First all-women crew Indian Navy vessel reaches Mauritius
The Indian Navy’s sailing vessel with an all-woman crew, INSV Tarini, which is due to begin a circumnavigation of the globe in August, recently reached Mauritius on its first sea...
Veth Propulsion launches compact propulsion unit
Erik Veth, CEO of Veth Propulsion lauched the Veth Integrated L-drive to the media, customers and others on the first day of the exhibition.
RoRo ferry delivered to the Gambia ahead of schedule
Damen has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The ferry was built entirely in the Netherlands to a very...
MSC Cruises and STX France confirm order for LNG-Powered World Class Cruise Ships
Recently at the MSC Meraviglia Flag Ceremony, where MSC Cruises took delivery of the latest next-generation cruise ship built by STX France, the two companies signed a new memorandum of...
DOF Subsea Contract Award in Canada
DOF Subsea North America announces the award of a 5-month contract for Skandi Chieftain in Canada with commencement in June 2017. Skandi Chieftain, which was reflagged under the Canadian flag...
TechnipFMC Awarded a Well Intervention Contract in Australia
TechnipFMC has entered into a three-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy Ltd in Australia for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment...
Shipowners welcome Council conclusions on EU maritime transport policy
European Transport Ministers adopted today conclusions on the priorities for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2020. The conclusions endorse the content of the so-called “Valletta Declaration” adopted at the informal ministerial conference organised...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces an Addendum to the Time Charter Contract for m/v Sideris GS with Rio Tinto
Diana Shipping Inc., recently announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has agreed to extend and increase the time charter rate of the present time charter contract with Rio...
Qatar – ships affected by rising diplomatic tension in the Middle East
Ports across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are understood to be closed to ships flying Qatari flags as of 6 June 2017. Some ports may also...
LNG Carrier CESI Beihai Delivered for SINOPEC LNG Project
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. recently announced that the LNG carrier CESI Beihai-ordered by a joint venture of MOL, China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (China COSCO Shipping), and China Petroleum &...
BOURBON and Kongsberg Maritime strengthen their collaboration in digital solutions for next generation connected vessels
Having established a good business relationship for many years, BOURBON and Kongsberg Maritime have now concluded a strategic partnership signing a collaborative development agreement on connected and autonomous ships.
Statoil: Immediate action needed to transform the global energy system
Statoil expects substantial changes in the global energy mix. In moving towards a low-carbon energy system, new renewables may increase from just over one percent of total primary energy demand...