Vessels
Equinor puts StormGeo in charge of weather and ship routing services
Equinor has awarded two contracts for weather and route advisory services in the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf to StormGeo.
Maersk’s Svitzer to develop world’s 1st methanol fuel cell tug
Towage operator Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has signed an agreement with naval architect company Robert Allan for the design of the world’s first fuel cell tug for harbour operations, running on green methanol.
Samsung Heavy orders GTT tank design for 4 new LNGCs
Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has ordered the tank design for four new LNGCs from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Prosafe gains support for restructuring plan in Norway
Prosafe has achieved what it says is an important milestone in its financial restructuring following the approval of its plan in Norway.
AIDA Cruises expands shore power use in German ports
With the restart of its cruises from Germany, cruise company AIDA Cruises has expanded the use of green shore power with ships of its fleet to two more German ports in the 2021 summer season.
BW Offshore bags contract extension for Nigerian FPSO
FPSO operator BW Offshore has been awarded a contract extension for a vessel operating in waters offshore Nigeria.
StealthGas unveils tanker spin-off plan
Greek LPG shipping company StealthGas revealed plans to spin off its four tanker-owning subsidiaries.
MPV Inyanga Entsha set for large-scale tidal energy deployments
Inyanga Maritime is developing a new dynamically-positioned (DP2) multi-purpose vessel (MPV) Inyanga Entsha that will be used to install HydroWing technology combined with Tocardo’s tidal turbines.
MSC boxship hit by engine room fire in Gulf of Finland
A Panama-flagged containership caught fire in the engine room and lost power while sailing in the Gulf of Finland on 7 November.
Scandlines orders zero-emission ferry in Turkey
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has entered into a contract with Turkish Cemre Shipyard for the construction of an emission-free freight ferry for the Puttgarden (Germany) – Rødby (Denmark) route.
Bluewater confirms deal to deliver turret mooring system for Chinese FPSO
Bluewater has secured a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a mooring system for an FPSO to be located off China.
In focus: the world gathers to curb climate change
During the COP26 conference, nations are expected to speak out their ambition towards mitigating climate change. These pledges will have an effect on the offshore energy and maritime industry.
Noble confirms consistent signs of recovery in rig market as new deals come in
Echoing the sentiment of its rivals Transocean and Valaris, Noble has said it is seeing consistent signs of recovery in the offshore rig market.
KOTUG to use Shift’s swappable batteries on E-Pusher
Towage services provider KOTUG International will use Shift Clean Energy’s new PwrSwäp clean energy service — which uses swappable batteries on a pay-as-you-go basis — on KOTUG’s E-Pusher vessels.