A new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Petrobras’ revitalisation project in Campos Basin offshore Brazil has started production. Malaysia’s Yinson was awarded the contract for FPSO Anna Nery by Petrobras. In June 2022, the FPSO’s naming ceremony…
On Thursday 11 May 2023 Multraship Towage & Salvage named two Damen-built tugs at a Christening ceremony held at Multraship’s home port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands. Multratug 5, a Damen Stan Tug 1205 and Multratug6, a Damen ASD Tug 2810,…
On 2 May 2023 Associated British Ports (ABP’s) Port of Ipswich, the UK’s leading grain export port, welcomed the maiden call of Vertom Cyta, a brand-new hybrid-electric shortsea general cargo ship. Vertom Cyta is the second in a series of…
The Port of Aberdeen is to invest £55 million over the next ten years to become the UK’s first net zero port by 2040. The Port Authority said that in order to reach its goal it will focus on reducing…
Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered two vessels, a Shoalbuster 3209 named Aria, and a Stan Pontoon 4113 to A. R. Singh Contractors Ltd. Damen signed the contract for the Shoalbuster with its customer in December 2021. Closer to completion…
The shipping company Samskip’s vessel Helgafell moored at APM Terminal’s short-sea terminal in the Port of Gothenburg for the first time in early April. From now on the traffic will call at the terminal every week and then sail on…
Rotors continue to be seen as viable fuel and emission reducing devices and French tanker operator Socatra has been the latest to take advantage of their use. The Bordeaux-based company, founded in 1977, has entered into a contract with Norway’s…
Maran Dry Management Inc. (MDM), the dry bulk shipping arm of the Angelicoussis Group, recently took delivery of two Newcastlemax bulk carriers: Ubuntu Unity on 28 February 2023 and Ubuntu Community on 18 April. Both were built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao…
Following the led of several other companies, South Korea’s HMM has chosen methanol to fuel its next series of newbuilds, which will be nine container carriers to be completed by compatriot builders Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and HJ Shipbuilding and…
Inland navigation shipyard Concordia Damen (NL) will build a ‘Type CDS443’ container ship for ID Shipping and Merlin Group. The vessel measures 135m by 14.2m and is the first vessel of this type, which is an improved version of an…
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