Danish tanker company TORM has entered into agreements to acquire a total of seven 2011-2013 built LR1 vessels. The company will spend $233 million on the acquisition. According to TORM, all the vessels are built at renowned Korean and Chinese shipyards. The tankers are expected to be delivered no l
Finnish shipbuilder Helsinki Shipyard has floated out a hybrid diesel-electric expedition ship SH Diana being built for Swan Hellenic. SH Diana’s fitting out is already underway, as the vessel readies for its maiden cruise, leaving Palermo in Italy for Lisbon in Portugal on 15 April. Diana will then
Maersk Supply Service has inked a deal with TechnipFMC for the comprehensive towing and mooring campaign of Petrobras’s project off Brazil.
Ubuntu Harmony, a recently launched LNG dual-fueled Capesize+ bulk carrier, has been loaded with its first cargo of iron ore, according to UK-based mining company Anglo American, which charters the vessels from Taiwanese bulk carrier company U-Ming Marine. The 190,000 dwt vessel loaded its first car
A group of eight marine insurers has released the first Annual Disclosure Report for Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance, disclosing the climate alignment of their hull and machinery portfolios. The report surveys the portfolios of the framework’s signatories in what has been described as a ‘la
Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpower International (Karpowership) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned trader JSC Energy Company of Ukraine (ECU) to enhance electricity supply cooperation and accelerate the use of floating power stations to alleviate the nation’s
Japanese heavyweights ITOCHU Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, INPEX Corporation and Taisei Corporation have joined hands to conduct a joint feasibility study on a large-scale and wide-area carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain project. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the
Singapore-based shipping company Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) and compatriot PaxOcean Holdings Pte (PaxOcean) have teamed up with classification society ABS to explore the use of methanol for the PCL’s fleet.
A deep dive into Woodside’s recent activities related to ongoing projects and financial and operational results for 4Q 2022.
Geneva-based container shipping major MSC has reportedly returned to yards with a mammoth order comprising ten LNG-fuelled boxships. Shipbrokers say that the order involves Neopanamax vessels (11,400 TEU) and that the company is paying around $120 million per vessel. Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Cha
Dutch ship design company AURELIA, has joined forces with naval architecture designer NEPA SHIPPING, and ALOFT SYSTEMS, experts in sails and weather routing, on a green retrofitting project involving a 205,000 dwt bulk carrier. The project set out to demonstrate how a combination of innovative solut
UK consortium, including engineering company MAHLE Powertrain and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, has launched a project to develop sustainable propulsion solutions for retrofit to high-performance marine vessels where batteries and other electrified technologies may not prove practical.
Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) has partnered with Lloyd’s Register’s fleet optimisation experts, i4 Insight, to help it reduce emissions and maximise fleet performance with a four-year fleet-wide agreement. PIL recently opened a ‘Centre for Maritime Efficiency (CME) which is power
Thanks to the award of a long-term charter contract, Norway’s DOF Group has secured work in Brazil for one of its AHTS vessels.
