After announcing their three-month biofuel trial earlier this year, short sea shipowner United European Car Carriers (UECC) and sustainable shipping initiative The GoodShipping Program have now partnered with car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine biofuel (BFO) on UECC’s roll-on/roll
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured another contract extension for its Energy Swan platform supplier with Wintershall Norge.
The construction of Finnlines’ newest environmentally friendly roll-on/roll off (RoRo) vessel commenced on 8 June 2020 with the steel cutting ceremony in the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard.
Norwegian energy giant Equinor is testing two newbuild liquefied natural gas-powered shuttle tankers it chartered for operations in the North Sea. The first tanker Eagle Blane is owned by Malaysian shipowner AET, while the second vessel Rainbow Spirit belongs to Altera. Eagle Blane recently conducte
The UK entity of oil major Shell has returned a platform supply vessel to Norwegian shipping company Havila Shipping ahead of time.
Six European shortsea and feeder ship operators have filed an official complaint to the European Commission, claiming that attempts of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to force ships to use dockers for container lashing violate EU competition law.
Dutch shipyard De Hoop has delivered Silver Origin, an ultra-luxury expedition cruise ship, to Monaco-based cruise line Silversea Cruises.
Norwegian Port of Oslo has signed a contract with compatriot Maritime Partner AS in Aalesund, Norway to purchase a new hybrid patrol boat.
The first Russian Aframax tanker, the LNG-fueled Vladimir Monomakh is ready to start sea trials.
On the UN’s World Oceans Day, energy company Equinor is launching its ambitions for reducing own emissions from ships, detailing how the company will help decarbonise shipping.
The worldwide offshore rig count in May 2020 dropped 54 rigs year-over-year and 37 rigs sequentially, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Oil and gas company Apache has implemented digital inspection technology to reduce offshore inspection hours on its Beryl Alpha Platform.
ABB has signed a contract to support icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie during its transit of the Northern Sea Route.
Classification society DNV GL and technology company ABB have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to accelerate digitalisation in the maritime industry.
