Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has installed a hard sail system on board a bulk carrier developed under the Wind Challenger project at compatriot Oshima Shipbuilding. The project, which aims to harness wind as a propulsive force for merchant ships, is now ready to proceed to the
Enersense and Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) have signed a new deal on outfitting work for two new LNG-fuelled car and passenger ferries at Rauma shipyard.
Norwegian AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract for Aker Wayfarer that will continue to perform services as a subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) for Petrobras in Brazil. The duration of the contract is almost four years and the services will commence in the first half of 2023. AKOFS Offshore
Pemex has taken over the ownership and operation of the FPSO operating on the second largest offshore oil complex in Mexico from BW Offshore.
Artania, a cruise ship operated by Germany’s travel agency Phoenix Reisen, used shore power for the first time while at berth at the Port of Kiel on 21 July 2022.
Woodside has abandoned its previous plans related to the sell-down of equity interest in its operated Sangomar project located off Senegal.
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has started using biofuels as part of its CO2 emission reduction strategy.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received tank design order from the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries for 14 new LNG carriers.
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore has completed the project financing for its largest FPSO so far, which will work for ExxonMobil off Guyana.
K Line’s group company Seagate Corporation will build a new electric tugboat powered by battery, the Japanese shipping company revealed.
With another major milestone achieved, Norway’s energy giant Equinor has moved closer to re-starting production at its operated Njord field offshore Norway.
d’Amico Tankers, part of Italian shipping company d’Amico International Shipping (DIS), has signed an $82 million sustainability-linked loan concerning four of the company’s tankers.
Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has ordered tank design for six new LNG carriers from French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Prior to any efficiency modifications, more than 75% of the fleet — bulkers, tankers and containerships — will not be compliant with the Energy Efficiency Existing Index (EEXI) that will enter into force in 2023, according to Joey Daly, Cargo Analyst at VesselsValue.
