The revised estimate of lost containers from the Japanese-flagged containership ONE Apus now stands at 1,816 units, scaled down from the initial estimates which exceeded 1,900 containers. Some 64 containers of those damaged or lost are believed to contain dangerous cargo, up from 40 which had been p
Malaysia Vietnam Offshore Terminal’s (MVOT) FSO Golden Star has received first condensate at the Sao Vang and Dai Nguyet (SVDN) project offshore Vietnam.
A search is underway for a 27-year-old male crew member who fell overboard from the Handy tanker vessel Sagami in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Coast Guard said that the search was underway approximately 29 miles offshore Sabine Pass, Texas, since Wednesday evening. The individual was last seen wearing
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has placed an order for three very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The contract is worth KRW 282 billion ($ 260 million), according to the shipbuilder. The VLCC trio will be compliant with the
Jan De Nul and China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) have begun the construction of the 5,000-tonne floating installation crane vessel Les Alizés. Les Alizés is specifically designed for loading, transporting, lifting, and installing offshore wind turbine foundations. It will be capable of building t
Lack of sufficient recycling capability among shipyards included in the EU list to dismantle large ships remains an issue, according to BIMCO, despite the EU’s efforts to expand the list of approved yards. The EU Ship Recycling Regulation requires all large sea-going vessels sailing under an EU memb
Certification body Bureau Veritas has awarded classification to the research vessel Jákup Sverri whose primary task will be to survey in and around the Faroe Islands.
Pan-European ferry and logistics company P&O Ferries, owned by DP World, has offered to transport COVID-19 vaccines into the UK free of charge. The United Kindom has become the first Western nation to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner B
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed a contract for the offshore construction vessel Normand Maximus to support operations for an unnamed client in Latin America.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) is developing the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act compliant vessel for subsea rock installation. Ulstein Design and Solutions is in charge of the conceptual and regulatory design engineering of the inclined fallpipe vessel. GLDD’s vessel will be built by a U
Boskalis will add a multipurpose DP2 vessel Boka Tiamat to its fleet in January 2021, the company said via social media on 3 December, and will deploy the vessel on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The offshore construction vessel was built by VARD BRATVAAG and delivered as a new-build in 2019. It
Member unions of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have helped recover more than $1.7 million in wages owed to seafarers amid a concerning rise in abandonment cases by shipowners. The national union affiliates have assisted more than 135 seafarers across 12 ships in the Arab Worl
trategic Marine has recently signed a sale and purchase agreement with Malaysian vessel operator Centus Marine for one 40m fast crew boat.
Some 47% of all newly built dry bulkers delivered in 2020 are fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems, known as scrubbers, data from BIMCO shows. Interest in scrubbers peaked in 2018 and 2019 ahead of the implementation of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020. Bulk carri
