Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers’ LNG-fueled chemical tanker built by Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit was launched and named Thun Empower.
Dry cargo vessel owner and operator Navios Maritime Partners has signed an agreement for the purchase of up to six 5,300 TEU newbuilding boxships for a price of $61.6 million each.
Dutch floater provider SBM Offshore has signed contracts with Petrobras for the 26.25 years lease and operation of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré.
Swiss-based cruise line MSC Cruises has taken delivery of the largest cruise ship ever built in Italy, its new flagship MSC Seashore.
The containership Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March, is expected to arrive at the Port of Rotterdam on 29 July 2021, one day later than it was initially planned.
China’s state-owned shipping company Shandong Shipping Corporation has placed an order for two 85,000-dwt bulk carriers to be built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC).
Brazilian contractor Etesco has been awarded a contract extension for a drillship with the state-owned Petrobras for operations off Brazil.
Pakistan-located FSRU BW Integrity, owned by Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW, marks its 165th LNG cargo, delivered by the BW Paris.
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to test out a maiden transoceanic voyage in a self-operated very large liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC).
Taiwanese dry bulker owner Wisdom Marine has inked a deal for the purchase of four dry bulk carriers worth $116 million.
Korean shipyards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) have ordered GTT tank design of six new LNG carriers (LNGCs).
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement with compatriots Oshima Shipbuilding and Iknow Machinery to jointly research and develop mounting sails on ships’ cargo handling cranes and similar equipment.
UK-based dry bulk shipping company Taylor Maritime Investments has raised $75 million through the issue of new ordinary shares to acquire up to six Handysize dry bulk vessels.
The Cruise Division of Swiss shipping major MSC Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and energy infrastructure operator Snam to examine requirements for the industry’s “first hydrogen-powered cruise ship.”
