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  • Bangladesh: Western Marine Starts Construction of Tankers for Nurjahan Group

    16 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Western Marine, the country’s leading shipyard, laid four keels weighing 350 dwt (dead weight tonnage) each to build tankers for Nurjahan Group. Representatives from Nurjahan Group and Germanischer Lloyd Bangladesh, and 13 honorary consuls of Bangladesh from 12 different part of the world were present during the keel-laying. Contract for building the tankers was signed […]

  • Windstar Presents Plans for New Star Class Yachts

    12 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Windstar Cruises, a leader in luxury small ship cruising, unveils new plans for its Star Class yachts – a collection of three all suite ships joining the fleet over the next two years. Windstar will take delivery of Star Pride on April 17, 2014, the first yacht of Windstar’s 2013 purchase of the three luxury […]

  • Royal Navy Divers Take Part in Canadian Exercise

    1 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Royal Navy divers have taken part in a multi-national bomb disposal exercise off the West coast of Canada. Exercise Ardent Defender saw bomb disposal teams from six nations converge on Victoria to teach military and civilian technicians the latest methods in disarming explosive devices. Eleven divers from Fleet Diving Unit Two – one of the […]

  • USA: AWS Truepower Releases Wind Trends Bulletins for Q2 2012

    25 September 2012
    Research & Development

    AWS Truepower, LLC, has released their quarterly analytical Wind Trends Bulletins for Europe, India and North America. Each report independently reviews wind resource performance based on AWS Truepower’s long-term simulated wind resource data set. Second quarter key findings indicate that there were ups and downs as wind speeds varied throughout these regions. • India: A […]

  • Atlantic Petroleum Set for Oslo IPO

    13 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Petroleum  today announces that the Company contemplates an initial public offering (IPO) on the Oslo Stock Exchange within the end of the year. The Company’s existing shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Iceland and NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen, respectively.   The contemplated IPO is expected to provide funding to realize the Company’s growth plans, particularly on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Company intends […]

  • Fugro Supports North Atlantic Ocean Seabed Mapping

    21 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro has recently contributed more than 110,000 square kilometers of high-resolution bathymetry data in the North Atlantic Ocean to help improve the quality and coverage of seabed mapping in the region. The dataset, which covers an area the size of Iceland, was delivered to two complementary programs: the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance (AORA) and the […]

  • Germany: GL Garrard Hasan Presents Great Potential of Baltic Sea Region

    18 September 2012

    The Baltic Sea has great offshore wind potential. The development of offshore wind resources will be vital for many of the Baltic nations, as they look to meet their commitments to boost renewable energy generation. GL Garrad Hassan, part of the GL Group’s renewables business segment, has presented a new report outlining the potential for […]

  • IOM: More Needs to Be Done on Saving Migrants

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Amid escalating violence in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on world governments to act swiftly to face the growing threat to migrants, as over a thousand are rescued from unseaworthy boats on the Mediterranean Sea this weekend. IOM pointed to the rescue since Friday of over 1,600 migrants from multiple vessels. This […]

  • Gasum’s dual-fuel LNG bunker vessel Kairos returns to fleet

    23 August 2023
    Vessels

    Gasum’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply vessel Kairos has been sub-leased outside the company since October 2022, but has now returned to Gasum’s own bunkering fleet. 

  • Bangladesh: Western Fishers Shipyard Kicks Off Construction of Six Fishing Vessels

    23 April 2012

    Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated on April 19th the construction works of six fishing trawlers at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. Out of the six ships four ships will be owned by JK Group , 2x41m fishing trawlers and […]

  • Annette Barthelt Foundation Honors Young Marine Scientists

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre and the German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research in Hamburg have been awarded by the Annette Barthelt Foundation for their outstanding work in the field of marine research. This prize is awarded by the Foundation in memory of four young scientists of the former Kiel Institute of Oceanography, who were killed […]

  • The Largest Fishing Trawler in Bangladesh Passes Sea Trials

    25 March 2013

    F.T. Agro Food-1, the largest fishing trawler in Bangladesh at present, built by Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd (WFSL), a joint venture between Western Marine Shipyard & Fishers Shipyard, successfully completed its trials in the Bay of Bengal last week. Western Marine Shipyard has provided the full technical know-how in this venture. F.T. Agro Food-1 is […]

  • Bangladesh: Western Fishers Inaugurates Construction Work of Six Fishing Trawlers

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated on April 19th the construction works of six fishing trawlers at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. Out of the six ships four ships will be owned by JK Group , 2x41m fishing trawlers and […]

  • Western Fishers Kicks Off Construction of Three Fishing Trawlers, Bangladesh

    3 May 2012

    Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated the construction work of three more fishing trawlers on Wednesday at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya through a keel laying ceremony. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. These three ships will be owned by Alliance Deep Sea Fishing Ltd, a concern […]

  • Smyril Line orders two e-methanol-ready RoRo ships in China

    8 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Faroese shipping company Smyril Line has signed a contract with China’s shipbuilder CIMC Raffles for the construction of two environmentally friendly roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ships.

  • NIB co-finances Norled’s low-carbon fleet

    14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a seven-year loan to co-finance ferry and express boat operator Norled AS’ investments in zero- and low-carbon vessels and related land-based infrastructure in Norway during 2024-2030.

  • New Initiative to Assess Flood Risks

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The World Resources Institute (WRI), Deltares and three other Dutch research organizations launched a four-year initiative yesterday at the UN Climate Summit in New York. This initiative is supported by the Government of the Netherlands, that will assess flood risks and recommend practical steps to reduce these risks in different geographic and socio-economic settings globally. Aqueduct […]

  • Royal Princess Celebrates Her First Birthday

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Princess Cruises celebrated the first birthday of Royal Princess on June 13, which was launched in Southampton, England during a spectacular christening by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. Guests currently sailing aboard Royal Princess were treated to some special festivities marking the occasion including a “Royal Ball Birthday Party” in the ship’s showpiece […]

  • Furetank’s dual-fuel tanker trials waste-based renewable fuel for Equinor

    18 November 2022
    Vessels

    Swedish shipping company Furetank has revealed that its dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö has undertaken the first voyage on a new Equinor fuel blend containing used cooking oil.

  • WWL Fleet Ready for EU MRV

    14 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen group has received class approval for its MRV plans across the company’s fleet.

  • VARD starts building first Island Offshore hybrid ocean energy construction vessel, second to follow in July

    7 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has cut the first steel for the first hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) it is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore. The steel cutting that marks the official start of construction for the first newbuild OECV, named Island Evolution, took place on March 4 at Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila. […]

  • Bangladesh: Western Fishers Starts Construction of Three Fishing Trawlers

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated the construction work of three more fishing trawlers yesterday (May 2) at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya through a keel laying ceremony. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. These three ships will be owned by Alliance Deep Sea Fishing Ltd, […]

  • Hapag-Lloyd partners Ankeri Solutions to speed up decarbonization

    8 March 2024
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has entered into a transformative contract agreement with Iceland-based software company Ankeri Solutions aimed at accelerating Hapag’s fleet decarbonization efforts.

  • New diesel-electric fast ferry delivered to Hong Kong operator

    19 March 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Hong Kong-based ferry operator Sun Ferry has taken delivery of Xin Ming Zhu 30, a new 35-meter diesel-electric ferry.

  • Chevron backs Swedish geothermal energy business

    2 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    U.S. oil major Chevron has continued with its latest wave of investments in low-carbon and renewable businesses and technologies with the latest one going to a Swedish geothermal firm.