Singapore’s provider of engineering, fabrication, and construction for the oil and gas industry Dyna-Mac has received an order for the fabrication of two upper hull sections for an offshore vessel.
Swiss engineering group ABB is providing electric propulsion, storage and other technology for what is claimed to be the first tug in South Asia capable of switching between LNG and battery power. The tug, which will operate in Singapore harbor, has been ordered by Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong
Greece-based LNG shipping company TMS Cardiff Gas said it has taken delivery of a brand new liquefied natural gas carrier. The tanker named Amberjack LNG was delivered to its charterer, one of the major gas companies, on Tuesday, according to TMS Cardiff Gas. Amberjack LNG is a sister vessel to LNG
RoRo & RoPax tonnage provider Stena RoRo has reached out to authorities in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Germany offering its vessel Stena Saga to be used as a hospital ship. The large vehicle and passenger vessel was transferred by Stena Line to its sister company Stena RoRO following the closure of
Wärtsilä, Stena Line, and Methanex marked five years of the successful operation of the methanol-fuelled ferry Stena Germanica.
Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IBM) shows. In total, the bureau received reports of 47 attacks in the first three months of this year, with the Gulf of Guinea remaining the world’s piracy
U.S. offshore vessel operator Hornbeck Offshore has entered into a restructuring support agreement for comprehensive balance sheet restructuring.
The Australian Government has allowed non-cruise maritime crews to carry out crew changes, helping alleviate the crisis seafarers have been faced with amid COVID-19 restrictive measures. Announcing the decision last week, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the Australian Governme
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has delivered its DLB Norce Endeavour lay pipe barge to Italian oilfield contractor Saipem.
Crystal Expedition Cruises postpones the launch of its polar-class expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor, due to shipyard shutdown.
South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has received an order to build two liquefied natural gas-powered very large crude carriers. The order worth 253.6 billion Korean won ($209.2 million) was placed by a Bermuda-based ship owner, Samsung said on Tuesday. Samsung did not reveal the
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is working with South African Police Services on an investigation into an alleged throwing overboard of two stowaways by the crew of a foreign cargo vessel off South Africa. SAMSA said that the two men from Tanzania, believed to be stowaways, had r
A group of 668 seafarers landed today at an airport in Manilla, the Philippines, breaking the 13,000 figure of repatriated seafarers who were displaced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest wave is the second of three groups planned to arrive today in the country’s capital as part of a massiv
German giant Volkswagen Group said it will soon have at disposal two LNG-fueled vessels it chartered from Siem Car Carriers. The sister vessels named Siem Confucius and Siem Aristotle during a ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding’s yard in China last year will replace two of Volkswagen’s nine conventiona
