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  • Fifth ULCV Joins Ocean Yield’s Fleet

    9 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipowner Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of MSC Rifaya, a 19,500 TEU containership, from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).  Following the delivery which took place on February 9, 2017, the ultra large container vessel (ULCV) commenced a 15-year bareboat charter to Switzerland-based container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The 202,000 […]

  • Kyokuyo to Build Two Gas Carriers for Epic Gas

    5 December 2013

    Epic Gas Ltd. has signed contract for the construction of two 11,000 cbm fully-pressurised gas carriers. The vessels will be built by Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation in Japan, with scheduled delivery for 2016. “Our decision to move into the largest segment of the fully-pressurised fleet underlines our clear expectations of change and growth in the fully-pressurised […]

  • Tenth Volgo-Don Max Departs Okskaya Shipyard, Russia

    2 August 2013

    The tenth newbuild sea/river tanker of Project RST27, the ‘VF Tanker-20’ owned by the shipping company V.F.Tanker (part of VBTH, majority owned by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) departed Navashino-based Okskaya Shipyard, July 29. Project RST27 vessels, designed by Marine Engineering Bureau, are assigned for transportation of crude oil and oil products, without flash point restrictions. […]

  • Hydrographic Society UK Issues Call for Presentation of Papers

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Hydrographic Society UK has issued a call for papers to be presented at its two-day international conference on Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web, at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre from 29-30 October. The event is supported by both the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS). Opening with […]

  • UK: Ship Runs Aground at Raynes Jetty, Llanddulas

    4 April 2012

    At 8.15 last night Liverpool Coastguard received a distress call from the cargo ship Carrier telling them they had run aground at Raynes Jetty, Llanddulas. A strong gale was blowing and a five metre swell was reported. Because of the location of the grounding Holyhead Coastguard coordinated the rescue. All seven of the Polish crew […]

  • Petrobras Makes Oil Discovery in Sul de Guará, Offshore Brazil

    10 June 2012

    Brazil’s state controlled oil company, Petrobras, has announced the discovery of good quality oil in the third well drilled in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster’s Sul de Guará region. According to the Rights Transfer contract, Petrobras is entitled to produce up to 319 million barrels of oil equivalent in this area. This discovery well, 1-BRSA-1045-SPS […]

  • U.A.E: OMC Takes Delivery of Offshore Construction Vessel Oceanic 5000

    6 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    UAE-based Oceanic Marine Contractors (OMC) has taken delivery of its state-of-the-art Oceanic 5000, which will service the offshore oil and gas construction sector. The vessel, the largest of its type in the region, is designed for worldwide operations and will focus on the installation and removal of subsea pipelines and offshore structures. Built at the […]

  • Vattenfall Names New CFO

    15 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stefan Dohler, who is currently Senior Vice President for the Business Area Markets and a member of Vattenfall’s group executive management team, will assume the new post on 1 December, and Vattenfall has already initiated the recruitment process for a new Head of Business Area Markets. […]

  • Oceanteam CFO relinquishes duty, CEO takes over

    7 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    A Norwegian-Dutch offshore service provider, Oceanteam, has announced that CEO Haico Halbesma has taken over CFO duties until further notice. Oceanteam said on Thursday that the current CFO, Torbjorn Skulstad has relinquished his tasks due to illness. Halbesma, who has held the position of CFO of the company prior to him becoming Oceanteam’s CEO, said: “We […]

  • Singapore: Vroon Offshore Services Take Delivery of AHTSV VOS Athos

    18 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Yesterday Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of VOS Athos. This new addition to the VOS fleet was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Athos is a 59-metre “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel and the first of three vessels being built at this yard for Vroon with the additional […]

  • Greece: Diana Containerships Takes Over MV Hanjin Malta

    19 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Diana Containerships Inc. , a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that on March 15, 2013 the Company, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has taken delivery of the m/v “Hanjin Malta,” a 1993-built Panamax container vessel of 4,024 TEU capacity that the Company entered into an agreement to purchase in […]

  • HMM to Keep Hanjin’s Asia-US Route as Regular Service

    5 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipping major Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is planning to keep its new Asia-US route as a regular weekly service, according to Reuters. The route was initially taken over in an effort to decrease the effects of Hanjin Shipping’s filing for court receivership at the end of August. Starting from October 14, the company will reportedly deploy […]

  • EU NAVFOR Disrupts Suspect Pirate Action Group’s Supply Boat

    10 October 2011

      On 7 October EU NAVFOR warship FGS KOELN successfully disrupted a suspect Pirate Action Group’s (PAG) supply boat, a whaler, operating in the Somali Basin about 200 nautical miles East of Tanzania. The whaler had been located previously by a Norwegian Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) under control of NATO Task Force 508, […]

  • Port of Gdansk Secures Expansion Funds (Poland)

    13 March 2014

    On 11 March 2014 in Warsaw, the Centre for EU Transport Projects and Port of Gdansk Authority SA entered into a grant agreement for the Project Expansion of the intermodal container terminal in the area of the Szczecinskie Quay in the Port of Gdansk. On behalf of the beneficiary, the agreement was signed by Ms […]

  • Gener8 Maritime Adds New ECO VLCC

    13 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    US-based crude oil shipping company Gener8 Maritime has taken delivery of the ECO very large crude carrier (VLCC) Gener8 Hector from Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines, Inc. Gener8 Hector, which was delivered on January 6, 2017, represents the nineteenth of 21 ECO VLCCs expected to be delivered into Gener8 Maritime’s fleet. Upon delivery, the Gener8 Hector […]

  • Vroon takes delivery of ERRV VOS Famous

    1 June 2015

    The Dutch-based shipping company, Vroon, has taken delivery of VOS Famous Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV) from Jiangsu Islands Shipbuilding Industry in Nanjing, China. The vessel left Jiangsu Islands Shipbuilding Industry in China during the weekend. According to Vroon, VOS Famous ERRV is the seventh in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, with six 50-m ERRVs being […]

  • Japan’s August spot LNG prices plummet year on year

    10 September 2019

    Japanese prices of spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) have edged up in August from the previous month, but plummeted year on year. 

  • Japan’s February spot LNG prices drop

    10 March 2020

    Spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices contracted an imported into Japan during the month of February plunged.

  • Fourth LNG tanker joins Petronet LNG fleet

    7 December 2016

    India LNG Transport, a consortium comprising of three Japanese companies and one from India, has taken the delivery of a Petronet LNG-chartered tanker at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The consortium includes Japan’s NYK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and “K” Line, and the Shipping Corporation of India. The 173,000-cbm LNG carrier named Prachi was delivered […]

  • Navig8 Product Tankers Expands Fleet

    15 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Newly-established product tanker company Navig8 Product Tankers Inc has taken delivery of an LR1 74,000 dwt product tanker, the Navig8 Expedite, from the South Korean shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co, Ltd. The vessel will be entered into and operated in the LR8 commercial pool operated by the Navig8 Group. As World Maritime News reported, Navig8 Product Tankers has […]

  • Deputy Head of Research Unit at EU’s DG Energy: ‘Relying on targets and assuming jobs and growth will follow does not work’

    16 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Relying only on renewable energy targets and expecting the industry and economic growth would follow “does not work”, Mark van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit for Research, Innovation, Competitiveness and Digitalisation at European Commission’s DG Energy, said during a panel session about green growth at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in November 2024. Van […]

  • Misje Rederi adds sixth eco-friendly hybrid bulker to the fleet

    26 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian shipping company Misje Rederi has taken delivery of the newbuild eco-friendly hybrid bulk vessel from Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard. The 5,000 dwt Misje Lotus is the company’s sixth EcoBulk hybrid vessel. Measuring 89.95 meters in length, Misje Lotus will transport various types of cargo, including bulk cargo, grain, timber, unit loads, and containers. The […]

  • Ocean Yield Accepts Delivery of Another VLCC Newbuild

    10 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The VLCC commenced a fifteen-year bareboat charter to Greece-based Okeanis Eco Tankers.

  • Eagle Bulk Takes Delivery of Another Ultramax

    11 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The 63,500 dwt Nautical Elisabeth has been renamed the M/V Santos Eagle.

  • Update: Hijacked Tug Massive 6 Returned to Owner

    14 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The hijacked tug Massive 6 has been returned to its owner, Highline Shipping Sdn. Bhd on April 12, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The four kidnapped Malaysian crew members are reportedly still held captive by the pirates, believed to be Filipino Muslim militants, members of the Abu Sayyaf group. The tug was taken on April […]