Gulf Marine Services’ jack-up vessel GMS Endeavour is set to be deployed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site to support the commissioning of the project’s offshore transformer platforms. The vessel will arrive at the project site on or around 19 August, from when it will provide accommodation
SMST has secured a contract to deliver its modular mission equipment for what will be Taiwan’s first service operation vessel (SOV). Under the contract awarded by Vard Vung Tau, SMST will deliver an access and cargo tower with motion compensated gangway and 3D motion compensated crane for the new bu
The main fears around the use of the low sulphur fuel as mandated by the IMO 2020 sulphur cap that entered into force in January 2020, such as lack of availability and poor quality of new fuels did not materialize paving the way for a much smoother transition than expected. Availability concerns wer
Wakashio, a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef off the coast of Mauritius in late July, has split in two on 15 August.
The United States has seized fuel from four oil tankers reportedly carrying fuel shipments from Iran destined for Venezuela, the U.S. Justice Department said. The fuel was allegedly shipped by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), designated by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization. T
The share of the containership fleet fitted with scrubbers exceeded that of the crude oil tanker fleet by the start of July 2020, data from BIMCO shows. The world’s largest shipowner association said that containerships with a collective cargo-carrying capacity of 5.3 million TEU are now fitted with
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has held a keel laying ceremony for the second LNG bunkering vessel owned by Japan’s MOL and chartered by France-based Total. The unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation says it held the ceremony on August 12. Hudong started work on the LNG bunkering ship la
Croatia’s first FSRU will depart the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in China to its base on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea late September, according to the vessel owner Golar LNG. Golar, led by Norwegian businessman Tor Olav Troim, won a deal last year to provide its 2005-built 140,205-cbm ves
Skipsteknisk has designed new Arctic trawler for Ocean Prawns which will be built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. This new trawler is a partnership vessel between the two seafood companies Clearwater Seafoods and Ocean Prawns. The newbuilding is of ST-119 design and will be completed in end of 2022. T
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), a maritime services and logistics supplier in Vietnam, will officially begin operations as a joint-stock company (JSC) on 1 September.
A new guide that aims to provide both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just In Time Arrivals (JIT) has been released.
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat is continuing with the second phase of it fleet management transition progamme with a unit of Shell. As part of the transition, Nakilat has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Flex Al Sadd starting August 13. The Doha-based shipping firm owns the 210,20
MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area off New England. The contra
Iranian naval forces boarded an oil and chemical tanker in the Gulf of Oman, numerous media outlets around the world reported today.
