Croatia’s first FSRU will depart the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in China to its base on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea late September, according to the vessel owner Golar LNG. Golar, led by Norwegian businessman Tor Olav Troim, won a deal last year to provide its 2005-built 140,205-cbm ves
Skipsteknisk has designed new Arctic trawler for Ocean Prawns which will be built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. This new trawler is a partnership vessel between the two seafood companies Clearwater Seafoods and Ocean Prawns. The newbuilding is of ST-119 design and will be completed in end of 2022. T
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines), a maritime services and logistics supplier in Vietnam, will officially begin operations as a joint-stock company (JSC) on 1 September.
A new guide that aims to provide both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just In Time Arrivals (JIT) has been released.
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat is continuing with the second phase of it fleet management transition progamme with a unit of Shell. As part of the transition, Nakilat has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Flex Al Sadd starting August 13. The Doha-based shipping firm owns the 210,20
MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area off New England. The contra
Iranian naval forces boarded an oil and chemical tanker in the Gulf of Oman, numerous media outlets around the world reported today.
Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction, with Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for t
Jan De Nul has installed nine of the 21 jacket foundations at the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration offshore Taiwan. Offshore installation vessel Aegir, which Jan De Nul Group chartered from Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors, is installing the 1,100 metric tonne j
Ventus Marine has taken delivery of crew transfer vessel (CTV) Ventus Lugang which will service the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Ventus Lugang was delivered on 1 August at the Port of Kaohsiung and will join its sisters CTV Ventus Beigang and service accommodation transfer vessel (SATV
Canadian shipping company Canada Steamship Lines has sold the 35,656 dwt self-unloader MV Salarium for demolition in Turkey.
Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Ocean Installer for a high capacity construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Vision. The contract starts in 1Q and the firm and optional periods cover the majority of 2021, Solstad said on Thursday. Built in 2014 by Vard, the Normand Vision is capable of
China’s OuYang Offshore has awarded AqualisBraemar the construction supervision contract for two newbuild self-elevating wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs). The vessels, OuYang 003 and OuYang 004, will be constructed at the Dayang Offshore Equipment’s shipyard in China. AqualisBraemar’s on-si
Oceanteam’s construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean has secured a new contract with Fugro Australia. The works on this contract offshore Australia are scheduled to begin in Q4 2020. The works are expected to have a duration of approximately 30 days. Henk van den IJssel, CEO of Oceanteam, sa
