Heavy Marine Transport News

Smulders has reported the load-out of the OSS Zingst and OSS Darß jackets for 50Hertz’s OST-6-1 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. Power from the 927 MW Gennaker …

Masdar has signed separate memoranda of understanding with RWE and Luxcara covering potential investments in offshore wind and battery energy storage in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The agreements were …

Lloyd’s Register (LR), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have secured approval in principle (AiP) for a 185,000 cbm LNG carrier design incorporating …

China’s State Council has established an investigation team after a fire aboard Ocean Melody at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in Shandong Province left 25 people dead and five injured. The accident …

Panstar Arco reached Felixstowe in the UK 21 days after leaving Busan, completing a Northern Sea Route (NSR) passage as part of a demonstration voyage by Panstar Group. The 45,500 …

COSCO SHIPPING has completed the transport of a large drilling platform aboard the semi-submersible heavy transport vessel XIANG YUN KOU. The drilling platform has a height of 154.35 m. The …

PTSC M&C has completed a 43-day load-out campaign for four offshore substation topsides and four modular support frames for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, moving the structures …

Singapore bunker sales increased in the first seven months of 2026 as marine fuel shortages at major shipping hubs eased despite continued disruption around the Strait of Hormuz. Bunker sales …

Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a $1.2 billion order for six vessels from an Oceania-based shipowner, taking its 2026 commercial ship orders above both its annual target and last year’s …

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has entered the listing guidance process for a proposed A-share initial public offering after its registration was disclosed by China’s securities regulator on 12 September 2026. …

Skyborn Renewables has reached financial close on the Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany’s Baltic Sea. The project has secured €2.1 billion in non-recourse financing from 16 commercial lenders and …

Ørsted has received the final outcome of a tax case concerning its Walney Extension and Hornsea 1 offshore wind farms in the UK. The Danish Tax Agency (DTA) and UK …

Huisman has signed a contract with Dajin Heavy Industry to supply four 1,200 t Heavy Lift Pedestal Cranes for two new heavy lift transport vessels under construction for Jumbo Maritime. …

Saipem has been awarded an offshore contract worth approximately $350 million by Azule Energy Angola S.p.A. for the West Hub Tails project in Angola. The contract covers engineering, fabrication, transportation …

Seafarming Systems has dispatched six Aquatraz C2 closed fish farming cages from China to Norway aboard Boskalis semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3. The six cages were built in …

MV Sward and its 17 crew members have been freed near Garacad in Puntland after a ransom was paid to Somali pirates, according to security sources cited by AFP. The …

GONDAN Shipbuilders is building the 120 m C513 Ocean Energy Support Vessel for Østensjø Rederi, with delivery scheduled for the second half of 2027. The vessel has a moulded breadth …

Saipem and Jan De Nul have signed a letter of intent with ExxonMobil for preliminary work on the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 development in Mozambique. The agreement covers limited engineering, …

SED Energy Holdings and Ventura Offshore have signed a letter of intent for an all-share combination that would bring the two offshore drilling businesses under one listed parent company. Under …

Boskalis heavy transport vessel BOKA Vanguard is transporting the VALARIS 106 jackup rig from Singapore to Kokas, Indonesia, ahead of the rig’s next contract with BP. BOKA Vanguard departed the …

Golden Energy Offshore Services has secured an additional operating period for Energy Paradise after Peterson exercised another well option for the PSV. The new commitment is expected to run for …

Boskalis has deployed a salvage team from its subsidiary SMIT Salvage to Douala, Cameroon, where the 105 m Black Rhino remains grounded following a collision in the access channel to …

Norway Draws 21 Applicants for APA 2026 Production Licences Norway has received applications from 21 companies in the Awards in Predefined Areas 2026 (APA 2026) licensing round, covering acreage in …

Four Liebherr mobile harbour cranes have been transported from Rostock, Germany, to Fujairah, UAE, in a heavy-lift logistics operation managed by a Project Solutions team. The cranes weighed up to …

Five people have died and 84 remain missing after a fire aboard the passenger Ro-Ro ferry MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan, in the Philippines. Search and rescue operations continued …

A fire aboard the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Melody killed 25 people during repair and inspection work at Qingdao Beihai shipyard in China on 10 September 2026. The fire started …

Westwood forecasts global offshore oil and gas field development CAPEX to reach $137 billion in 2026, a 30% increase from $105.2 billion in 2025. The firm recorded 38 offshore field …

NextGeo will open a new office in Bremen, Germany, by the end of 2026, expanding its presence in the country with a focus on marine and underwater activities. The new …

Haijie Shipping‘s container vessel Dubai Tower arrived at Teesport in the UK on 9 September 2026, completing the first voyage of the carrier’s regular China-Europe Arctic container service for the …

China Zorrilla, the 130 m battery-electric ferry built by Incat Tasmania for Buquebus, has reached the Río de la Plata aboard the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Black Marlin and is …

ENRA Group is preparing to pursue a floating storage and offloading (FSO) project in Southeast Asia through a bidding partnership with China Offshore Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. The Malaysian …

Japanese shipowner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has named the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier TOHO EMERALD at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, with delivery scheduled for October 2026. The naming …

HD Hyundai is advancing plans for a shipyard in Thoothukudi, India, as it seeks to establish the country as an overseas production base for tankers and bulk carriers. HD Korea …

New Fortress Energy has sold former Seadrill cylindrical semisubmersibles Sevan Driller and Sevan Brasil for demolition after previously planning to convert the two units into floating LNG liquefaction facilities. VesselsValue …

Odfjell Drilling has received a three-year letter of award (LOA) from Vår Energi for the Deepsea Bergen, extending the semi-submersible drilling rig’s firm backlog to Q1 2031. The scope covered …

Hanwha outlined plans to expand its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding as Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao visited Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Cao met executives …

The Consultative Shipping Group has warned that geopolitical tensions, unilateral trade measures and the continued expansion of the shadow fleet are putting pressure on the rules-based maritime system that supports …

Seadrill has added approximately $200 million to its contract backlog through new work involving West Vela, West Capella and Sevan Louisiana in the U.S. Gulf and Malaysia. The largest addition …

Blue Water Shipping has secured a three-year logistics contract with Noble Corporation to support offshore energy operations in Suriname. Under the agreement, Blue Water Shipping Suriname will provide integrated logistics …

Rosetti Marino has sent the Douglas CCS platform from the Port of Piombino in Italy for installation in Liverpool Bay, UK, under the Liverpool Bay CO₂ Transportation and Storage project. …

Classification society DNV has found that greater turbine standardisation and more predictable project pipelines, supported by longer production runs, could reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCoE) for North Sea …

Hanwha Ocean has received Basic Design Review (BDR) certification from ABS for its standard FPSO design intended for deepwater projects in South America and West Africa. The certification was issued …

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is preparing to put a 174,000 m³ LNG carrier into service with two Wind Challenger rigid sails, in what will be the world’s first application of a …

L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore has secured additional work from ONGC for the Ratna–I and NLM-14 project off India’s west coast. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning work …

U.S. forces attacked five Iran-linked tankers on Tuesday after a second attempted Iranian missile strike against a U.S. Navy vessel, according to U.S. Central Command. Iran later issued a warning …

Polish shipyard Partner Stocznia has awarded Vuyk Engineering a contract to design a new 3,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The vessel is being developed as a compact dredger …

Transocean’s drillship Deepwater Atlas has started drilling the second development and production well at the Monument project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Navitas Petroleum, a partner in Monument, reported …

South Korea’s Busan Coast Guard has searched the offices of six companies and a shipping association as part of its investigation into the loss of the tug TNS Catcher during …

Heerema Marine Contractors is setting up a new engineering hub in Porto, Portugal, through Heerema Portugal Lda., adding technical capacity for offshore wind, marine infrastructure and decommissioning work. The Porto …

The U.S. Maritime Administration has designated 16 additional institutions as Centers of Excellence, expanding a federal training network for the maritime and shipbuilding workforce. The latest round brings the program …