CSS Subsea has entered into a charter agreement with GO Offshore for a construction support vessel (CSV) used for supporting inspection, maintenance and repair works at oil & gas and renewables projects. CSS Subsea will take delivery of the CSV GO Supporter in early April and the vessel’s first proj
Norwegian tech provider Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted to supply design, engineering, and equipment for three methanol-ready, wind-assisted tankers being built for Danish tanker operator Terntank.
Shell has received consent from the Norwegian regulator to use one of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) on two fields off Norway.
Greece’s Capital Ship Management has taken delivery of the newbuild LNG fuel-ready chemical/product medium-range (MR) tanker with an eco-friendly design, M/T Avax. The company announced on 24 March that the 50,000 dwt vessel was delivered by Hyundai Vietnam Shipyard. The ship is assigned with Wind-A
Swiss marine power company WinGD has announced it will supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fuelled engines to four 16,000 TEU container vessels to be built for Chinese COSCO Shipping Lines at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) site. The vessels are scheduled for delivery from 2025, and according to WinG
French LNG containment specialist GTT has secured contracts with two undisclosed European LNG ship owners to equip a total of three vessels with its predictive maintenance solution, the Sloshing Virtual Sensor. According to GTT, this digital technology is dedicated to the assessment of sloshing acti
Italian maritime transportation group Fratelli Cosulich has launched and christened its first LNG bunker tanker vessel named Alice Cosulich. The vessel, inaugurated at the CIMC SOE shipyard in China, will sail under the Italian flag and will be operated by both onshore and offshore personnel. It has
Ferry operator DFDS, the Port of Dover, Port Boulogne Calais, and Dunkerque-Port have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on decarbonizing maritime traffic on the Dover Strait. The agreement was reached at the recently held Anglo-French summit with the aim of accelerating effor
P&O Ferries’ newly commissioned Fusion Class vessel P&O Pioneer has docked at DP World Limassol port on its journey from Guangzhou, China to Dover, United Kingdom. P&O Pioneer arrived on Wednesday for bunkering, as it makes its way toward Dover, where it is expected to become fully operational on th
A 24,116 TEU ultra-large containership was named and delivered on Thursday, March 23, at China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Changxing shipbuilding base. The vessel bears the name MSC Celestino Maresca and it was built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding for China’s Bank of Communications Financial L
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has expanded its order of 38m hybrid monohull passenger ferries from Incat Crowther with three additional vessels, pushing the ordering tally to 12 ships. Incat said that the expansion of the project comes following a digital design process with the Trapani-based
Hoegh Gannet, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) serving the Elbehafen LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany, has started supplying gas into the grid as regular operations are expected to commence in April. The Elbehafen LNG terminal will be Germany’s third FSRU-based terminal followin
Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku has started the hull assembly of the methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7, being built for TUI Cruises. Mein Schiff 7’s keel laying ceremony was celebrated on March 21, as the crane lowered the ship’s first steel block to the bottom of the dry dock. As is tradition,
Four Dutch shipowners will pioneer the 3rd generation of VentoFoils produced by eConowind, becoming active ambassadors of the solutions. Namely, Boomsma Shipping, Vertom Group, Van Dam Shipping, and Schram Shipping have been the early developers of wind-assisted propulsion and have gained experience
