TAQA has started the first major asset removal project and one of the largest topside removal projects of its kind in the North Sea.
Total shipbuilding orders in the first five months of this year have increased by 119.7% compared with the same period in 2020, BIMCO’s data shows. The massive rebound in ordering has been driven by record high containership contracting, as investors in this segment find themselves flush with cash.
Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class vessels as part of its target to reduce carbon intensity of its fleet.
A major construction milestone has been reached at what is to be the largest operating offshore wind farm once commissioned. AIS data and social media posts are indicating that vessels are gathering to start the turbine installation phase at the wind farm. Located some 89 kilometres north-east of Gr
One of the two injured crew members of the X-Press Pearl containership, which remains ablaze off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, has tested positive for COVID-19, operator of the ship informed. According to Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, the two crew members, who received leg injuries during their evacua
Three B&W 6G70 ME-GI dual-fuel engines constructed by German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions were chosen to be built in three 210,000 dwt bulkcarriers for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).
CMA CGM Trocadero, the eight LNG-fuelled, 23,000 TEU containership out of a series of nine giant boxships being built in China, has been delivered to French shipping major CMA CGM. The colossal containership, spanning almost 400 meters in length and 61 meters in width, is the fourth and last vessel
Floatel International has been awarded a contract for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a project, the first for the company in the offshore wind sector. Under the contract, Floatel International will provide an accommodation vessel to support construction activities on Ørsted’s offshore wind farm in Taiwan
Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä is embarking on a project to develop and demonstrate an autonomous, zero-emission barge for the Rotterdam Port Authority. The endeavor is part of a research project, nicknamed sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs (MAGPIE), which was borne
Stena Line’s first new extended E-Flexer ferry has been launched at the CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard in China. The Ro-Pax vessel, whose name is yet to be revealed, took to the water for the first time on 24 May. The vessel was ordered in 2018 and the delivery is expected in 2022. The ferry is the [&h
Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured an acquisition contract in the Black Sea for its recently reactivated seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard. The Ramform Vanguard will acquire the survey using an exploration configuration towing a 12×8000 meter spread, PGS stated. Work is scheduled to sta
Norwegian shipping company Kanfer Shipping AS has signed a contract with China-based Taizhou Wuzhou Shipbuilding Industry for the construction of its first two small-scale LNG bunker and distribution ships. The order for the 6,000 cbm LNG bunkering pair comes on the back of a Letter of Intent (LoI)
Rohde Nielsen’s new multi-purpose vessel Grane R has secured its first job on the Baltic Pipe project. Grane R will carry out boulder removal, trench maintenance dredging, and backfilling for the gas pipeline between the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and Poland. For the boulder removal operation
X-Press Pearl, the feeder containership which continues to burn in Sri Lankan waters for the sixth day, has listed starboard causing some of the containers to tumble into the sea and sink. According to an update from the Sri Lanka Navy, the listing has been caused by rough seas and bad weather. As i
