Helsinki Shipyard wins order for hybrid expedition cruise vessel
Finnish shipbuilding company Helsinki Shipyard Oy has won an order from the British cruise line Swan Hellenic for a luxury expedition cruise vessel. The order comes at a very difficult situation for...
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Ulstein: Outfitting starts for Lindblad’s 2nd X-Bow polar expedition ship
On 22 October 2020, the hull of the National Geographic Resolution, a polar expedition cruise vessel ordered by US-based cruise company Lindblad Expeditions, arrived at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in...
View ArticleHRAS: Crew of Gulf Sky remains unpaid
The crew of the crude oil tanker MV Gulf Sky remains unpaid for months, according to the maritime NGO Human Rights at Sea (HRAS). The crew’s wages haven’t been paid since March 2020 totaling in excess...
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EPS, Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical pen deal for 4 dual-fuel VLECs
Image courtesy: EPS Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has won a bid to purchase, build, and operate four 98,000 cubic meter VLECs for China-based Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL). The vessels will...
View ArticleNew Zealand introduces stricter rules governing livestock shipments
New Zealand is imposing stricter rules for the export of live animals by ship following a fatal incident involving a livestock carrier. On 23 October, the country’s Ministry for Primary Industries...
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DFDS raises outlook as it sees higher freight volumes
Despite uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has raised its outlook for 2020 thanks to growing freight volumes. EBITDA before special items has...
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7 stowaways arrested after UK forces take control over suspected hijacked tanker
British armed forces have taken control of the oil tanker Nave Andromeda after seven stowaways reportedly hijacked the vessel in the English Channel over the weekend. The Liberian-flagged tanker...
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Keppel and EMA to pilot floating energy storage system in Singapore
Offshore solutions provider Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) have jointly awarded a research grant to pilot Singapore’s first floating energy storage...
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New IMO proposal on GHG reductions triggers criticism
Last week, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) working group presented a draft text containing further measures to cut ship emissions. The text has sparked criticism by various NGOs and...
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APM Terminals, PNTC to develop a new dry bulk facility in Poti Sea Port
APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have teamed up to jointly develop a new bulk cargo facility on the northern side of the Poti Sea Port. Under the deal, APMT will...
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Port of Halifax wraps up container terminal extension
The South End Container Terminal extension at Canada’s Port of Halifax is now complete and fully operational. The first vessel to call on this expanded piece of critical infrastructure, operated by...
View ArticleColumbia Shipmanagement, Permuda set up a JV in Italy
The Italian ship-owning Group Premuda, controlled by Pillarstone, has set up a joint venture with ship management and maritime service provider Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM). The JV enables CSM to...
View ArticleNorway’s Fosen Yard to complete LNG-powered ferry Honfleur
Construction on the half-completed LNG-powered ferry Honfleur will resume at Fosen Yard AS in Rissa, Norway, instead of at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yard in Flensburg, Germany. As...
View ArticleProkopiou: Fuels discussed today won’t cut it, but non-military grade nuclear...
None of the alternative fuels being discussed today as the potential fuels of the future, such as LNG, ammonia or hydrogen, will be able to cut it, Ioanna Prokopiou, Chief Executive Officer of dry...
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Offshore Energy Event opens its virtual doors
Just a few hours left before the first Offshore Energy Virtual Event will commence. With numerous Live Talk Shows, Show Cases, Energy Talks by experts, Live Interviews, Matchmaking, a digital Pub Quiz...
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Two giant ship-to-shore cranes arrive at SC Ports
South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) received two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes on 26 October, marking the first cargo-handling equipment to arrive for the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, which is...
View ArticleBahri enjoys profit surge
Saudi Arabia’s Bahri, the world’s largest owner and operator of very large crude carriers (VLCCs), closed the third quarter of this year with a 114% rise in its net profit that was attributed to the...
View ArticleGovernment promises to invest AU$21 million in Queensland shipping
Australia’s Palaszczuk Government has announced plans to invest AU$21 million ($14.9 million) over two years to revitalise Queensland’s shipping industry. As disclosed by Mark Bailey, Transport and...
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Costa Cruises in Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation
Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation has ticked off another milestone with its first LNG-powered liner, Costa Smeralda. Courtesy of Costa Cruises The vessel completed an LNG bunkering operation...
View ArticleCanadian Nuclear Laboratories wins deal to research clean energy technologies...
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s nuclear science and technology organization, has won a contract from Transport Canada to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that...
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