
Swiss-Italian shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), currently the world’s largest ocean carrier, has decided to re-route its ships on the west coast of Greece in a swift action to reduce the risk of collision with endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean.

Russia’s first dual-fuel RoRo-train ferry Marshal Rokossovsky has set out from the Port of Tuzla, Turkey, to the Kaliningrad region in Russia.

Multi-national corporation IDOM, in collaboration with U.S. partners, is seeking feedback from tidal energy industry on the optimal design of a mobile test vessel to ensure its capabilities provide best support for the scope of tidal energy turbine testing.

Panoro Energy has received approvals from the Nigerian government for the sale of all its interest in in OML 113 off Nigeria to PetroNor.

Ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has classed the first hybrid battery-powered catamaran built by Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard.

Borr Drilling has received consent from creditors for the extension of debt maturities and delivery instalments from 2023 to 2025.

French tidal energy company Sabella and its Scottish counterpart Nova Innovation have secured a 12MW berth at one of the world’s largest tidal energy sites off the coast of Anglesey in Wales.

Classification society DNV has been selected to lead an ammonia bunkering safety study by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore.

The search for the 2022 winners of the Earthshot Prize has begun, with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) appointed as official nominator for the initiative.

Shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), class society Class NK and maritime software, services and data analysis provider NAPA have jointly developed a navigational risk monitoring system.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $25 million to eight wave energy projects that will make up the first round of open-water testing at the PacWave South test site offshore Oregon.

Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore regulator for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea, using one of Transocean’s rigs.

Fincantieri’s U.S. subsidiary Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) has joined Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry.

India has sanctioned four Japanese maritime transport companies for price-fixing practices.