Three crew members displaying coronavirus symptoms were medevaced from two Royal Caribbean ships.
The Carteret County Shore Protection Office announced yesterday that they are right on track with the Phase II of the Post Florence Renourishment Project. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and their hopper dredge Ellis Island have been working uninterrupted and completed the Pine Knoll Shores reach (“Reach
Norwegian seismic services company EMGS has noted an extremely low vessel utilization for the first quarter of 2020 due to project cancelations, which ensued following the recent oil price drop and the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, one of EMGS’ vessels is up for a cold-stack.
Energy logistics provider AET signed an agreement with Total’s unit, Chartering and Shipping Services, for the time charter of two LNG dual-fuel VLCCs. The two newbuilds are scheduled to be delivered to AET, a unit of the Malaysian shipping giant MISC, from the first quarter of 2022, AET said in a s
DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Breydel and Scheldt River worked side by side recently to complete the first phase of the deepening works in the Port of Salerno in Italy. “This is a remarkable achievement considering the extremely difficult COVID-19 conditions of the past weeks
Remote ship surveys and inspections have become increasingly popular amid the coronavirus crisis.
A Venezuelan patrol boat sank after allegedly ramming an expedition cruise ship off Venezuela.
Passengers have started to disembark Coral Princess as the cruise ship finally docked at the Port of Miami on Saturday, April 4 after being denied docking at several ports amid COVID-19 precautionary measures. At least 12 people tested positive to COVID-19 on board, including seven guests and five c
LNG producing giant Qatargas has started a programme to utilise boil-off gas to power its chartered liquefied natural gas vessels during unloading operations at Japanese LNG terminals. The programme is being implemented with the cooperation of Qatargas’ Japanese buyers, the Qatari company said in a
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, has lifted a module for Equinor’s Snorre A platform from the quayside at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, ahead of its transportation and installation in the North Sea off Norway.
Jan De Nul Group’s biggest self-propelled cutter suction dredger was successfully loaded on board a semi-submersible transport vessel last week in Croatia, sending her to Poland for further completion of the construction works. “The semi-submersible vessel successfully loaded our Willem van Rubroeck
Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp said the construction of Tallink Grupp’s newest LNG-powered shuttle ferry, MyStar will begin at the Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard in Rauma, Finland. The construction will begin with a steel cutting event, which, in keeping with the current coronavi
Teekay LNG Partners has secured new fixed-rate charters for two of its 52 percent-owned liquefied natural gas carriers. The Bermuda-based LNG shipper said in a statement that the deals include a 12-month charter on the LNG carrier Arwa Spirit and an eight-month charter on the Methane Spirit. Both of
Carnival Corporation expects to put a vast majority of its ships in prolonged layups during the global pause of its cruise operations resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. During the prolonged ship layups, the ships will be manned by a limited crew, costing approximately USD 1 million per month.
