Marine seismic player Polarcus has taken delivery of geophysical exploration vessel Ivan Gubkin. Ivan Gubkin (previously Polarcus Amani) has been on charter to Russian shipping company Sovcomflot since 2017. In light of the extension to the Vyacheslav Tikhonov charter, the companies agreed that Sovc
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), part of Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., has secured an order for the construction of four very large crude carriers (VLCCs)
UK-based Next Geosolutions has recently taken delivery of its new multi-purpose subsea vessel in Dover, UK. The Pacific Worker, formerly Seabed Worker, will now become NG Worker and operate under Italian flag. The NG Worker is an 88.8-metre LOA Norwegian-built high specification and SPS-Code certifi
Seventeen crewmembers aboard Patricia Oldendorff bulk carrier have tested positive for the Coronavirus, German shipowner Oldendorff Carriers informed. The 114,753 dwt bulker, built in 2010, is currently anchored off Port Hedland, Western Australia. “We are very concerned about the health and wellbei
Carnival Cruise Line’s LNG-powered XL-class newbuild Mardi Gras headed out to sea trials on Monday morning, Finland-based shipbuilder Meyer Turku said. The ship’s operations will be tested at sea for the next 10 days, after which it will return to the shipyard for a little while longer, the shipyard
Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpower International (Karpowership) has begun operation on its first LNG-to-Power project offshore Indonesia.
Iceland-based shipping company Eimskip has denied involvement in the sale of its two former containerships to an unapproved scrapyard in India.
European short sea carrier UECC will use its dual-fuel LNG PCTC vessels to deliver new trams for the City of Oslo, Norway. The first tram was loaded on the UECC dual-fuel LNG PCTC Auto Eco in Pasajes, Spain on September 11 of this year, then transshipped onto the conventionally powered M/V Spica Lea
Milaha, a maritime and logistics organizations in the Middle East, has entered into a formal agreement to cooperate with a giant American oilfield services firm, Schlumberger.
Philippine anchorages and ports saw an increase in the number of incidents of sea robbery from January to September 2020, the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre said in a special report.
The world’s first conversion of a large container ship to LNG as fuel has hit a major milestone as an LNG bunker tank was lifted into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir boxship at the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co. The 6,500-cbm LNG Mark III tank was designed by the French LNG containment specialist G
Provider of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) Excelerate Energy has reached a send-out capacity of 1.06 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas on its FSRU Experience.
More than 400,000 seafarers remain trapped at sea on more than 60,000 cargo ships, as calls to end the ongoing crew change crisis remain unanswered by national governments. Another 400,000 are unable to join ships, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. The COVID-19 pandemic restriction
A crew member on board Mehuin, the Liberia-flagged containership, operated by German liner Hapag-Lloyd, has tested positive for COVID-19. “The affected person is quarantined and we are hoping for a speedy recovery. All other crew members on the vessel are being isolated, monitored and tested as well
