Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that MOL and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire shares in AKOFS Offshore […]
‘How to create better shipping for a better future’ was a theme running throughout the 2018 IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event (13-15 June), held in […]
A scrubber technology that saves on fuel costs while at the same time complying with the IMO 2020 0.5% sulfur emission regulations. Van Oord, also active […]
NYK-operated Taharoa Destiny, a vessel dedicated to the transport of ironsand slurry,* was recently awarded the Meteorological Agency’s Director-General Award for the contribution the ship has […]
A major global marine terminal operator has OKd a new Port of Oakland lease that runs through 2027. The agreement includes options that could keep SSA […]
Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services using the Akofs Seafarer vessel for all Equinor-operated licences in the period 2020 to […]
The shipping industry – as represented by its international trade associations (BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and WSC) – calls on the Member States of the International […]
Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL), the country’s largest all-weather; deep water port, on the east-coast of India, in an industry first initiative, announced the installation of […]
Tidetech Commercial Marine Pty Ltd, a leading provider of metocean data to the maritime industry, is enhancing the scope of its services in response to growing […]
An autonomous ship model has been successfully tested in Aker Arctic’s ice model test laboratory in Helsinki, Finland. In the demonstration test the ship model was […]
A seven-meter (23-foot) long unmanned surface vehicle (USV) known as SD 1021 has become the first autonomous vehicle to complete an east-to-west crossing of the Atlantic […]
Essar’s Ports business, which operates four terminals on the east and west coasts of India, has registered a 20.07% growth in cargo volumes with a throughput […]
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has recently successfully completed its first project: the installation of the topsides of the Leviathan development in the […]
During January-October 2019 (as of 19 Oct), three incidents of unauthorized boarding of ships in locations of close proximity to each other were reported in the […]
Total has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Chinese state-owned Zhejiang Energy Group (ZEG), to create a joint venture company dedicated to the supply and delivery of […]
The above-named vessel was detained in port Chioggia (Italy) on 3 October 2019. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last […]
The latest additions to the modern and diverse fleet operated by Homeland Integrated Offshore Services (Homeland IOS Ltd) have arrived safely in Nigeria and are now […]
Two large-capacity Sovcomflot tankers using cleaner-burning LNG as a primary fuel, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed voyages eastbound along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Lomonosov Prospect has […]
DP World PLC handled 17.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 3Q2019, with gross container volumes growing by 1.1 […]