Universal Shipping Alliance, owner of a Liberian-flagged ship banned from Australian waters, has been fined AUD 63,000 (around $40,200) for failing to comply with a safety directive from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). As explained, in October 2023, the shipping player’s KMAX Leader
Seapeak Maritime, an independent owner-operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels, is considering selling three steam-turbine LNG carriers from its fleet that are in lay up. As disclosed in Seapeak’s annual report, three steam turbine LNG carriers–out of seven from its fleet–were placed in layu
MOL Energia, a subsidiary of MOL, has signed a long-term charter contract with SCG Chemicals for another two very large ethane carriers (VLECs).
Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have completed the first bio-LNG and LNG bunkering operation under a new multi-delivery contract for MOL’s vehicle carrier fleet.
Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited, a UAE-based subsidiary of Dutch energy storage operator Vopak, recently completed its ‘first-ever’ biofuel bunkering operation in the country. As informed, the development is part of the company’s ambition to supply cleaner, more eco-friendly fuels in the United Arab
Greek shipping company Thenamaris has named its fourth 114,000 dwt Aframax product tanker built by Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
Navigator Gas has completed the acquisition of the final two of three new 17,000 cbm liquefied ethylene gas (LEG) carriers.
Following a collision between a U.S.-flagged oil/product tanker and a Portuguese container ship in the North Sea, the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has maintained that it does not foresee a damaging pollution effect from the tanker.
For the first time ever, Switzerland-based renewable energy producer Axpo has supplied a container vessel owned by compatriot shipping titan Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Port of Málaga, in Spain. According to the Swiss energy sector player, MSC’s ship
Latin America’s first electric tug, which will operate in Chile under an agreement between state-owned company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) and harbor towage services provider SAAM, is wrapping up sea trials at Sanmar shipyard’s vicinity in Tuzla Bay, Istanbul.
Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the final hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship in its Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class.
ConocoPhillips has penciled in the start of seabed surveys next month to find drilling locations for its upcoming Otway exploration drilling program (OEDP), envisioned to discover more Australian gas with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor.
South Korea-based Vinssen, a maritime decarbonization-oriented technology provider, has bagged approval in principle (AiP) from compatriot classification society Korean Register (KR) for the country’s ‘first’ tugboat using a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. According to Vinssen, which primarily
Kongsberg Maritime has won a new design and equipment assignment for two multipurpose subsea vessels envisioned to be methanol-ready dual-fuel ships, sporting battery hybrid technology, which are set to be built for multiple purposes and optimized for advanced offshore operations under rough conditi
