Fire Reported on Tanker at Sture Terminal
A fire onboard an oil tanker at Norway's Sture crude export terminal has been put out, the fire service told Reuters on Friday.The fire broke out in the engine room of the Dubai Harmony tanker during loading at the Equinor oil terminal on Norway's west coast, according to rescue services and police.No one was injured, and the terminal's output was not affected by the incident, although there was a…
US Shale to Peak at 14.5Mbpd in 2030
US shale supply will peak at approximately 14.5 million barrels per day (bpd) around 2030, said the energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy.In the past decade…
SGRE Builds World's Largest Wind Turbine Blade
Spanish wind power solutions provider Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is building what it claims is the world's largest blade testing rig at its facilities…
SCD JV Win $10bln NLNG Train7
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) signed a “letter of intent” with SCD JV as preferred bidder to construct the $10bn NLNG Train 7 project.SCD JV…
Baltic Exchange Rolls-out Opex Index
The Baltic Exchange, the a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts…
Royal Boskalis Wins $93.7mln European Contracts
Dutch dredging and heavylift company Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts worth 85 million euro ($93.7 million) combined for strengthening…
AIDAperla Receives Corvus Battery System
Carnival Corporation's Germany brand AIDA Cruises and Corvus Energy have signed a deal to retrofit the AIDAperla with a 10MW battery pack, the largest to date set…
Frontline, Trafigura Extend Suezmaxes Option
Frontline, the world's largest oil tanker shipping company, and Trafigura Maritime Logistics (TML) have agreed to extend an option for Frontline to acquire two Chinese…
CMA CGM Launches Rhine Valley Rail
The CMA CGM Group has introduced Rhine Valley Rail, a new rail service connecting the Port of Rotterdam with the German hinterland. The train connections are aligned…
Sovcomflot, NYK Pact on Financing 2 LNG Carriers
Russian maritime shipping company specializing in petroleum and LNG shipping Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and NYK Line have announced that they have signed a new $176…
MOL Tests FOCUS EYE Project
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the joint development, along with SenseTime Japan, of a new vessel image recognition and recording system,…
DNV GL Calls for Action to Meet Paris Climate Target
DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook indicates global temperatures rise by 2.4⁰C by end of century. Energy experts identify a combination of technology measures to…
IMO Emphasis on Empowering Women
International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s World Maritime theme for 2019 – “Empowering women in the Maritime Community” has featured prominently in events at the…
CBP Finds Destructive Moth Eggs in Ships
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted 146 destructive Asian Gypsy Moth egg masses on four ships recently in the port of Baltimore.Asian…
Fuel Flexibility is Key for Green Shipping
Fuel flexibility and technologies to bridge changing fuel usage have been identified in the Maritime Forecast to 2050 as essential strategies for both individual…
GESAMP Celebrates 50 Years in Ocean Science
When developing policies or strategies affecting the ocean, the United Nations system needs to base its work on a solid, scientific foundation.That is provided by GESAMP…
Dongara Delivers Fremantle Pilot Boat
Western Australian boatbuilder Dongara Marine has delivered a second Berkeley Class pilot boat to the port of Fremantle. ‘Genesis’ will join ‘Berkeley’, which has been operating in the port since 2015.Whereas Berkeley is owned by Fremantle Pilots, the 19.4-meter new vessel has been acquired by Harbour Services Australia (HSA) as part of the company’s fleet of 18 workboats ranging from six-meter punts…
UK Govt Funds Low-Carbon Maritime Tech
he UK Government has granted £2.3 millon ($2.85 million) for the development of new maritime technology that will cut shipping emissions.The funding, part of the government’s clean maritime plan, was announced by the Department for Transport (DfT). Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has committed an additional £1 million for new shipping technology projects through MarRI-UK, a consortium of maritime organizations.
S. Korean Shipbuilding: Hyundai Dominates
According to recent statistics from VesselsValue, South Korea's shipbuilding business today is dominated by Hyundai with an order book backlog that stands at approximately $22 billion, nearly triple that of the next closest competitor in Samsung Heavy Industries. See the chart for full details on the 'Top 5'
MAN Cryo LNG Supply System For Norwegian Ship
Marine LNG systems manufacturer MAN Cryo is to deliver an LNG fuel-gas supply system to Norwegian shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi. The new system will be installed on a multipurpose palletized-cargo and refrigerated l lift-on / lift-off (LoLo) vessel which will be built by Multi Maritime in accordance with an MM85CC design at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. With a length of 86 meters and a width of 19.5 meters…
