better than anticipated outcome from the first well.

Dry cargo vessel owner and operator Navios Maritime Partners has signed an agreement for the purchase of up to six 5,300 TEU newbuilding boxships for a price of $61.6 million each.

Swiss-based cruise line MSC Cruises has taken delivery of the largest cruise ship ever built in Italy, its new flagship MSC Seashore.

Tubular solutions provider Vallourec has won a contract to deliver tubes for umbilicals on a Norwegian carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply “the world’s first, low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol within the container segment.”

China’s state-owned shipping company Shandong Shipping Corporation has placed an order for two 85,000-dwt bulk carriers to be built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC).

Indonesian upstream regulator SKK Migas will conduct a decommissioning program for seven platforms no longer used to support upstream oil and gas operations.

Pakistan-located FSRU BW Integrity, owned by Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW, marks its 165th LNG cargo, delivered by the BW Paris.

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to test out a maiden transoceanic voyage in a self-operated very large liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC).

Taiwanese dry bulker owner Wisdom Marine has inked a deal for the purchase of four dry bulk carriers worth $116 million.

Korean shipyards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) have ordered GTT tank design of six new LNG carriers (LNGCs).

Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with compatriots Oshima Shipbuilding and Iknow Machinery to jointly research and develop mounting sails on ships’ cargo handling cranes and similar equipment.

UK-based dry bulk shipping company Taylor Maritime Investments has raised $75 million through the issue of new ordinary shares to acquire up to six Handysize dry bulk vessels.

The Cruise Division of Swiss shipping major MSC Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and energy infrastructure operator Snam to examine requirements for the industry’s “first hydrogen-powered cruise ship.”