DEME Offshore’s jack-up Apollo has undergone spudcan shoes extension installation at Damen Shiprepair & Conversion’s yard in Dunkerque, France. With the new spudcan extensions, Apollo will be able to get more stability on a wider variety of seabed soils, Damen said. Following her stay at the Dunkerq
Spain’s Balearia said it completed the first LNG bunkering operation for its converted ferry Bahama Mama in the Spanish port of Algeciras. The ferry operator carried out the LNG bunkering operation via a truck-to-ship method on June 8. To remind, Gibraltar’s Gibdock started retrofitting the Bahama M
Norwegian industrial investment company Aker Capital AS has entered into an agreement with compatriot shipowner Ocean Yield ASA for co-ownership of oil tankers.
Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for two platform supply vessels by an unnamed North Sea operator.
Viking Venus, the seventh ocean cruise ship being built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the shipowner Viking, was floated out at the shipyard in Ancona on 11 June 2020.
Asia is seeing an increase in incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships, according to a recent monthly report published by ReCAAP. The abduction of crew for ransom in the regional waters also remains a serious concern.
BW’s floating storage and regasification unit located in Pakistan’s Port Qasim recently completed its 100th ship-to-ship LNG transfer. FSRU BW integrity, owned by Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW and Japan’s Mitsui, completed the milestone operation on June 6. Since commissioning in 2018, the vesse
Longshore workers at Total Terminals International (TTI) set a new record for the highest volume of container movements at Pier T in Long Beach on 8 June.
Maersk vessels will be assisting global research efforts on weather patterns and climate change as the Danish container shipping major is committing its 300 owned vessels to participate in the global Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program.
Flex LNG, the shipping company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, is to take delivery of its first newbuild vessel for this year. The Norway-based company said on Wednesday it expects LNG carrier Flex Aurora to join its fleet by end of July. South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy is building the uncomi
Shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its product and chemical tanker prototype, the IMOFlexMAX, featuring dual-fuel LNG engines.
The idea of cleaning hulls of vessels in transit is now becoming a reality with the innovative system developed by Norwegian company Shipshave.
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is wrapping up the construction of a liquefied natural gas carrier that will serve Novatek’s Yamal project in Russian Arctic. The 174,000-cbm LNG Megrez is the fourth and final Yamal-dedicated vessel ordered by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and China COSCO Shipping
After announcing their three-month biofuel trial earlier this year, short sea shipowner United European Car Carriers (UECC) and sustainable shipping initiative The GoodShipping Program have now partnered with car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine biofuel (BFO) on UECC’s roll-on/roll
