Shipyards, and the industry that supports them, must shift away from a blinkered approach to CAPEX, Asbjørn Halsebakke, Director, Technical Solutions, Marine, Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch, argues. “By expanding our horizons beyond cost, and considering benefits and value,” he says, “all
Aurora Botnia, Wasaline’s new the 150-meter car and passenger ferry, has been fitted with ABB’s ice-class Azipod electric propulsion. The new ferry, launched by the Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions, will be operated by Wasaline on the world’s northernmost all-year passenger route between
The construction of the next-generation cable laying vessel, the Nexans Aurora, is well underway at Ulstein Verft. The Norwegian shipyard is carrying out several tasks at the same time. On 10 September 2020, Ulstein installed the cable capstan during a short break in the ongoing paint process. Durin
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua is to deliver the fourth and final conventional Yamal LNG carrier to a joint venture consisting of compatriot Cosco Shipping and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The 174,000-cbm LNG Megrez is finalising its gas trials after it left Hudong’s Shanghai yard on September 8. Offshore
Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog said its LNG newbuild SN2300 kicked off sea trials off South Korea.
A new multi-purpose oil spill response and towage vessel being built for the Kuwait Oil Co will be installed with a Cathelco marine growth prevention system (MGPS) to prevent bio-fouling and corrosion in seawater pipework. The system is manufactured by Cathelco, part of the Evac Group since 2018. Ev
Cable laying ship Responder sank on the afternoon of September 12 Seoul time, west of southern tip of Tsushima island in East China sea off the coast of South Korea. The ship went down after more than 12-hour long firefighting campaign. According to local media reports, the sinking took place due to
The 27 rescued persons who have been on board Maersk Etienne, a tanker owned and operated by Danish Maersk Tankers, for 38 days have been safely disembarked. The rescued group of people include a pregnant woman and at least one minor. They were transferred to the ship Mare Jonio operated by the non-
The shipping industry is faced with one of the greatest humanitarian crises in years, affecting over half a million people. Six months into the pandemic 300,000 seafarers are stuck at sea, some of them for 17 months, 6 months longer than allowed under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). Around 300
Offshore vessel provider Siem Offshore has been awarded contracts for two of its vessels by Total for operations in Brazil.
Hornbeck Offshore has emerged from bankruptcy under its joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for its Digital Health Management (DHM) System for a Type B gas containment tank. The AIP follows a Joint Development Project (JDP) between the two parties launched in November 20
Seismic player Polarcus and Russian shipping company Sovcomflot have once again agreed new terms for the vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Specifically, Sovcomflot has exercised options to extend the firm period of the charter for 3 years. The new charter begins immediately after the project the vessel is
The World Shipping Council has raised serious concerns for maritime trade and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the EU expands its Emissions Trading System (ETS) to include international shipping. In July, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted to include CO2 emissi
