Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fueled LPG carrier Lantana Planet to compatriot shipowner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Offshore Energy reports. The vessel is a dual-fuel LPG carrier using LPG and low-sulfur fuel oil,…
Maersk Supply Service signed an assignment agreement with TechnipFMC for the comprehensive towing and mooring campaign for Petrobras’s Búzios 6 Project (seventh module of Búzios), Offshore Brazil. The scope covers the pre-installation of the mooring system and hook up of…
Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure partnered with Höegh LNG to supply its SafePilot Offshore solutions for a first-of-its-kind Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The terminal, officially commissioned during the week commencing 17…
Classification society Bureau Veritas has successfully reviewed a 3D design of a 2,500m³ hopper dredger from Damen Shipyards, being a step to granting it approval in principle. The pilot project for 3D model-based class approval is meant to pave the…
SHIPS MONTHLY February 2023 The February 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Shieldhall ready for the 2023 season, new ferry MyStar debuts…
The offshore support vessel Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She arrived at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside in mid-January 2023 for conversion and will serve…
The steel cutting ceremony of the first of two next-generation Methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine took place on 18 January 2023 at Tersan Shipyard. The SX216 design of the vessel has been developed…
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) plans to have a new icebreaking research vessel built at a cost of $205 million to support its expanding research efforts in the Arctic and in Antarctica where it expects to open…
Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (DACKS), a joint venture between Cosco Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, has floated out a new 24,000 TEU boxship built for Hong Kong-based shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). The launching ceremony of the new…
On 17 January Crowley and Danish offshore maritime leader ESVAGT announced they will jointly build and operate a service operations vessel (SOV) under a long-term charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, enhancing a service crucial for the US clean wind…
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