Dublin-based maritime transportation group Irish Continental Group (ICG) has terminated a contract with German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for the construction of a new vessel for ICG’s subsidiary Irish Ferries. The termination follows the financially-troubled yard making an
The APM Terminals Rotterdam container terminal has ordered a fleet of 16 diesel-electric Konecranes Noell straddle carriers. Konecranes said that the order was secured in March and that the straddle cranes would be delivered and handed over by the end of September 2020. The Rotterdam-based terminal
The Nordic energy company Gasum has set its sights on opening four new LNG-fueling stations during the summer of 2020.
Ampelmann has secured a contract from Royal Niestern Sander for the sale of a winterised A-type motion compensated gangway system.
Dubai-based port and terminal operator DP World has completed the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine.
Spain’s Balearia said it completed the first LNG bunkering operation for its converted ferry Bahama Mama in the Spanish port of Algeciras. The ferry operator carried out the LNG bunkering operation via a truck-to-ship method on June 8. To remind, Gibraltar’s Gibdock started retrofitting the Bahama M
Norwegian industrial investment company Aker Capital AS has entered into an agreement with compatriot shipowner Ocean Yield ASA for co-ownership of oil tankers.
SSAB, ESL Shipping and Gasum have teamed up to reduce the emissions arising in shipping SSAB’s raw materials.
Viking Venus, the seventh ocean cruise ship being built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the shipowner Viking, was floated out at the shipyard in Ancona on 11 June 2020.
A £60 million marine energy project in Pembrokeshire, Wales has seen the green light. The UK Government and Welsh Government have approved the business case for the Pembroke Dock Marine project. The project could generate £73.5 million a year to the Swansea Bay City Region’s economy. Pembroke Dock M
NKT has wrapped up a turnkey offshore repair of the Baltic Cable connecting the power grids in Sweden and Germany. The 250-kilometre interconnector suffered an anchor damage during the last days of April. The power cable was restored within 29 days from the initial fault notification and is now back
Maersk vessels will be assisting global research efforts on weather patterns and climate change as the Danish container shipping major is committing its 300 owned vessels to participate in the global Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program.
Shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its product and chemical tanker prototype, the IMOFlexMAX, featuring dual-fuel LNG engines.
The idea of cleaning hulls of vessels in transit is now becoming a reality with the innovative system developed by Norwegian company Shipshave.
