German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd confirmed that there is no active COVID-19 cases on board its two US-flagged containerships, Philadelphia Express and St. Louis Express.
The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a catalyst for the digitalization of shipping, prompting ocean supply chain stakeholders to abandon manual processes and embrace automation to drive business growth, a new survey by transport management systems provider Haven Inc shows. The survey found that
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has released from detention MSC Palak, a 9,411 TEU containership that lost more than 20 containers overboard in Algoa Bay last week.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and First Exploration & Production (First E&P) have completed SURF installation campaign on Anyala and Madu fields under OML 83 and OML 85, offshore Nigeria. The offshore installation campaign featured the installation, piling and grouting of subsea arc
The State of New York has announced its second offshore wind solicitation, seeking up to 2,500 MW of projects. The solicitation includes a multi-port strategy and requirement for offshore wind generators to partner with any of the eleven prequalified New York ports to stage, construct, manufacture k
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is launching a focused inspection campaign targeting cargo securing arrangements on containerships visiting Australian ports.
Shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., has received orders for the construction of four petrochemical carriers.
BW Offshore has received a one-year contract extension for the lease of one of its floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.
Australia’s TT-Line Company has withdrawn from the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for the construction of two ferries.
Cortez Subsea in partnership with Alam Maritim has completed the first ever subsea pipeline using the Zap-Lok mechanical connector offshore Malaysia. The project championed technology for faster and more cost-effective completion of subsea pipelay. It also marked a lay rate of 4.7 kilometres in 24 h
The Danish government, together with Danish Shipping, the maritime section of the Danish Metalworkers’ Union and the Danish Engineers’ Association, has found a solution whereby stranded seafarers on board Danish ships can come home.
Dutch Fugro has completed the first phase of its offshore site investigation for Qatargas’ North Field production sustainability’s compression phase. The fieldwork started in March, and the phase one marks completion of the geophysical scope. The geotechnical scope in phase two should run until Augu
DSME will join hands with the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) to realize maritime digitalization by the development of the interface between a smart ship and a smart port.
Dutch gas shipping company Anthony Veder has last week taken the delivery of a 30,000-cbm LNG carrier from China’s Zhejiang Xinle Shipbuilding in Ningbo. The carrier in question is the dual-fueled Coral Encanto primarily operating on LNG with the option to switch to conventional marine fuels. Anthon
