
Japan’s JFE Steel has signed long-term charter deals with NYK Line, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for three 210,000-tonnes LNG-fueled bulk carriers.

Engineering company Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) has received an order from the South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design the fuel tanks for five very large liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered container vessels.

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has resumed operations in one of the two producing wells in the Atlanta field that were shut down due to pumping system failures.

French gas and technology company Air Liquide has announced that it will become the main partner of the Energy Observer, “the world’s first hydrogen vessel”, for the next four years.

Borr Drilling’s Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig has arrived at Kistos’ Q10-A field in the Dutch North Sea and started the company’s 2021 drilling campaign.

Oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery south of the Korpfjell gas discovery in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Authority (NPD) said.

The Swiss cruise line Viking Cruises has announced that its cruise vessel Viking Mars was lowered into the sea from the Fincantieri Ancona shipyard in Italy.

Fure Viten, Swedish shipowner Furetank’s LNG-powered tanker, has completed a bunkering operation in Malaysia as part of its maiden voyage from China to Europe.

The UK-based dry bulk shipping company Taylor Maritime Investments is looking to acquire up to six Handysize vessels as it plans to raise $75 million via a proposed non pre-emptive placing of new ordinary shares.

Japanese financial service company Orix Corporation has placed an order for two eco-friendly bulk carriers to be constructed at Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding in China.

China Shipbuilding Consulting Company (CSCC) has taken delivery of “one of the most energy-efficient” very large crude carriers (VLCC) from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Group (DSIC).

John Lawrie Metals, a decommissioning and recycling services provider, has announced two new quayside decommissioning facilities in Scotland.

Chinese shipbuilding major Hudong-Zhonghua has delivered Transgas Power, the first FSRU it is building for Greek shipping company Dynagas.

Carbon recycled methane produced by methanation technology can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel, the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG) of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed.