Maritime Industry Top News
Keel Laid in China for SunStone's Ocean Albatros
Chinese shipbuilder China Merchant Heavy Industries has laid the keel for expedition cruise ship company SunStone Ships' sixth Infinity Class newbuild, Ocean Albatros. A keel laying ceremony was held January 20 at the CMHI yard in Haimen, China.Scheduled to be delivered in March 2023, the vessel will be on year-round charter to the Danish travel company Albatros Expeditions, who is also the charterer of SunStoneās Ocean Victory and Ocean Atlantic.SunStoneās Chairmanā¦
Baltic Dry Index Slides for 12th Day
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index fell for a 12th straight session on Monday, hurt by declining capesize rates.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels, fell 24 points, or 1.7%, to 1,391, its lowest since mid-February 2021.The capesize index slipped 55 points, or 6.2%, to 836, its lowest since June 2020.Average daily earnings for capesizes, which transport 150,000-tonne cargoes such as iron ore and coal, dropped by $455 to $6,935.Iron or
SailPlan Helps Harvey Gulf Cut Offshore Vessel Emissions
U.S. offshore vessel operator Harvey Gulf International Marine has signed an agreement with SailPlan, the maritime cleantech company that reduces ship emissions, to add SailPlan to its fleet.SailPlan is an emissions monitoring and optimization platform that combines the real-time engine, fuel, and navigational data from vessels with the weather, mapping, infrastructure, and traffic data to benchmarkā¦
Nakilat Takes Delivery of Another LNG Carrier
Nakilat took delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier, āGlobal Sealineā, which will be commercially and technically managed in-house by Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NSQL). Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea, this is the final LNG newbuild carrier to be delivered to Global Shipping Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Nakilat (60%) and Maran Ventures Inc. (Maran Ventures) (40%).
First Ship-to-Containership LNG Bunkering Ops in Port of Marseille Fosā
TotalEnergies and CMA CGM launched Marseillesā inaugural ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos, Southern France.CMA CGM BALI, a 15,000 TEU LNG-powered containership is deployed on the MEX 1service, connecting Asia and South Europe. The ship was refuelled by TotalEnergiesā Gas Vitality, the first LNG bunker vessel based in France, with around 6,000 cu.
Enauta Buys FPSO OSX-2 for Deployment at Atlanta Field
Brazilian oil company Enauta has agreed to buy FPSO OSX-2 for the Definitive System (DS) of the Atlanta oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The completionā¦
Static Week in Ship Recycling, says GMS
According to GMS, itt has been an increasingly static week in the Indian sub-continent ship recycling markets, especially after some early 2022 optimism displayed by a resurgent India in particular.Sales on various specialist units soared this past week in Alang ā with several stainless-steel chemical tankers, Russian fish factories, and a barge being committed at some extraordinary levels.Competing markets in both Pakistan and Bangladesh could only sit by and watchā¦
Wärtsilä to Supply Methanol-fueled Engines for Van Oord's Offshore Wind Installation Vessel
Five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable of operating with methanol will power a new Offshore Wind Installation Vessel (WIV) being built for Dutch contracting company Van Oord at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China, in what is the first such order for the Finland-based marine engine and equipment maker.Dutch marine and offshore services company Van Oord in October 2021 ordered the jack-up for offshore wind turbine installation.
Blue Petra Orders Fast Crew Boat from Strategic Marine
Strategic Marine, a Singapore-based shipbuilder, has received an order for the construction of a 40-meter Fast Crew Boat from Blue Petra Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Great Ocean Supply & Services, based in Malaysia.Great Ocean is a licensed Petronas contractor and a preferred supplier to the Malaysian oil and gas industry, and the vesselās delivery is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2022, Strategic Marineā¦
Collaboration Crucial for Decarbonization -MSC CEO
The CEO of container shipping giant MSC highlighted the importance of working together to achieve net decarbonization in a digital keynote speech at DNVās āFuel of the Future Conferenceā on January 11, as part of the annual Nor-Shipping convention.In his speech, Soren Toft explained MSCās views on the status of decarbonization in the container shipping sector, summarized how the company is approachingā¦
New Zealand Water Ship Unloads in Tonga
Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship were distributed across Tonga's main island on Friday, as other countries battled the logistics of delivering aid to one of the world's remotest communities.Six days after the South Pacific archipelago was devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami that deposited a blanket of ash and polluted its water sources, the HMNZS Aotearoa docked in the capitalā¦
Royal Dutch No More: Shell Officially Changes Name
Shell officially changed its name on Friday, ditching "Royal Dutch", which has been part of its identity since 1907, following plans to scrap its dual share structure and move its head office from the Netherlands to Britain."Shell announced the Board's decision to change its name to Shell plc on December 20, 2021. This change has now taken effect," Shell said in a filing.The London and Amsterdam stock exchanges will reflect the name change on Jan.
Peru Oil Spill Declared an Environmental Emergency
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency on Thursday as clean-up teams struggled to contain a huge oil spill at the country's biggest refinery, after rogue waves rocked a ship unloading crude there.The spill, blamed on unusual swells caused by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away in Tonga on Sunday, has dirtied waters and beaches along Peru's Pacific coast, with dead birds and seals washing up on shore."We are at a critical moment in environmental mattersā¦
Pete Davidson and Colin Jost Buy Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry
An out-of-service Staten Island Ferry vessel has reportedly been purchased by Saturday Night Live stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost.The Staten Island natives bought the decommissioned 277-foot ferry John F. Kennedy at auction in partnership with Manhattan real estate broker and comedy club owner Paul Italia, the New York Post reported.āThe idea is to turn the space into a live entertainment event spaceā¦
ABS Withdraws Certification for Two Oil Tankers Over Iran Sanctions
Two tankers have had their environmental and safety classification withdrawn by a U.S. company that provides such certification, after accusations by a U.S. advocacyā¦
A Greener and More Ambitious EU Maritime ETS Emerges
On January 14, 2022 the European Parliamentās Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, published his draft report on a proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive¹ which forms part of the āFit for 55ā package of climate and energy reforms published on July 14, 2021. The draft report includes a number of ambitious amendments to emissions trading for the maritime sector ā the Maritime ETS ā whichā¦
KSOE & HHI Receive AIP for BV Cyber Managed Prepared Notation
Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an approval in principle (AIP) for BVās āCyber Managed Preparedā notation to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (KSOE) for its vessel design.The maritime industry is growing ever more connected, with the majority of newbuild vessels today being built with integrated digital systems on board. While this increasedā¦
Shipbuilding: ESG Completes New Aluminum Superstructure Fabrication, Assembly Hall
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) complted a new $5-million aluminum superstructure fabrication and assembly hall at its Nelson Street Shipyard, an infrastructure project to support multi-hull production for the U.S. Coast Guardās (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, on which ESG is the prime contractor. The aluminum fabrication facility, with its crane capacity and hook height, alongā¦
Norside to Convert Platform Supplier into Offshore Wind W2W Vessel
Norwegian shipowning company Norside has taken ownership of Blue Ship Investās platform supply vessel āFarlandā and will convert it into a walk-to-work vessel for the offshore wind industry."The PX121 design by Ulstein has once more proven to be a preferred design for conversions into new segments, and 'Farland' is about to transfer from the offshore oil & gas industry to the offshore wind industryā¦
Wakashio Wreck Removal Completed
Technical operations to remove the wreck of the Wakashio bulk carrier that ran aground and broke up off Mauritius wrapped up this week as salvors recovered final sections of ship debris that were lying up to 500 meters away from the site of the stern section.On July 25, 2020, the 300-meter Wakashio struck a reef near Pointe d'Esny off the Indian Ocean island's east coast, triggering an ecological disaster and prompting the Mauritian government to declare a state of emergency.
