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  • Two Eimskip boxships sent to dirty scrapyards in India, investigation reveals

    25 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Icelandic transportation Eimskip has reportedly sold two of its containerships to dirty and dangerous scrapyards in India.

  • Naming ceremony for rescue liner Celebrity Eclipse

    26 April 2010

    A £500m cruise ship which postponed its inaugural celebrations to rescue people stranded by the volcanic ash cloud has been named at a rescheduled ceremony. The Celebrity Eclipse returned from Spain on Friday carrying 2,200 tourists whose flights had been cancelled because of the Icelandic eruption.

  • Eimskip chooses Star Information Systems to improve fleet-wide efficiency

    20 August 2010

    Following a lengthy evaluation of a broad range of fleet management software providers, Eimskip, Iceland’s oldest shipping company, has chosen Star Information Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Star Information Systems (SIS) will provide a fully integrated software package, including systems to manage maintenance, purchasing, work planning, guarantee claims, messaging, insurance policies and claims, […]

  • Dan-Unity, Victrol team up for CO2 one-stop shop

    21 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Shipping companies Dan-Unity CO2 and Victrol are collaborating to offer end-to-end seaborn CO2 transportation by rivers and sea from mainland Northern Europe to utilisation and storage facilities.

  • Hefring Marine and BluePass team up to improve maritime technology in the Arabian Gulf

    13 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Technology

    Icelandic marine technology and vessel intelligence systems provider Hefring Marine has entered a partnership with the UAE-based digital maritime and logistics platform BluePass aiming to introduce its solutions to companies and government entities and enhance environmental sustainability in the Arabian Gulf. As disclosed, under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), BluePass—developed and operated […]

  • Crew of stranded ship rescued

    20 December 2006

    The crew of the ship that had run ashore off the Reykjanes peninsula yesterday morning was rescued by an Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter yesterday afternoon. Water had flooded the holds of the 3,600 ton ship and its engines were dead. It is feared that oil might leak from the ship and damage the surrounding environment, […]

  • Top Stories of the Week (Mar 18 – Mar 23, 2013)

    31 March 2013

    Video: Discovery Channel to Air Construction of World’s Largest Ships Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo Shipyard, South Korea is building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage. In this six […]

  • NKT wins €650 million power cable contract for Bornholm Energy Island

    4 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    NKT has signed a contract with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet to deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand in Denmark. NKT’s scope of work includes the delivery of a 525 kV HVDC onshore and offshore […]

  • UKHO Launches New Edition of ADP

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has launched its latest edition of ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP), Version 14. Free as an upgrade to existing users and available as a 3 month free trial to new customers, ADP v14 will provide onboard navigation teams with an array of new features that will help them to plan their […]

  • Norway: Shell Receives Approval for Use of Island Constructor for Draugen Works

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    A/S Norske Shell (Shell) has been granted consent for use of the mobile well intervention facility Island Constructor for maintenance of subsea facilities on the Draugen field. In September 2010, Shell was granted consent to perform maintenance on wells A55H and B2H . However, the work was postponed. The new consent constitutes an expansion and […]

  • Floating solar expands in Maldives with 1 MW Swimsol project

    12 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Solar energy developer Swimsol has installed a 1,037 kWp SolarSea floating solar system at Fari Campus in the Maldives, marking another step for offshore floating solar in the island nation. According to the company, the system was built and designed to help islands generate more clean energy. Founded by European solar specialists, Swimsol claimed to […]

  • Shipbreaking in full swing in South Asia despite COVID-19

    2 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    There were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Of these, 65% or 110 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, according to the latest quarterly report released by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

  • Norway: Shell Grant Consent to Use Island Constructor for Subsea Facilities Maintenance

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      A/S Norske Shell (Shell) has been granted consent for use of the mobile well intervention facility Island Constructor for maintenance of subsea facilities on the Draugen field. In September 2010, Shell was granted consent to perform maintenance on wells A55H and B2H. However, the work was postponed. The new consent constitutes an expansion and […]

  • Pharos’ Cable Recovery Spread Completes New Projects

    16 June 2017

    Pharos Offshore have paired their trenching and deburial systems with a rugged cable retrieval grab to aid the offshore industry with a solution for recovering damaged subsea products and out of service cables. Two of the company’s cable recovery spreads were sent out to work on the recovery of an array cable within an offshore wind […]

  • Vyborg Shipyard, Alasund Sign Cooperation Deal

    3 October 2013

    An Agreement on Cooperation was signed on October 2nd, 2013 between Vyborg Shipyard and the Icelandic company Alasund. Alasund specializes in design, sale and consulting in the field of shipbuilding for fishing industry, in particular for many Russian customers. Signing of the Agreement will enable the parties to develop and offer to the potential customers […]

  • TSHD Perla Sinks in Reykjavik

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Just after setting out to the sea this morning, the Björgun EHF owned trailing suction hopper dredger Perla sank in the Reykjavik harbor. According to the managing director of the Slippur harbor area, Bjarni Thoroddsen, everyone on board was rescued and the incident was declared to be a “human error”. Thoroddsen explains that shutters in the […]

  • LNG bunkering first for Copenhagen Malmö Port

    30 May 2018
    Vessels

    Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) completed the first LNG bunkering operation when the liquefied natural gas-fueled cement tanker Ireland unloaded cement in Malmö.

  • NAVIS Continues to Upgrade Their Autohydro Pro Software

    18 June 2013

    Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada announced that long-time customer NAVIS, of Iceland, continues to upgrade their Autohydro Pro hydrostatics & stability software as demand rises for their exceptional naval architecture work. NAVIS has been in charge of the design of various kinds of newbuildings such as stern trawlers, purse seiners, pelagic trawlers, fish […]

  • Spotted: Hurtigruten Names Its New Explorer Ship

    8 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten has christened its new explorer ship, MS Spitsbergen, in Svolvær, Lofoten.  Having a speed of 17.1 knots, MS Spitsbergen will be equipped and adapted for sailings in polar waters. With its gross tonnage of 7,344 tonnes, the vessel is 100.54 meters long and 18 meters wide. MV Spitsbergen – which is able to accommodate […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    18 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 12 – June 18). Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP have said they are moving forward to develop already-discovered deepwater gas fields, bringing new gas production for India. RIL and BP announced that they will award contracts […]

  • Minesto brings Dragon 4 tidal kite back from North Atlantic operations

    12 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto’s Dragon 4 tidal energy kite, named “Íðunn,” has been brought back from its production duty at the company’s North Atlantic demonstration site, where it has been generating electricity for the Faroe Islands grid. According to Minesto, the 100 kW Dragon 4 is part of the company’s portfolio of modular underwater […]

  • Finnish Transport Agency to Utilize CARIS HPD

    27 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Finnish Transport Agency Liikennevirasto (FTA) has selected Teledyne CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) as the new system for chart production for current and future needs. With many lakes, an archipelagic sea, and an estimated 40,000 islands, the FTA has a large and complex portfolio of navigational charts to maintain. The project to implement HPD […]

  • Image of the Day: Icebergs Ahoy!

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The image shows Le Boreal sailing through silence broken only by the cracking of icebergs, introducing the passengers to the landscapes of this radiant land called Iceland. Here, when the ice breaks up and the granite peaks shed their white mantle for a brief summer, a spellbinding world of bewitching power and beauty emerges.  The Reykjavik […]

  • Damen and AAAPropulsion join forces to ‘boost’ electric pod propulsion efficiency

    19 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Technology, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has entered into an agreement with compatriot electric propulsion systems manufacturer AAAPropulsion to apply the latter company’s propulsion solution on the former’s electric tugs. As disclosed, the two partners have teamed up to see how AAAPropulsion’s system called A-Pod can be integrated onto Damen’s electric tugboats with the overarching […]

  • OEEC startup floor bursting with innovation and fresh ideas

    4 November 2021
    Innovation

    Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) has once again organized the Startup Zone for early-stage companies to showcase their innovative solutions and potentially attract investors and business partners. In an interview segment with Coco Kossmann, we hear from two promising startups – Seaqualize and Hefring Marine.