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Equinor Mulls Options For Building Floating Offshore Wind Farm To Supply Renewable Power To North Sea Fields

Equinor Mulls Options For Building Floating Offshore Wind Farm To Supply Renewable Power To North Sea Fields

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor and its partners in the Troll and Oseberg offshore fields are looking into options...
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Belgian Shipowners Applaud Parliament’s Approval Of The IMO HNS Convention

Belgian Shipowners Applaud Parliament’s Approval Of The IMO HNS Convention

It was a huge victory for the environment today when the Belgian Federal Parliament voted for the implementation of the...
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JPMorgan Says Waiving The Jones Act Unlikely To Ease Pain At The Pump

JPMorgan Says Waiving The Jones Act Unlikely To Ease Pain At The Pump

Waiving a century-old shipping law to let foreign-flagged vessels transport fuel between U.S. ports — a favorite talking point of...
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World Shipping Council Statement On Enactment Of The Ocean Shipping Reform Act

World Shipping Council Statement On Enactment Of The Ocean Shipping Reform Act

This week the President signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law. The Federal Maritime Commission now has the important...
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McDermott Christens Ultra-Deepwater J-Lay Vessel

McDermott Christens Ultra-Deepwater J-Lay Vessel

McDermott has held the christening ceremony for its newly converted Amazon vessel in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The vessel...
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Worley Lands 10-Year Deal With Chevron

Worley Lands 10-Year Deal With Chevron

U.S.-based energy giant Chevron has awarded a long-term deal to Australia’s engineering company Worley for the provision of multiple services...
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Tototheo Maritime Expands Presence In North Europe

Tototheo Maritime Expands Presence In North Europe

The well-known maritime technology provider, Tototheo Maritime, has recently inaugurated its new office in Bremen, Germany. Headquartered in Cyprus, Tototheo...
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Alfa Laval Expands Its Offering For Tankers By Acquiring Tank Cleaning Leader Scanjet

Alfa Laval Expands Its Offering For Tankers By Acquiring Tank Cleaning Leader Scanjet

Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire Scanjet, a leading supplier of marine tank cleaning equipment. The deal adds...
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BV Issues New NR467 Structural Rules For Steel Ships

BV Issues New NR467 Structural Rules For Steel Ships

Bureau Veritas (BV) has released new structural rules for steel ships, using new tools and technologies to replace rules published...
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PIL, RCL In New North China – Thailand Service

PIL, RCL In New North China – Thailand Service

Regional Container Lines (RCL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) are part of a consortium launching a new service between North...
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TOC Europe 2022 Focuses On Sustainability

TOC Europe 2022 Focuses On Sustainability

Following record attendance numbers for the first day of TOC Europe 2022 in Rotterdam, the doors opened for day two...
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James Fisher Completes IRM Scope For NEO Energy, Lands More Work

James Fisher Completes IRM Scope For NEO Energy, Lands More Work

James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) has completed a subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) scope for NEO Energy’s floating production storage...
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Sanctions From Western Countries Have Weakened The Oil And Gas Construction Pipeline In Russia And Eastern Europe, Says GlobalData

Sanctions From Western Countries Have Weakened The Oil And Gas Construction Pipeline In Russia And Eastern Europe, Says GlobalData

The sanctions placed on Russia as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has led to a $237.5 billion decline in...
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Marine Renewables Canada Strengthens Ties With ELBE Alliance

Marine Renewables Canada Strengthens Ties With ELBE Alliance

Canada’s national association for offshore renewable energies Marine Renewables Canada has formalised a collaboration with the European Leaders of Blue...
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DNV Awards First Class Notation And AiP For Data Driven Verification Of Dynamic Positioning (DP) Systems

DNV Awards First Class Notation And AiP For Data Driven Verification Of Dynamic Positioning (DP) Systems

DNV has awarded vessel owner, TechnipFMC, its first class notation for Data Driven Verification (DDV) of Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems....
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Sea Cargo Charter: Industry Giants Disclose Climate Impact Of Their Shipping Activities

Sea Cargo Charter: Industry Giants Disclose Climate Impact Of Their Shipping Activities

For the first time, some of the world’s largest energy, agriculture, mining, and commodity trading companies publish the climate alignment...
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Fuel Consumption Is A Burning Issue In The Race For Ship Emissions Compliance, Says Study

Fuel Consumption Is A Burning Issue In The Race For Ship Emissions Compliance, Says Study

Operational and technical measures are the most viable route to emissions abatement and compliance for the existing fleet of tankers,...
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SpaceX And ABS Sign Droneship Joint Development Deal

SpaceX And ABS Sign Droneship Joint Development Deal

ABS has signed a joint development project (JDP) with spacecraft manufacturer and satcomms company SpaceX. The project covers review of...
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Wärtsilä Acquires PortLink Global To Accelerate Its Smart Port Ecosystem Vision

Wärtsilä Acquires PortLink Global To Accelerate Its Smart Port Ecosystem Vision

Yesterday, Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has announced the acquisition of PortLink Global, a global port solutions...
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Lloyd’s Register Grants AiP Showing 29% Reduction On EEDI For SDARI Designed Oldendorff Newcastlemax With Anemoi Rotor Sails

Lloyd’s Register Grants AiP Showing 29% Reduction On EEDI For SDARI Designed Oldendorff Newcastlemax With Anemoi Rotor Sails

Lloyd’s Register has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for an SDARI (Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute) designed 210,000...
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