Vessels
Damen and MO4 pair up for offshore wind vessel digitalization
Damen Shipyards Group has partnered with MO4 to pair its Triton monitoring platform with MO4 motion forecasting service for the offshore wind sector. This strategic alliance aims to offer data analytics-based services, expected to make vessel operations more effective and safety levels to increase.
Höegh Autoliners concludes its first carbon-neutral journey
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has completed its first carbon-neutral voyage with Höegh Trigger vessel running on biofuel from Europe to South Africa.
UKHO provides marine geospatial data for Mayflower Autonomous Ship
The UK Hydrographic Office has announced its support of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) project, which will see one of the first Transatlantic crossings of a fully-autonomous vessel.
GC Rieber hands over Polar Queen
Norwegian offshore vessels owner GC Rieber said Tuesday it has delivered the IMR / Walk-to-Work vessel Polar Queen to its new owner, following the sale agreement in February this year. According to GC Rieber, the sale to an undisclosed buyer will see the vessel, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011, lea
Dorian LPG chooses Kongsberg’s tech for its fleet of LPG carriers
Norway’s Kongsberg Digital has signed a contract to install its Vessel Insight solution on U.S.-based Dorian LPG’s fleet of 22 LPG carriers.
Wagenborg puts third walk-to-work vessel into service
Dutch shipowner and operator Wagenborg has put into service its third walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, following a conversion from a platform supply vessel (PSV).
Island Offshore vessel breaks anchor pulling record
Deep-water installation vessel Island Victory owned by offshore vessel provider Island Offshore has set an anchor pulling world record on the Lundin-operated Solveig field in the North Sea.
Saipem nets new deal with Qatargas worth over $1 billion
Saipem has received from Qatargas a letter of award worth over $1 billion related to the North Field Production Sustainability Pipelines Project.
Wärtsilä tech ordered for six LPG carriers
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply the Cargo Handling and Fuel Supply systems for six new 93,000 cubic meters capacity Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier vessels.
CMA CGM cuts its CO2 emissions by 4% in 2020
French container shipping major CMA CGM reduced the overall emissions of its fleet by 4% in 2020 compared to 2019, the company said in its annual report for 2020. Since 2008, the group has reduced its CO2 emissions by 49% (TEU-km), in line with its objective of reaching -50% emissions by 2030. This
Damen continues ship lease partnership with NIBC
Damen Ship Lease and Damen Financial Services, units of Dutch shipbuilding group Damen, and local commercial bank NIBC have entered into a multi-year partnership in the field of ship leasing.
U.S. warns entities involved in Nord Stream 2 to abandon work
The U.S. State Department reiterated its warning that any entity involved in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 offshore pipeline project risks U.S. sanctions.
Kinsale decommissioning preparations in full swing
PSE Kinsale Energy is preparing for the decommissioning campaign of its Kinsale area gas field located in the Celtic Sea off Ireland.
Keel laid for first Spanish-built LNG bunkering vessel
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás informed that Armon shipyard in Gijon laid the keel for the first LNG bunkering vessel to be built in Spain.