Hong Kong-based containership owner and operator Seaspan Corporation, part of Atlas Corp., has taken delivery of two 13,000 TEU containerships built in 2010 and 2011.
A team of experts from the Sri Lanka Navy and the salvage company hired by the owner of the fire-damaged supertanker New Diamond has boarded the vessel for the first time after several days of fighting a fire on board. The team is assessing the damage the ship suffered as a result of the fire, [&hel
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to contribute a total fund of about ¥ 1 billion ($9.4 million) over several years to support the recovery of environmental damage caused by the Wakashio fuel spill in Mauritius. The company, who chartered the ship that ran aground in July and s
Norwegian seismic player PGS said it has begun a new project in the Barents Sea that uses the most advanced configuration ever towed by a seismic streamer vessel. Last weekend, PGS seismic vessel Ramform Tethys reconfigured from a wide-tow triple source set-up to an even wider penta source solution
Wight Shipyard Co has achieved a UK first by building four ferries simultaneously at its yard in Cowes, IOW, for a Maltese tour operator.
The rising number of purpose-built offshore wind vessels has a direct impact on the costs of offshore wind projects, as the sector is getting more room to use its own fleet instead of deploying vessels from the oil & gas industry, which can be costly if high oil price is driving increased oil & gas
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea and P&O Maritime Logistics have agreed on a revised charter agreement for the vessel Topaz Tiamat. Under the new deal, Reach will operate the vessel for the remainder of the 2020 season on pay-as-you-go terms. Consequently, the Oslo-listed subsea player will demobil
BIMCO has released an overview of the three main shipping sectors and their respective fleet growths so far this year taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 and other geopolitical developments on the global trade. Bulkers The dry bulk fleet has seen both deliveries and demolitions rise over
The Japanese Coast Guard has decided to suspend the extensive search for the crew of livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1, which is believed to have sunk in the East China Sea last week.
MAN Energy Solutions has through its Chinese license, CMP, won a series of orders for small-bore, four-stroke engines compliant with the new emission protocols of the Chinese government related to the inland-and-coastal segment. The orders are for MAN 21/31, 27/38 and 23/30H types, which stem in gre
Greece’s Alpha Gas, a unit of Pantheon Tankers, is to take delivery of a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Offshore Energy understands that DSME will deliver the Energy Pacific to its owner on September 14, following the completion of its gas trials
The Post-Panamax containership MOL Charisma, which experienced fire in one of its cargo holds while sailing off Sri Lanka last week, will return to Singapore to undergo neccessary inspections.
Tianjin Southwest Maritime has placed an order for the construction of two 98,000 cbm ethane carriers at Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard. The very large ethane carriers (VLEC) are chartered by Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) to support anticipated growth in the production output in the second stage
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has taken delivery of four LNG cargo tanks from its Chinese supplier.
