Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West Africa is increasingly dangerous for commercial shipping,
The largest commercial shipbuilder in India Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Kochi has signed contracts for construction and supply of two autonomous electric ferries for ASKO Maritime AS, Norway with an option to build two more identical vessels. ASKO Maritime AS is the subsidiary of Norges Gruppen AS
MISC Berhad inks MOA with six subsidiaries of China-based Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical for the purchase of six 98,000 cbm VLECs.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has signed a global technical services deal with Norwegian shipowner Knutsen. Under the deal signed in June, the French company will support Knutsen with the maintenance and operation of 17 LNG carriers. GTT said in a statement on Wednesday the deal lasts until
DEME’s vessels Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are currently working together at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm, where they have so far installed 55 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines. [The article continues below the image.] The vessels are working as a tandem as part of DEME’s duo-vessel so
Greek containership owner Danaos Corporation managed to meet IMO 2030 carbon reduction targets eleven years ahead of schedule.
Caspian Sunrise has received regulatory and shareholder approvals for the acquisition of the Caspian Explorer drilling vessel.
BW LPG, a unit of the Singapore gas shipping giant BW, has sold its old carrier Berge Summit to an unidentified owner for continued trading. The LPG shipper says the sale would generate about $9 million in liquidity and an expected net book gain of $4 million. BW took ownership of the 1990-built ver
Asian waters accounted for a third of large vessels lost at sea globally last year, even as large shipping losses are at a record low having fallen by over 20 per cent year-on-year, according to Allianz.
Crude oil tanker MV Gulf Sky, which has been under arrest in UAE under a UAE Admiralty Law injunction since January 2020, seems to have gone missing as the vessel’s location is unknown for days. By leaving the anchor off Port Khor Fakkan Anch and UAE waters, the ship has violated the injunction and
Palfinger has won a contract to equip four new service vessels for Edda Wind, Østensjø Group’s offshore wind segment, with lifting solutions as well as lifesaving appliances. The company’s Ibérica office won the contract to supply the package including ten foldable knuckle boom cranes, four lifeboat
China’s Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has completed repair works on a 30,000-cbm carrier, marking the second-ever LNG repair job for the yard. The vessel in question is the Cnooc-owned small-scale LNG carrier Hai Yang Shi You 301. Cosco’s Guandong shipyard welcomed the 184.7 meters long vessel last
Teknotherm Marine has won a contract to supply the heating, ventilation & air-conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration systems for Østensjø’s four new offshore wind supply vessels. The onboard systems have been designed to optimize the energy efficiency of the vessels, minimizing their carbon footprint
Wärtsilä has received an order for multiple solutions for Green Jade, the first floating heavy-lift offshore wind installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. The vessel, owned by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), will be equipped with four of Wärtsilä’s 46DF and two 20DF dual-fuel engines, as well a
