China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has held a keel laying ceremony for the second LNG bunkering vessel owned by Japan’s MOL and chartered by France-based Total. The unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation says it held the ceremony on August 12. Hudong started work on the LNG bunkering ship la
Croatia’s first FSRU will depart the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in China to its base on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea late September, according to the vessel owner Golar LNG. Golar, led by Norwegian businessman Tor Olav Troim, won a deal last year to provide its 2005-built 140,205-cbm ves
The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. A
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), a maritime services and logistics supplier in Vietnam, will officially begin operations as a joint-stock company (JSC) on 1 September.
A new guide that aims to provide both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just In Time Arrivals (JIT) has been released.
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat is continuing with the second phase of it fleet management transition progamme with a unit of Shell. As part of the transition, Nakilat has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Flex Al Sadd starting August 13. The Doha-based shipping firm owns the 210,20
Iranian naval forces boarded an oil and chemical tanker in the Gulf of Oman, numerous media outlets around the world reported today.
Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines has sold the 35,656 dwt self-unloader MV Salarium for demolition in Turkey.
The first in a series of six LNG-powered neo-Panamax containerships being built for Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping has completed gas trials in South Korea. The ship named Tenere will be chartered by CMA CGM that is also building a series of giant LNG-fueled vessels. The French firm will charte
A Vietnam-flagged cargo vessel ran aground in the waters between Nagubat Island and Liwagao Island in Antique, the Philippines, on 13 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Eco Wave Power has secured the engineering coordination permit from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv Jaffa for the deployment of the grid connection works of the EWP-EDF One wave energy project in the Port of Jaffa, Israel. This permit allows Eco Wave Power to proceed with the path towards electric cabl
UK’s port group PD Ports has officially opened a multi-million pound bulks handling facility at Teesport, a move that is said to represent an important milestone in the revival of the Tees Valley.
Norwegian shipping company Flex LNG will add another vessel to its fleet next week boosting the total number of carriers in operation to eight. South Korea’s DSME will deliver the 173,400-cbm Flex Artemis on August 17, according the firm controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen. Once delivered, the
The container terminal in Beirut sustained only minor damages and has restarted its operations, German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd said in an update.
