Green Marine

Canada hires Resolve Marine to tackle fuel leak from 50-year-old shipwreck
The Canadian government has awarded a C$7 million contract to Florida-based marine salvage company Resolve Marine Group to do a technical assessment of the wrecked vessel MV Schiedyk.

Alfa Laval joins Liquid Wind
Swedish-based heat transfer, centrifugal separation, and fluid handling specialist Alfa Laval has become a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel facilities to produce renewable clean fuels. The fuels are intended to be used primarily by marine and road transport amo

Watch: Crew airlifted from troubled cargo vessel off Norway
All 12 crew members of the heavy-lift vessel Eemslift Hendrika were evacuated yesterday by the Norwegian coast guard after their ship started listing west of Ålesund, Norway. The Dutch-flagged ship, built in 2015, is managed by Amasus Support BV. The cargo vessel’s crew sent a distress signal on Mon

Vard to build North Star SOVs for Dogger Bank offshore wind farm
Vard and North Star Renewables have signed contracts for the design and construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) which will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The signing of the contracts follows the recent news on the Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables winning the

CSSC collects largest boxship order yet
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has won its single largest contract for the construction of large containerships worth over CNY 10 billion ($1.52 billion). The Chinese shipbuilding major said that the order covers the construction of thirteen 16,000 TEU LNG-ready containerships. The cons

Algoma welcomes most efficient bulker to its fleet
Algoma Central Corporation has taken delivery of the Captain Henry Jackman, the fifth Equinox Class gearless dry-bulk carrier and the tenth Equinox Class vessel to join the fleet. The ship is expected to begin her voyage to Canada from the Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Company in China in mid-A

Seaspan to buy 8,500 TEU scrubber-fitted boxship pair
Seaspan Corporation, a subsidiary of Atlas Corp., has entered into an agreement to acquire two 8,500 TEU scrubber-fitted containerships.

BW LNG grabs 5-year deal with FGEN
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, has secured a five-year FSRU charter deal with FGEN LNG Corporation.

San Antonio Terminal Internacional tests its mettle with ULCV double docking
San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) has marked a major milestone in its operation having welcomed and handled two extra-long vessels simultaneously for the first time in its history. “This maneuver is unprecedented in Chile and on the west coast of South America,” according to STI. The containe

Bureau Veritas commits to setting science-based emissions reduction targets
Bureau Veritas has joined the Science Based Targets initiative, a group of companies who are demonstrating the highest level of ambition on climate and paving the way to a net-zero future.

Gasnor to supply LNG to Ulvan Rederi’s newbuild
Norwegian natural gas supplier Gasnor has signed a 5-year agreement to supply LNG to Oddrun With, Ulvan Rederi’s new hybrid vessel.

SC Ports’ Hugh Leatherman Terminal to handle 1st ship on April 9
South Carolina Ports will welcome the first vessel at its Hugh Leatherman Terminal on Friday, April 9, the port authority said. The vessel, yet to be named, will inaugurate the port’s long-awaited new container terminal. The Leatherman Terminal sits along the Cooper River in North Charleston, S.C. T

Sanmar Shipyards to build 6 vessels for Port Qasim Authority
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards has signed a contract for the construction of six vessels with the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan. The $33.46 million deal includes four high-performance tugboats and two pilot boats. The ships will form part of the Kocacay range of escort and harbour tug

First Turkish-flagged FSRU nearing the destination
Ertuglrul Gazi, the first Turkish-flagged floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), will enter Turkey waters in April.