The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has started an investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given containership in the Suez Canal last week to determine the causes of the incident. To remind, the 20,000 TEU containership, flagged in Panama, ran aground on March 23 blocking the waterway for hundr
Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex held a keel-laying ceremony on Tuesday for the first of three ice-class MR product tankers, ordered by SCF Atlantic, a subsidiary of SCF Group. The MR-type product carrier will be operating on LNG as a marine fuel as a means of cutting sulfur and NOx emissions. Th
Seaspan Corporation, part of Atlas Corp., has entered into an agreement with an unnamed shipyard for the construction of six 15,500 TEU containerships.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has received two consents from the country’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority.
Norwegian shipping consultancy Amon Maritime has set up a joint venture with compatriot shipowners Navigare Shipping & Logistics and AS Mosvolds Rederi named Viridis Bulk Carriers. The company will specialize in short-sea shipping, powering its ships by green and blue ammonia. “We are launching a fl
After the unblocking of the Suez Canal on Monday, a number of LNG and other vessels are waiting for the canal to become fully operational.
The Korean Register (KR) has granted approval in principle (AIP) for an 8K ammonia bunkering vessel, the first of its kind in Korea.
Enviva, a global energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, and Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a memorandum of understanding agreement to develop and deploy an environmentally friendly bulk carrier. The goal of the agreement is to reduce the greenhouse
Floatel International has been awarded a contract extension for one of its units from Equinor for operations on the Martin Linge field offshore Norway.
Norwegian seismic player PGS has been awarded a high-fidelity 3D exploration program by a supermajor offshore Egypt.
Grounded container vessel Ever Given has been fully refloated and is being towed to the Great Bitter Lakes region for its technical examination, Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage said in an update. The ship is being moved north through the waterway by a team of tugboats as we speak, data from Marine
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group plans to go into all areas of hydrogen value chain, from production to transport, storage and use of hydrogen fuel.
The Tokyo Port is waiving port entry fees for LNG-powered and hydrogen-powered vessels as a way of encouraging greater uptake of these fuels in the maritime sector. The waiver is set to enter into force on April 1 running for the remaining five years, until March 31, 2026. According to the Tokyo met
Jack-up vessels are in high demand in China’s surging offshore wind market and OHT’s fleet of semi-submersible heavy transportation vessels is working on delivering them to this construction hot spot. This includes the transportation of DEME Offshore’s Apollo from Rotterdam and the transportation of
