Sapura Drilling, the drilling arm of Malaysian oil & gas services provider Sapura Energy, has secured multiple contracts that have a combined value of approximately $720 million. Sapura Drilling secured two contracts with PTTEP Energy Development Limited for the provision of its tender assist drilli
Sonangol Shipping Holding Limited, part of Angola’s state-controlled oil company Sonangol EP, has booked a pair of 158,000 dwt Suezmax tankers at South Korea’s major HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, according to Greek shipbroker Intermodal. It has been disclosed that the shipbuilding contract the two pa
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has proposed a measure to charge a fee of up to $1.5 million for Chinese-built vessels entering US ports in an attempt to curb China’s dominance in shipping, shipbuilding and logistics sectors.
The Spanish Freire Shipyard has delivered a new maintenance support vessel, named Forth Constructor, to the UK-based Briggs Marine. Briggs Marine placed the order for the vessel in December 2022 and Freire Shipyard launched Forth Constructor and moved it to a “wet berth” at its yard in Vigo in July
Swedish shipping company Furetank has completed its first bunkering of ISCC-certified bio-LNG as a step toward complying with the heightened EU environmental requirements.
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has held the launching ceremony for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production facility it is building for Malaysia’s Petronas.
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has handed over the third vessel in a series of 114,000 dwt Aframax product tankers constructed for Greek shipping player Thenamaris. As disclosed, the newbuilding, christened Isabella, w
An advanced, 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi has been floated out. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March 2024, following the order from USV A/S, a joint ventu
Spanish maritime survey and ROV services operator ACSM is in the process of upgrading its 25-year-old offshore support vessel (OSV) Nautilus to enhance its operations in the subsea sector. The 73-meter-long vessel has completed its upgrading phase at the shipyard Viana do Castelo in Spain, and is n
An ammonia-fueled ammonia bunkering vessel design developed for local use in Singapore has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ClassNK.
Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming s
Asia Pacific’s first LNG bunkering for cruise passenger ships was completed at Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) on February 24, 202, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, the Singapore-based marine bunkering arm of Total, said.
Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) is now accepting bids for its e-fuel-focused tender.
A 370-meter-long floating storage, production, and offloading (FPSO) unit constructed by Japanese giant MODEC has arrived at its final destination in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil where it will operate at Equinor’s field. The Bacalhau FPSO arrived at its destination in the Santos Basin on Friday,
