French classification society Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has entered into a contract with Turkish Gelibolu Shipyard and German technology company eCap Marine for the classification of 2+2 hydrogen-powered cargo vessels to be built for Norwegian shipowner Møre Sjø AS.
France-based maritime transport heavyweight CMA CGM has held a naming ceremony for its brand-new dual-fuel container vessel powered by methanol. According to the company’s social media post, the 13,000 TEU vessel was formally christened CMA CGM Helium at a yard in South Korea. The newbuilding—which
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has entered into a time charter agreement with Glomar Offshore for a 2009-built multipurpose support vessel to enhance its survey and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) offering in the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors. Glomar Supporter will join DeepOcean’s
“The world’s first-ever” commercial sailing roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel, the Neoliner Origin, which was built for French shipping player Neoline by the Turkish RMK Marine shipyard, has officially joined its owner’s fleet. According to French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), having comp
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured two new long-term contracts with Brazil’s state-owned energy company Petrobras that have a combined value of approximately $200 million. Skandi Chieftain and Skandi Olympia have been awarded four-year charters, with both vessels to operate with one work-c
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured new contracts for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) from its fleet.
The Netherlands-headquartered subsea technology company Seatools has secured a contract with Jan De Nul for the design and delivery of a fall pipe ROV for the recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV) George W. Goethals. The fall pipe ROV, to be installed at the lower end of the vessel
Norwegian container tonnage provider MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has placed an order in China for two eco-friendly 1,600 TEU container vessels in combination with eight-year charters.
Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured a trading permit to operate its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV) entirely through remote operations without a support vessel, marking an important step towards full certification. The permit, issued by the Norwegian Maritime Authorities with technical va
German shipping and logistics company Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK Shipping) has named its latest diesel-electric, future-fuel-ready gas tanker in Rotterdam.
Swiss energy storage solutions provider Leclanché SA has outfitted a hybrid ocean cruise vessel with marine battery power systems in collaboration with marine technology resource supplier Century Ship Service. The two partners revealed the completion of this project on October 9. As disclosed, Lecla
The Netherlands-based shipowner Royal Wagenborg has held a keel laying ceremony for a sextet of future-proof vessels based on the EasyMax 2.0 design. As disclosed, the keels for the six vessels were laid on October 9 at the compatriot Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in Delfzijl. Once completed, the i
Swedish shipping company Wallenius Sol has begun using liquefied biogas (LBG) in its Enabler-class multi-fuel vessels after signing a new agreement with Nordic energy player Gasum.
Swiss technology company ABB has signed a term sheet agreement with Dutch renewable energy company SwitcH2 to engineer and supply automation and electrification solutions for SwitcH2’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit dedicated to producing green ammonia from green hydrogen.
