Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The 26-metre CTV Njord Forseti reported the incident at 6:25 pm local time, Thursday, 23 April, German Maritime Search and R
Saga LNG Shipping’s Saga Dawn, the world’s first LNG carrier featuring the A LNG containment system, has loaded its first cargo at Singapore LNG.
Weeks Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding Group (Eastern) have signed a contract to construct a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD Magdalen, the twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge built by Eastern and placed into service in 2018. The new vessel will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton Panama Cit
Different zero-carbon fuel options are more competitive in different decades and there is not one option which is the most competitive from today through to 2050, a new paper finds.
Lloyd’s Register has been contracted as the classification society for two new LNG-fueled 95-meter multi-role German vessels.
Wärtsilä has received an order to develop a design for up to six new luxury expedition cruise vessels to be owned and operated by Amundsen Expeditions.
South Korean shipping major HMM has held a naming ceremony for the first of its twelve 24,000 TEU containerships. The HMM Algeciras, described as the world’s largest boxship, was named at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s (DSME) Okpo shipyard in Geoje, Korea. The ceremony was presided by th
South Korea is to provide financial assistance of ₩1.25 trillion (around $1 billion) to struggling shipping companies negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Two bulk carriers with at least 25 seafarers on board have been left to their own devices at anchor in the Port of Djibouti at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the two ships have been arrested over unpaid debts and the ships have
Siemens Gamesa has inaugurated the world’s first service accommodation transfer vessel (SATV) in Taiwan. The 35-metre Ventus Formosa will operate from Taichung. The vessel will support Siemens Gamesa’s full service agreement for the Formosa 1 offshore wind project. Penguin International built the SA
Hong Kong-listed China Development Bank Financial Leasing has entered into a contract with New Ocean Shipbuilding in Jiangsu for the construction of eight bulkers. The 63,000 dwt bulkers will cost a total of $188.9 million. CDB plans to fund the investment via its own funds, bond issuance funds and
The construction of First Ship Lease Trust’s first two 114,000 DWT LR2 newbuildings in China is progressing smoothly despite COVID-19 challenges to the shipbuilding industry, the company’s trustee manager said. The ships, set to be fitted with scrubbers, are being built by COSCO Shipping Heavy Indus
Finland-based ferry company Viking Line is experiencing a growth in demand for freight transport onboard its ships, keeping its traffic volumes high despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the movement of goods. The company’s passenger traffic has been slashed, however, a heavy volume of the freig
Nauti-Craft and OFFCON have entered into a development and license agreement to introduce a new range of multi-purpose daughter craft for the offshore wind industry. OFFCON has established a company to build the new range of vessels, called Wallaby Boats GmbH. The German company secured exclusive ri
