A Japanese consortium of Marubeni Corporation, Tryangle, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, and the City of Yokosuka has secured a place in the Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships led by The Nippon Foundation.
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
Asia is seeing an increase in incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships, according to a recent monthly report published by ReCAAP. The abduction of crew for ransom in the regional waters also remains a serious concern.
BW’s floating storage and regasification unit located in Pakistan’s Port Qasim recently completed its 100th ship-to-ship LNG transfer. FSRU BW integrity, owned by Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW and Japan’s Mitsui, completed the milestone operation on June 6. Since commissioning in 2018, the vesse
Longshore workers at Total Terminals International (TTI) set a new record for the highest volume of container movements at Pier T in Long Beach on 8 June.
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.
Flex LNG, the shipping company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, is to take delivery of its first newbuild vessel for this year. The Norway-based company said on Wednesday it expects LNG carrier Flex Aurora to join its fleet by end of July. South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy is building the uncomi
Australia’s energy infrastructure company, Jemena, has submitted plans to the New South Wales government to connect a proposed LNG import terminal at Port Kembla to the Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP).
