Italian shipowner Grimaldi has taken delivery of Eco Adriatica, the eleventh of a series of twelve hybrid RoRo vessels. With the delivery of Eco Adriatica, the fleet of Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class hybrid vessels, ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, is almost complete
A total of 147 ports around the globe can bunker LNG to vessels at the moment and this figure is likely to reach 200 by 2024 as demand continues to grow, estimates from Clarksons Research show. Europe is leading the way with LNG bunkering infrastructure, with the majority of its top ports offering t
DNeX, via Ping Petroleum, has renamed its recently acquired FPSO, which will be one of the UK’s first wind-powered oil and gas facilities.
Naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten has been selected to design a new coastal research vessel with a hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system for the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. For this project, Glosten will provide the preliminary design
ExxonMobil has picked another vessel from Kotug for operations entailing the provision of terminal towage support for two FPSOs off Guyana.
Meeting the IMO 2023 regulations will have quite a significant impact on the supply of vessels in the container shipping market in the long term, Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, estimates. As of 2023, the shipping industry will need to meet a new round of vessel efficiency and carbon int
Global offshore geotechnical data acquisition, analysis and reporting specialist Geoquip Marine has acquired the Geoquip Elena, an integrated geotechnical survey vessel (IGSV), confirming the further expansion of its fleet. According to the company, Geoquip Elena, a specialist deep push cone penetra
UK’s Unite the union has raised safety concerns for crew aboard the Foinaven FPSO ahead of strike action set to begin this Friday.
Sentinel Marine has secured a new deal for one of its vessels with Neptune Energy to continue supporting a field in the UK North Sea.
Norway-based shuttle tankers owner and operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), an affiliate of NYK, has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) shuttle tanker to be chartered to Italian energy giant Eni. The vessel, named Frida Knutsen, was delivered on 2 August at
CMA CGM’s Zephyr containership has become the vessel with the largest cargo capacity to ever transit the Panama Canal. The 16,285 TEU boxship completed its return trip through the Expanded Canal’s Neopanamax Locks on July 1, after calling at the U.S. ports of New York and Savannah. The Zephyr sailed
Liner companies are redesigning their operating loops with lower speeds to meet environmental regulations, particularly the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements, Danaos’ CEO John Coustas says. Specifically, ships would need to measure and document their actual annual operational CII against
Ultra-large containership with a capacity of 24,116 TEUs built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest ocean carrier by operated container vessel capacity, has been undocked at Hudong-Zhonghua’s shipyard in China. The vessel, deemed the world’s largest containership so far, was
Transocean has secured new long-term contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships to operate in Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico.
