ABS has issued New Technology Qualification to SBM Offshore’s artificial intelligence-powered Intelligent Agent Mooring Line Integrity Tool.
German propulsion expert Schottel has been selected to provide azimuth thrusters for a new bitumen tanker ordered by France-based company Rubis Group.
Florida-based SunStone Ships has taken delivery of the second out of seven next-generation, infinity-class vessels at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI).
Svitzer, a Danish towage provider and Maersk subsidiary, has signed a ten-year time charter party with FGEN LNG, a subsidiary of First Gen, for the provision of towage and other vessel support services required by FGEN LNG’s interim offshore LNG terminal.
South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) said it has exceeded its annual order target after securing another deal for the construction of two LNG carriers.
Athens-based containership owner and operator Danaos Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire six 5,466 TEU container vessels built at Hanjin Subic Bay shipyard.
Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC and Toyo Engineering Corporation are entering into talks to study an alliance for FPSO vessels.
Cyprus-based shipping company Mastermind Shipmanagement (MSM) has contracted compatriot companies Navkratis and DESMI Ocean Guard to install DESMI’s ballast water management systems (BWMS) on its entire fleet.
A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and significantly lower the installation costs.
Shell Tankers (Singapore) has inked new charter agreements with Knutsen LNG, Pan Ocean Co. and investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management for six liquified natural gas (LNG) ships, bringing its LNG carrier fleet to a total of 24.
The Italian government has decided to introduce a ban for large cruise ships docking in the Venetian Lagoon.
Antwerp-based maritime group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) and Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Facilities & Craft (TFC) have completed the construction of the “world’s first” hydrogen-fuelled small passenger ferry.
German giant Volkswagen Group has ordered four more LNG-powered ships for its lowering emission goals.
German ferry operator TT-Line has launched its second “green ship” (LNG-powered RoPax ferry) at the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Jinling.
