Norwegian offshore contractor BOA has secured a new contract with DEME Offshore for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C. DEME previously hired the vessel for W2W and accommodation services, grouting and ROV inspections at Morray East offshore wind farm. The new contract will see BOA Sub C utili
Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean (SBO), has awarded KenzFigee with a contract to replace the current offshore deck crane on wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Orca. KenzFigee will deliver the box boom type, electric hydraulic-driven Ram Luffing crane with a lifting capacity of 25 t
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Ship Data Center (ShipDC) have agreed to share operational data of the entire K Line fleet equipped with Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions through IoS Open Platform (IoS OP).
Although they exist, environmental and labour laws that regulate ship recycling are still ignored by shipowners that continue to send their vessels to dirty scrapyards in South Asia.
Danish offshore vessel provider Maersk Supply Service has named a new chief financial officer (CFO) of the company with effect from 15 March 2021.
Coastal Contracts and its partner JUB Pacific are entering the liftboat business with plans to pursue expansion in the oil and gas as well as venturing into the offshore wind market.
French shipbuilder Chantiers De’l Atlantique has delivered MSC Virtuosa, MSC Cruises’ newest Meraviglia-Plus II cruise ship. As a sister ship to MSC Grandiosa, the newbuild features a length of 331 meters, a width of 43 meters and a maximum capacity of 6,300 passengers. The two Meraviglia-Plus units
Norwegian floating LNG player Höegh LNG has completed and signed all documentation for its 10-year charter with H-Energy.
The unexpected demand recovery in the container shipping sector driven primarily by the US-based demand surge has seen the charter market depleted of available capacity. Furthermore, the demand upturn has lead to increasing delays and heavy port congestion. impacting schedule reliability. “Labor sho
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line and terminal operator Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals (NNVT) have signed a 20-year contract securing the continuous ferry operation from the Freeport of Ventspils in Latvia.
Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with MHI Vestas for the charter of its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Fortress. The vessel will support MHI Vestas’ walk-to-work operations at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK as of March. The contract has been signed for a firm period o
Greece-based shipowner Capital Product Partners L.P.(CPLP) has decided to acquire three 5,100 TEU sister container vessels from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.
An Ultramax bulker named Rowayton Eagle has been boarded by a group of pirates some 200 nautical miles of the coast of Accra, Ghana, Dryad Global informed. The 2013-built bulker is listed in Eagle Bulk’s fleet. The ship, which had been drifting since January 27th, was boarded on January 30 with the
U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese bulk carrier company, has ordered two 210,000 dwt bulk carriers from China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industries. Under the contract, U-Ming has options to buy two more ships potentially bringing the total value of
