Wild Rose Leader, an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) owned by Japanese shipping company NYK, has taken part in the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation at the port of Nagoya. Delivered in April 2023, Wild Rose Leader is NYK’s fourth LNG PCTC and the second 7,000-CEU car carrier bu
Hengli Shipbuilding (Dalian) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hengli Heavy Industry Group, has announced that it has won a major newbuilding contract with Haixing Shipping, a domestic shipowner, for four 82,000 deadweight ton (DWT) bulk carriers. The company said that the order officially marks the yard’s
Solstad Offshore’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific has secured a new contract with Italian cabling giant Prysmian for work within renewable energy. Prysmian Powerlink awarded Solstad with a new seven-year contract for the CSV. The contract is firm until 31 December 2030. In additio
Japanese shipping company NYK has signed long-term charter contracts for four new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (EnBW), a major German energy company.
Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) has started building the second 7,600 cubic metre LNG bunkering ship for Canadian shipowner Seaspan. The beginning of the construction was marked with a steel-cutting ceremony on 10 May at the Chinese shipyard. The bunkering ship
To put a stop to Iran’s recent vessel seizures, the U.S. is going to bolster naval patrols in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) has started the construction of the second 700 TEU electric containership for compatriot COSCO Shipping.
A new Neo Panamax containership, built by Chinese shipbuilder Dalian Shipbuilding for Swiss shipping major MSC, has completed its sea trials.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has secured a contract to supply the reliquefaction system for a retrofit project on an LNG carrier converted to operate as a floating storage unit (FSU). The order, which was booked by Wärtsilä in March 2023, is for vessel Energos Grand owned by US-based Energos In
A specialist well Intervention vessel will start Phase 3 soon for the decommissioning of an oil field offshore New Zealand.
Princess Cruises, an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation, has named its second LNG-powered Sphere class cruise ship being built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. This second Sphere class ship was named Star Princess and it will sail an inaugural season of Mediterranean voyages when
Japanese company K Line has placed an order for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier and signed a charter deal for one LNG vessel with Diamond Gas, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation.
Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has achieved another major milestone on the road towards the approaching sea trials as Icon’s propulsion start was completed on 8 May 2023. In addition, progress has been made both inside and outside of the vessel: th
Noble Corporation has won contracts with UK-headquartered energy giant Shell and Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras, respectively, for two of its 7th-generation drillships. Shell has contracted Noble Voyager to drill a deepwater exploration well offshore Mauritania. The drillship is c
