DEME Group’s subsidiary G-tec has signed a multi-year charter agreement with Irish Mainport Holdings for its DP2 survey vessel Mainport Geo, following growing demand from the offshore wind industry. G-tec said that the new vessel will enable it to further enhance its site investigation techniques. T
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and compatriot firm Kobe Steel have offset carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel used in ocean transport of iron ore from Australia to Japan.
In line with its decarbonization efforts, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is mandating for all harbor craft to become fully electric, capable of using B100 biofuels or be compatible with net zero fuels such as hydrogen by 2030. In addition to slashing emissions, switching from die
Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping has taken delivery of the second LNG dual-fuel 210,000 dwt newcastlemax newbuild from New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) in China. The vessel named Mount Ita is the second in a series of twelve newcastlemax dry bulk vessels under construction at the yar
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum, have completed the first bunkering to an LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) in Singapore.
Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has announced that after many months of planning, designing, and preparing, the construction of its first Aurora-class vessel commenced. Leaders and representatives from Höegh Autoliners, DNV, Deltamarin, Clarksons, and China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI
Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping has signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Company Limited and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of a 114,000 dwt LNG-ready LR2 Aframax product/crude oil tanker worth $62.6 million. The shipowner said that the tanker is slated fo
Methanol is the fastest-growing alternative fuel option being adopted by shipowners today next to LNG. The rise in popularity, especially over the past year, has been boosted by a massive vote of confidence by one of the world’s largest container shipping companies, Maersk, the example of which has
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched Sun Princess at its yard in Monfalcone, the first of two LNG-powered cruise ships being built for Princess Cruises, an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation. With 175,500 gross tons, Sun Princess is the largest ship built in Italy so far, as
Malaysian energy major Petronas has inaugurated LNG bunkering business with its long-term Chinese partner Tiger Gas through its Petronas Marine brand. The inauguration follows the completion of Petronas’ maiden ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation of approximately 500 tonnes of LNG for Tiger Gas’ Ti
Denmark-headquartered Maersk Supply Service has won a three-year contract with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras for three of its anchor handlers to be deployed offshore Brazil. The L-class anchor handlers Maersk Leader, Maersk Launcher and Maersk Lancer have been delivered in Brazil and will pe
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for carbon capture and storage (CCS)-ready scrubber systems.
Al Seer Marine, a unit of Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company, confirmed an order for two additional MR tankers at Korea’s shipbuilder K Shipbuilding. The order was disclosed in a stock exchange filing, a month after K Shipbuilding announced the deal without disclosing the name of the ship
New York-based tanker company International Seaways has taken delivery of the first dual-fuel LNG very large crude carrier (VLCC) Seaways Endeavor. Seaways Endeavor is the first of three dual-fuel LNG VLCCs ordered by the company at South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSM
