
South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has secured several contracts for the construction of a total of six vessels.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. decreased by one unit last week, according to weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

ZTT has sent off the submarine cable ordered by China Guangdong Nuclear Engineering (CGN) for the Huizhou Port offshore wind project in China.

HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, has announced the official start of its new battery-powered and low emissions tugboat build program.

Taiwanese company Asia Cement Corporation has completed a full shore power project for cement vessels in an effort to reduce the impact on the sea, the ecology and the environment.

Busan Port Authority (BPA), the governing body of the South Korean Port of Busan, has decided to integrate 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) convergence technology into crane remote controlling in an effort “to make the port safer and smarter”.

Norwegian pure-play LNG carrier company Flex LNG has secured a new charter deal for the 173,4000-cbm Flex Freedom.

The project CinfraCap, a collaborative venture between Göteborg Energi, Nordion Energi, Preem, St1, Renova, and Gothenburg Port Authority, has made it in the top 3 finalists of the IAPH 2021 Sustainability Awards.

Diginex Solutions, a sustainability-focused impact technology company, has partnered with tanker owner and operator Hafnia to create a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting tool for the shipping industry.

Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has performed a landmark 150th marine LNG fuelling operation for Green Funnel Aframax tankers with its partner, Hague-based oil and LNG major Shell.

China-based petrochemical group Hengyi Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has ordered a total of eight 49,600-ton chemical/product tankers at local Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) shipyard.

Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of two 8,500 TEU containerships.

Norway’s oil production in April 2021 was just over three per cent above predictions made by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).