The seven-meter-long Oceanbird model has been fitted with all four wing sails marking a major milestone in the development stage of the model. The wing sails are an essential part of the ship design, a wind-powered Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC), aiming to slash emissions by 90 percent. The model
Marine biofuels supplier GoodFuels has been selected by car manufacturer Volkswagen Group to supply biofuel oil (MR1-100 or BFO) for the group’s shipments.
A Malta-flagged tanker sustained damages following a mine explosion in the Red Sea, about 125 miles north of Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen.
DFDS and its partners have applied for EU support for the development of a ferry powered by electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell system. The partnership includes DFDS, ABB, Ballard Power Systems Europe, Hexagon Purus, Lloyd’s Register, KNUD E. HANSEN, Ørsted and Danish Ship Finance. DFDS said that
Singapore’s offshore rig and vessel builder Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has won a contract from a repeat customer worth about S$100 million ($74.7M) for the fabrication and integration work on a floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).
US classification society ABS and South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed a joint development project (JDP) to use solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology to replace at least one of three diesel generators typically onboard a very large crude carrier (VLC
The United Nations has received official approval from the Houthi authorities in Yemen to carry out the planned expert mission to the decaying FSO Safer oil tanker, which poses a danger of massive oil spill to the region. The Safer oil tanker is moored north of Hodeidah and is believed to be loaded
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver its hybrid solution for three 5,000 dwt bulk carriers.
The last jacket foundation produced for the Moray East offshore wind farm at Lamprell’s yard in Hamriyah has now been unloaded from OHT’s Hawk heavy transportation vessel in the Port of Nigg. The vessel arrived at the Port of Nigg on 12 November with the last batch of ten jackets, completing its sec
Saipem has confirmed a contract award to conduct booster compression module FEED services for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG development in Australia.
Singapore’s independent oil and gas company KrisEnergy and floater provider Rubicon Offshore have settled a contractual dispute that would save the Kris Energy’s Thai subsidiary from being wound up.
The multi-purpose offshore vessel Olympic Commander has been contracted by JDR Cables to support a maintenance campaign at the Sandbank offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Equipped with a 28-metre Safeway Seagull walk-to-work gangway system, the vessel has been deployed to carry out the tran
A study commissioned by the Canadian Government is recommending individual governments, including Canada, to take unilateral action to restrict or prohibit scrubber discharges from both open-loop and closed-loop systems. The report, released by the International Council on Clean Transportation, clai
NYSE-listed tanker owner and operator Overseas Shipholding Group has closed a $49.1 million loan to finance a newbuild oil and chemical ATB barge. OSG’s subsidiaries, OSG 205 LLC and OSG Courageous II LLC, will use the loan to refinance the tug to which the barge is being paired, the OSG Courageous.
