Over the span of three days, Qingdao-headquartered shipowner Seacon Shipping has launched a methanol-ready 18,500 dwt chemical/oil tanker and a 42,000 dwt bulk carrier, and welcomed a 13,500 dwt multipurpose vessel. As disclosed, the Chinese shipowner’s eco-friendly tanker was built by compatriot Fu
MOL Energia, a subsidiary of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, has signed a long-term charter contract for three new very large ethane carriers (VLECs) with SCG Chemicals (SCGC), Thailand’s largest petrochemical company.
Allseas’ pipelay vessel Lorelay has completed a platform-to-platform pipeline installation in the Caribbean, for the first time ever using the bowstring start-up method, connecting the pipeline start-up head directly to the platform jacket leg. Lorelay kicked off the operations in December 2024, pla
Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has handed over Germany’s first, all-electric catamaran (E-Kat) ferry to shipping company AG Reederei Norden-Frisia.
Seaonics, a subsidiary of Norway’s ship designer and shipbuilder Vard, has inked a deal to supply electric lift and handling equipment for five walk-to-work offshore newbuilds under construction at Vard’s Vung Tau yard in Vietnam.
Following the first bunkering transfer, the UK’s Portsmouth International Port has now introduced LNG bunkering for vessels sailing into and out of the port as it strives to become carbon neutral by 2030 and emissions-free by 2050.
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed the shipbuilding contract for the construction of its new DP-2 cable-laying vessel (CLV), set to be built in China. The cable layer named Althea will be built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard, at Mazhou Island in Shenzen, with delivery set for the second
The third and final 7,600 cubic meters (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel booked by Canada’s shipowner Seaspan Energy and built by China’s CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) has been delivered, French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) revealed. The small-scal
DEME Group has strengthened its fleet with the addition of two advanced uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) delivered by Norway’s Maritime Robotics. The delivery includes the two-meter Otter USV and the larger, six-meter Mariner USV. According to Maritime Robotics, the Otter USV is a fully electric cata
Singapore-based tanker owner Hafnia and its joint-venture partner Socatra have welcomed the first dual-fuel methanol chemical IMOII medium-range (MR) tanker to the fleet.
Singapore’s shipping player Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) and marinEV, a business unit of compatriot Yinson GreenTech, have joined forces on sustainable port services.
China’s Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding has selected Norwegian company Breeze Ship Design to design a 150-ton bollard pull anchor handling tug offshore support (AHTS) vessel for an undisclosed owner. The 78-meter DP2 vessel, based on Breeze Ship Design’s Z 4650 blueprint, is said to be designed for de
Norway-based provider of vessel management services Aurora Offshore, part of the Borealis Group, has welcomed two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels from compatriot operator Sea1 Offshore, formerly known as Siem Offshore.
Sunflower Kamuy, a newbuild LNG-fueled ferry operated by MOL Sunflower, has officially entered service.
