South Korea’s shipping company HMM has welcomed into the fleet HMM Nuri, the first of eight 16,000 TEU-class newbuild containerships designed as LNG-ready. Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is building the series, scheduled to be delivered from this March throughout the second quarter
Qatar Petroleum has issued an invitation to tender to a large group of shipowners as it aims to firm up long-term LNG carrier charters to cover its future production increase.
Singapore’s shipbuilder Strategic Marine has secured a contract to build two 42-metre fast crew boats (FCB) for Malaysian vessel operator Centus Marine.
French container shipping major CMA CGM reduced the overall emissions of its fleet by 4% in 2020 compared to 2019, the company said in its annual report for 2020. Since 2008, the group has reduced its CO2 emissions by 49% (TEU-km), in line with its objective of reaching -50% emissions by 2030. This
Classification society RINA has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) Certificate to Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) for its 157,000dwt dual fuel crude oil tanker. The vessel features an innovative propulsion system featuring two four-stroke dual-fuel engines and an electric po
Damen Ship Lease and Damen Financial Services, units of Dutch shipbuilding group Damen, and local commercial bank NIBC have entered into a multi-year partnership in the field of ship leasing.
Siemens Energy has been awarded a topside EPC contract by MISC Berhad for eight complete topside modules for an FPSO bound for South America.
Russian shipping giant has teamed up with Shell to complete the first LNG bunkering of an Aframax tanker in the United States.
The U.S. State Department reiterated its warning that any entity involved in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 offshore pipeline project risks U.S. sanctions.
Innovez One, a Singapore-based provider of smart-tech and AI solutions for the maritime sector, has signed a multi-year contract with compatriot sea transportation operator R W Marine Services to digitise its fleet operations.
PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing for the decommissioning campaign of its Kinsale area gas field located in the Celtic Sea off Ireland.
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás informed that Armon shipyard in Gijon laid the keel for the first LNG bunkering vessel to be built in Spain.
Since January 1, 2020, the number of scrubber-fitted ships has nearly doubled from 2,011 ships to 3,935 by March 1, 2021, data from BIMCO shows. Scrubbers have been a very attractive solution for meeting the IMO 2020 regulation on cutting the sulphur content in marine fuel, especially for bigger ves
Akastor’s subsidiary, DDW Offshore, has entered into bareboat charter agreements with OceanPact Servicos Maritimos for two AHTS vessels.
