Norwegian offshore contractor BOA OCV has secured a contract with Subsea 7 for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C. The contract will commence in spring 2023 for a firm period of one year. The agreement also includes options which, if declared, will keep the vessel utilized into the first quart
Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the design of the cryogenic fuel tanks of six new LNG-fuelled container vessels from French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong Zhonghua has started the construction of a 13,000 TEU dual-fuel containership for French shipping major CMA CGM at the Changxing Shipbuilding Base. The construction of the second unit in a series of six 13,000 TEU dual-fuel ships began on 15 July with the steel cutting cer
TotalEnergies has inked an extension deal with Siem Offshore for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) carrying out operations off Brazil.
UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that its members operating the Foinaven FPSO vessel have voted to take strike action.
ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has hired offshore solutions provider Unique Group for exhaust gas scrubber systems retrofit on three of its vessels. Under the contract, Unique Group will design, manufacture and i
Seaway 7 has taken delivery of its new 50,000-ton DWT semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) named Seaway Swan. Seaway Swan is suitable for float-over operation projects, feeder duties alongside installation vessels, and subsea construction support. Seaway 7 entered into a bareboat contract w
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has installed a hard sail system on board a bulk carrier developed under the Wind Challenger project at compatriot Oshima Shipbuilding. The project, which aims to harness wind as a propulsive force for merchant ships, is now ready to proceed to the
Enersense and Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) have signed a new deal on outfitting work for two new LNG-fuelled car and passenger ferries at Rauma shipyard.
Norwegian AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract for Aker Wayfarer that will continue to perform services as a subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) for Petrobras in Brazil. The duration of the contract is almost four years and the services will commence in the first half of 2023. AKOFS Offshore
Pemex has taken over the ownership and operation of the FPSO operating on the second largest offshore oil complex in Mexico from BW Offshore.
Artania, a cruise ship operated by Germany’s travel agency Phoenix Reisen, used shore power for the first time while at berth at the Port of Kiel on 21 July 2022.
Woodside has abandoned its previous plans related to the sell-down of equity interest in its operated Sangomar project located off Senegal.
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has started using biofuels as part of its CO2 emission reduction strategy.
