Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has taken delivery of a 13,100 TEU containership from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
S.N. Corporation’s Unit-02 ship recycling yard at Shitalpur, Sitakunda in Bangladesh has been certified as compliant with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) guidelines for the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on sustainable ship recycling. The certification process was undertaken by the Japan
Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded a contract for another of its PSVs by Wintershall Dea for operations offshore Norway.
Siem Offshore has secured a medium-term contract for one of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to be deployed on an offshore wind project in East Asia. Under the contract, AHTS Siem Topaz will perform services for Helix Robotics Solutions in Taiwan. The work is set to commence this month
An industrial-scale concept for a floating green ammonia production unit developed by Netherland-based SwitcH2 BV and Norway-based BW Offshore has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV. With AiP in place, the technical feasibility of the design has been affirmed and the
Norway’s FPSO operator BW Offshore has decided to sell one of its FPSOs, which it recently marked as a redeployment candidate.
ZIM Sammy Ofer, the first LNG-fuelled containership to join ZIM’s fleet, has kick-started its maiden voyage, the Israeli shipping company said. The containership departed Asia earlier this week heading for the United States East Coast. The vessel joins ZIM’s flagship service, ZIM Container Service P
HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan, has held a naming ceremony for its tug boat fleet, including fully electric harbour tugboats and dual fuel (LNG and diesel) escort tug boats.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with tanker owner EURONAV Luxemburg to buy a very large crude carrier (VLCC), as part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The new vessel to
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the giant 24,116 TEU containership MSC Tessa to its owner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The massive vessel was independently designed by Hudong-Zhonghua and it belongs to the category of the world’s largest containerships based o
South Korean shipping company HMM has selected dual-fuel methanol engines from German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) which are to be installed on 9,900 TEU containerships.
UK’s James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) has signed a seasonal charter agreement with Norwegian vessel operator Østensjø Rederi for the exclusive use of its inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) and construction vessel. The agreement will see the Edda Savanah mobilized in April for work in the Nort
Eidesvik has secured a contract extension for one of its PSVs with Wintershall Dea, enabling the vessel to continue working off Norway.
UK-based cleantech company Silverstream Technologies has delivered a new air release unit (ARU) to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding which will be installed on a 16,000 TEU containership owned by Swiss shipping major MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company.
