Miami-based Storylines residential ships and Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia, have signed a construction contract to build the world’s first private residence ship that will be powered by LNG. Brodosplit, part of the DIV Group, has commenced the engineering phase of the 753-foot (229 meters) p
Germany’s Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) has christened its second all-electric ferry, MS Wellingdorf.
N-Sea Group has taken full control, ownership and management of the multipurpose support vessel Geosea, after having completed vessel updates. N-Sea announced in April it had entered into an agreement with DOF Subsea Rederi to acquire Geosea. The aim of the acquisition is to strengthen the company’s
AtoB@C Shipping, a Swedish subsidiary of ESL Shipping, has declared an option for the construction of five additional vessels at the Indian shipyard Chowgule & Company Private Limited. The order, confirmed by ESL’s parent Aspo Group, comes on the heels of two contracts for a total of seven identical
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel is en route to a yard in Norway to perform an installation job for a giant new FPSO.
Royal IHC has won a contract by Boskalis for the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS) that will be used in the offshore wind industry. The cable lay system will be used for the installation of inter-array power cables and associated cable protection systems (CPS). Royal IHC will d
APA Corporation has made an oil discovery at its operated Baja-1 well in Block 53 offshore Suriname, but TotalEnergies had no such luck in Block 58.
Helix Robotics Solutions and Volstad Maritime have agreed on five-year charter extensions for the Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III construction support vessels. Under the extensions, Volstad will upgrade both vessels with a new battery hybrid in an effort to reduce fuel consumption and emissions
German dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers has ordered Becker Mewis fuel-saving ducts and rudder bulbs for twelve ships. The systems will be installed on seven Babycapes and five Post-Panamaxes during the first half of 2023. Becker Marine’s Mewis Duct is a novel power-saving device that consists o
Finland-based ferry company Viking Line has managed to cut emissions from its vessels by 30 percent per nautical mile since 2008, the company revealed. The ferry owner and operator ascribed the success to a variety of measures, the greatest contributor being the € 450 million investment in the two c
BW Energy has revealed that a former jack-up rig, which was converted to an offshore production unit, is on its way to Gabon.
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has acquired approval in principle (AiP) for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier from compatriot classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).
China’s Jiangnan Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of CSSC, hosted a steel-cutting ceremony on Friday, August 19, for the first 7,600 CEU LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) being built for SAIC Anji Logistics, a subsidiary of China’s automobile manufacturer SAIC Motor. Two vessels were ordered
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has embarked on a massive fleet upgrade program in an effort to reduce the fleet’s CO2 emissions. The program will encompass more than 150 of the company’s vessels in the next five years.
