Vessels
Gallery: BP’s giant Argos platform heads to Texas
BP’s giant Argos floating production unit, built for the Mad Dog 2 project by Samsung Heavy, last week sailed away from a South Korean yard to Texas.
MSC Aries suffers container spill in the Pacific
A Neopanamax containership operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost 41 empty containers overboard in the Pacific on 29 January 2021.
Doeksen’s new LNG ferry makes its first passenger trip
Dutch ferry operator Rederij Doeksen officially put its LNG-powered catamaran ferry Willem De Vlamingh into service on the connection between the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling.
KSOE reveals contract termination for 10 VLCCs
South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has announced that two of its subsidiaries have entered into contract terminations for ten very large crude carriers (VLCCs). Hyundai Heavy Industries h
Stena Line to order 1st fossil-free ship by 2025
Swedish ferry company Stena Line plans to start operating two fossil-free battery powered vessels on the route between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn in Denmark no later than 2030.
Ørsted books Wind Innovation SOV for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
C-bed has signed a contract with Ørsted for the deployment of its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The vessel, which has also been hired for Ørsted’s Hornsea One offshore wind farm and is currently in full operation there, will start wor
Fincantieri hosts keel laying for Viking Mars
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has laid the keel for Viking Mars, the eighth ocean cruise ship being built for the shipowner Viking, at its shipyard in Ancona. The unit will be placed in the small cruise ship segment. As its sister ships, she will have a gross tonnage of about 47,800 tons, 465 cabi
Titan LNG charters Green Zeebruge from NYK
Titan LNG, a Dutch independent LNG supplier, has chartered the Green Zeebrugge LNG bunkering vessel on a long-term deal starting February 2021.
Hunger strike of abandoned bulker crew in Kuwait moves into 2nd month
After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait have gone on a hunger strike, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said. The mixed crew from India, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh are demanding immediate
Solstad gets rid of platform supply trio
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has decided to sell three of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).
Samsung Heavy secures order for boxship pair
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received a contract for the construction of two Neopanamax containerships.
US seeks to seize Iranian oil aboard Greek tanker
The United States has initiated a process to seize alleged Iranian oil aboard a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned tanker.
Tullow eyes Maersk drillship for Ghana campaign
Maersk Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from Tullow for the provision of the Maersk Venturer for drilling offshore Ghana.
Ballard, GEV join forces on developing fuel-cell powered ship
Ballard Power Systems has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures, an Australia-based provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy, for the development of a new fuel cell-powered ship, called C-H2 Ship, designed to t