Ocean Yield and NYK are joining to invest in four newbuilding LNG carriers, to be constructed in South Korea for deliveries in 2028 and 2029. Both parties will have an …
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Maritime wind propulsion speciaists Anemoi are looking to China for new commercial opportunities with the appointment of a new programme director, Andrew Starforth. According to Anemoi, Mr Starforth will bring …
Speaking at December’s Offshore Support Journal Middle East conference in Dubai, ADNOC L&S senior vice president of offshore logistics outlined a bold operational transformation linked to ADNOC’s goal of reaching …
Trading house and vessel operator Trafigura set a resilient financial platform for its tanker shipping business in 2026 after reporting net profit of US$2.7Bn for FY2025 (1 October 2024 to …
In the next few years, the US Navy will be adding a fleet of small robot ships produced by Texas-based defence start-up Saronic Technologies, following the award of a contract …
Legal basis of the term ’blockade’ The use of a blockade is defined as an instrument of war in various international treaties, and is regulated under international maritime and humanitarian …
Four Seasons Yachts’ first newbuild, what the company calls an ultra-luxury yacht, has made it through its first set of sea trials at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy. Fincantieri and …
Swiss-headquartered engine designer WinGD has signed a deal with South Korea-headquartered maritime technology developer Panasia that will see Panasia offer upgrades to vessels using WinGD’s original X‑DF dual-fuel LNG engines. …
The terminal will offer opportunities for storage, transport, pre-assembly and delivery of components for wind turbines and foundations. The new facility will have direct access to the sea and will …
Qatar’s next phase of LNG growth will test how far a low-cost producer can push uncontracted volumes, trading capability and emerging-market demand in a market facing a large supply wave, …
Vessel operators could save an estimated US$68M annually in fuel costs and carbon penalties by using small modular reactors (SMRs) to power oceangoing maritime vessels, according to a new report …
The UK’s governing Labour party chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has retained a levy on oil and gas firms operating in the UK North Sea that came into place amid historically high …
The global hydrogen economy was not originally framed as a trans-Pacific competition; however, in 2025, as the second Trump administration reshapes the US energy landscape, global dynamics are shifting, with …
Hong-Kong headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) published a customer advisory letter to its website saying that the owners of fire-stricken container ship ONE Henry Hudson have declared general average on …
A total of 232 orders for vessels built to run on fuels other than diesel fuel oil have been placed through the first 11 months of 2025, according to DNV’s …
Baleària will incorporate Europe’s first autonomous e-methanol power generation container, manufactured by Methanol Reformer, into the electric ferry Cap de Barbaria. The eNomad system will be available in the coming …
Phase 2 of its Congo LNG project is underway, Italy-headquartered oil and gas major Eni said. Eni’s floating liquefaction unit Nguya FLNG has arrived offshore central Africa’s western coast and …
Shipowners, class and technology leaders called for data-driven use of AI-assisted navigation to ease bridge workload in congested waters during Orca AI-sponsored webinar Closing the perception gap: safer navigation in …
Nine crew members who have been held hostage since Houthi militia missiles sank bulker Eternity C in the Red Sea in early July 2025 are said to be on their …
Research by Aurora Energy Research, commissioned by RWE, indicates that achieving a 43 GW offshore wind goal by 2030 can be cost-neutral for billpayers over the next decade, assuming a …
A third, 100% battery-operated, emissions-free ferry is destined for Danish waters after Molslinjen added to its newbuilding contract with Tasmania, Australia-based shipyard Incat. The 129-m-long vessel will join the two …
Equinor has hit hydrocarbon pockets in the North Sea, with wildcat drilling wells striking both gas and condensate in the Sleipner area off Norway’s coast. The finds are Equinor’s largest …
When it is up to its full schedule and has replaced the existing ferry and eliminated pollution on the route, the ferry will undertake crossings of the Thames every 10 …
Clarksons reported that the LNG carrier spot market remained firm in early December, even as Atlantic earnings edged lower from recent highs. The latest Shipping Intelligence Weekly noted, “The LNG …
The New Zealand government’s ferry acquisition entity Ferry Holdings has signed a deal with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard to build two car, passenger and freight ferries. Interislander, the ferry service provider …
Danish engine maker Everllence has undertaken successful testing of ethanol as a fuel at all load points in an engine platform developed to burn methanol. The engine maker said tests …
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has floated out its first of a new class of cruise ship in Italy, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera. The Miami-headquartered, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)-owned …
Global battery-making goliaths, China’s BYD and EVE Energy, have both done deals with maritime battery makers to bring their batteries to seagoing vessels. BYD Energy Storage, currently ranking as the …
The US has seized an unnamed oil tanker that it claims violated US sanctions. The US government issued and executed what it said was a "seizure warrant" for the tanker, …
Ukraine has continued its escalation in attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure with direct hits on a tanker in the Black Sea and a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea, …
BalWin5 is one of TenneT’s 2 GW projects, a new generation of offshore grid connection systems designed to integrate large-scale offshore wind energy projects into the German grid. The contract …
A new and updated ballast water reactor was introduced at Marintec 2025, with the system already in production and initial deliveries described as well under way from a factory in …
A list of sanctions on VLCCs and their owners from the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has signalled that the recent increased US pressure …
Busan Port Authority (BPA) has officially launched South Korea’s first state-owned all-electric ferry. Built by Busan’s Kangnam Corp, the new passenger ferry is the first vessel built in a nationwide …
Norway-based Remøy Group is selling Remøy Shipping and its companies Remøy Shipping AS, Rem Stadt AS and RS Crewing AS, to Saudi Arabia’s Zamil Offshore (ZOSCO) for an undisclosed sum. …
A newbuild ferrry that is powered by some 250 tonnes of batteries has successfully turned on and run the vessel’s 40-MWh propulsion system for the first time in a shipyard …
The big banks that back shipping are expanding their climate transparency reporting framework to include private lenders. These private lenders, which include private equity, hedge funds and capital market underwriters, …
Consultant project manager and owner of Terraqua Consulting Group Inc, Stephen Fryers, has experienced first-hand how the cruise industry has weathered the storm and set sail into the post-pandemic era. …
SAL’s first Orca-class heavy-lift and transport ship Elise has been built by two Chinese shipyards with engines ready to be converted to use green methanol fuel and an integrated bridge …
Average weighted tanker earnings rose to nearly US$50,000/day by late October, a 19-month high and more than double the 10-year trend, according to Clarksons’ October edition of Oil & Tanker …
Turkish tugboat owner and builder, Med Marine, has won a contract to build a new tractor tug for the Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) to support ships transiting the country’s largest …
Martin Helweg has forged equity partnerships with shipbroker CSO Marine Group and M&A advisor JBR to unlock offshore opportunities worldwide by bridging regional gaps and giving clients access to markets …
Navship finalises contract Bahia is not the only state benefiting from lucrative shipbuilding contracts. About 1,000 km south of Rio in the state of Santa Catarina, Edison Chouest Offshore’s Navship …
Three consortia incorporating Dutch shipowners are competing for a contract to provide three emergency response towing vessels (ERTVs) with electric-hybrid propulsion, energy storage systems and generators able to burn green …
It’s not often that a dozen companies that compete tooth and nail in the OSV sector come together around a common cause. But for the last three years that has …
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has updated its voyage-planning aid Whale Chart, mapping global whale and ship strikes and noise-reduction measures, adding US West Coast and southern British Columbia entries. …
Northern Marine Management (NMM) has started installing hardware connected to a bonded satellite communications service on tankers operated by Stena Bulk and Proman Stena Bulk. Inmarsat Maritime’s NexusWave is being …
Hapag-Lloyd is able to safely load an extra tier of containers on board its vessels due to a fully automatic twistlock. MacGregor`s ACV-1 Hippo, which is a DNV-approved fully automatic …
Riviera reported in October that Genco’s board had implemented a shareholder rights plan, effective immediately. The move came after the Semiramis Paliou-led Diana Shipping raised its holding in Genco to …
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on 7 November that the master of a vessel reported it was approached by a small craft carrying three people, approximately 528 …
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