Norwegian seismic company PGS is switching to energy-efficient lighting for eight of its seismic vessels as part of its sustainability targets and desire to comply with emission reduction targets and new regulations. PGS appointed compatriot lighting company Glamox to deliver energy-saving lighting
OE spoke with Charlie Grey, Tankers International’s CEO, on how its members are doing business amid the decarbonization and digital transformation.
Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030 and compatriot shipbuilder Umoe Mandal have received “approval of preliminary design” from the Norwegian Maritime Authority for a multimegawatt hydrogen fuel cell-powered high-speed vessel design.
Offshore ship-owning group Atlantic Oceanic (UK) has acquired an advanced DP2 multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) as part of its ongoing fleet growth program. The vessel, named Atlantic Spirit and previously known as Tek-Ocean Spirit, is an 87-meter-long specialist MPSV equipped with a DP2 dynamic po
Global commodity trading group Trafigura has placed an order for two environmentally friendly very large crude carriers (VLCCs) at Chinese shipyard Jiangsu New Hantong.
After another year of active tendering, Subsea7 secured $7.4 billion of contract awards in 2023, taking its backlog to $10.6 billion, a year-end level last seen in 2013. In its full-year 2023 financial report, Subsea7 reported revenue of $6 billion, an increase of $838 million or 16% compared to the
Bermuda-based crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings placed orders for four very large crude carriers (VLCCs) at South Korean shipyards Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, part o fHD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HD KSOE), and Hanwha Ocean.
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed contracts with subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in Shanghai for a total of six new environmentally friendly vessels.
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia (NH3) bunkering vessel designed by Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding, with the support of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).
Italian shipowner Fratelli Cosulich has taken delivery of its second LNG bunkering vessel, Paolina Cosulich, from the Nantong CIMC SOE shipyard in China. This 5,300 dwt vessel, which can carry 8,200 cubic meters of LNG and 500 m3 of MGO, set sail from the Chinese shipyard on February 27, Fratelli Co
BYD Explorer No.1, the LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessel operated by the world’s biggest EV maker BYD, docked at BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven for the first time.
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has won a contract with Equinor for the delivery of pipeline inspection and survey scopes on the operator’s pipelines in the North Sea. DeepOcean’s responsibilities include pipeline inspections, seabed mapping, ad-hoc pipeline surveys, and light constru
KOTUG Canada, a partnership between KOTUG International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, has held a steel cutting ceremony for two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs that will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). The ceremony took place on February 13 at Sanmar Shipyard in Türkiye, marking
South Korea’s shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HD KSOE) has signed contracts for the construction of two crude oil carriers and two PCTCs.
