Chevalier Floatels’ walk-to-work (W2W) vessel DP Galyna has completed termination and testing at an offshore wind farm in Belgium. According to Chevalier, the charter party for the vessel was signed at the beginning of April and the contract was finished shortly before contract signing. DP Galyna co
d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (DIS) said that its joint venture with Glencore Group has decided to sell a medium range (MR) tanker.
Shipowning company Ocean Yield and Solstad Offshore have agreed to further extend the standstill period for two anchor handlers.
A heavy-lift crane installed on the offshore installation vessel Orion has collapsed while undergoing load tests at the Liebherr construction yard in Rostock, Germany. Several persons reportedly suffered minor injuries in the incident, DEME Group said. The Orion is under construction and is owned by
Jan De Nul Group’s largest cutter suction dredger (CSD) Willem van Rubroeck has successfully arrived at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The trip on board of the semi-submersible transport vessel ‘Hua Yang Long’ took 2.5 weeks. The vessel was unloaded offshore and then towed to the shipyard
Converted Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC) are increasingly becoming a thing of the past with the long-term freight contracts coming to an end as newer and more reliable ships replace them in the market. Since June 2017, 43% of the VLOC fleet has been sent to the scrapyards, while 18% of the fleet is
Ports around the world are joining today an initiative encouraging ships to sound their horns for 15 seconds at noon as a special tribute to the contributions of seafarers in keeping supply chains robust and maritime trade going amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, dubbed the Horns of Hope,
Six pirates have been arrested for attempting to board an LPG tanker identified as Epic Bermuda while off Takoradi port in Ghana. The incident took place some 2.5. nautical miles east of Takoradi on April 30, maritime security firm Dryad Global said. “Reports suggest that during the initial boarding
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with tanker operator Penfield Marine to provide underwater hull maintenance for their fleet. The contract is the natural evolution of the existing successful relationship between the two companies. As one of the leading tanker operators
Capesize shipowner Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has entered into a time charter agreement with commodity trading and mining company Glencore for an additional Capesize vessel.
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started building the second liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel owned by Japan’s MOL and chartered by Total of France. MOL’s first LNG bunkering ship, the world’s largest such vessel, was delivered on Thursday. Both of the vessels will have a capacity of 1
Dutch jack-up owner and operator Seafox has placed an unsolicited and non-binding proposal to acquire the Gulf Marine Services PLC (GMS). Seafox made a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of GMS by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seafox, at a value of USD 0.09 per G
Hudong delivers Total-chartered LNG bunker vessel
The Japanese technology firm Eco Marine Power has launched a feasibility study into the installation of its zero-emission power and propulsion system onto an LR2 tanker. The system is known as Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (Aquarius MRE) and it aims to enable ships to tap into renewable energy by
