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Tankers
Stena submits takeover bid for Concordia Maritime
Restructured tanker company Concordia Maritime’s largest shareholder, Stena Sessan, has made a cash bid of SEK9.80 ($0.94) per share to…
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Renewables
BASF takes stake in another Vattenfall offshore wind project
German chemicals firm BASF has struck a deal with Swedish utility Vattenfall to buy 49% of Nordlichtoffshore wind farm project…
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Renewables
IKEA owner buys stake in two OX2’s Swedish offshore wind projects
Stockholm-based renewable energy developer OX2 has sold a stake in two Swedish offshore wind projects to IKEA owner Ingka Investments.…
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Renewables
Mainstream and Hexicon venture seeks to build another gigawatt-scale floating wind farm off Sweden
Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Aker Horizons-controlled Mainstream Renewable Power and Stockholm-based floating wind developer Hexicon, has submitted plans…
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Renewables
Statkraft buys 21GW of offshore wind projects in Sweden
Norway’s largest utility Statkraft has acquired Sweden-based Njordr Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Njordr and Vindkraft Värmland, and its…
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Renewables
IKEA owner invests in Source Galileo offshore wind portfolio
IKEA owner Ingka Investments has invested in an offshore wind project portfolio in Ireland and the UK with a 20%…
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Renewables
Volvo signs up for offshore wind power
Sweden-based automaker Volvo Cars has partnered up with compatriot renewables developer Eolus to collaborate on the Västvind offshore wind power…
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Offshore
Viking Supply Ships wins anchor handler work in Australia
Sweden’s Viking Supply Ships has signed a contract for one of its anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for operations outside…
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Operations
Nøklebye to take on Wallenius Lines CEO role in October
Erik Nøklebye has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swedish shipping company Wallenius Lines. Nøklebye has extensive…
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Renewables
Vattenfall set to develop 630 MW offshore wind farm in Germany
Sweden’s Vattenfall has obtained the right to develop the N-6.6 offshore wind power project off the German North Sea coast.…
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Tankers
Furetank and Algoma JV takes orderbook to 10 product tankers
Swedish shipowner Furetank and Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation are expanding their product tanker joint venture with two additional newbuilds, bringing…
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Tankers
Sirius Shipping orders methanol-ready tankers
Swedish tanker owner Sirius Shipping has placed an order for up to four methanol-ready oil and chemical carriers in China.…
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Renewables
Ørsted and Hitachi Energy extend offshore wind partnership
Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted and Hitachi Energy have extended their offshore wind farm collaboration by three more years. The…
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Renewables
OX2 planning development of 2.8 GW wind farm off Sweden
Stockholm-based renewable energy developer OX2 has revealed plans to develop a new offshore wind farm, named Ran, 12 kilometres off…
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Renewables
Landinfra eyes up to 8 GW of offshore wind in Sweden
Nordic renewables developer Landinfra Energy is investigating the conditions for the establishment of offshore wind in the Swedish economic zone…
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Environment
Furetank and Wärtsilä tackle methane slip
Swedish shipowner Furetank has partnered with Finish technology group Wärtsilä to co-develop and test technologies showing the potential of halving…
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Renewables
OX2 receives permit for 1,5 GW Triton offshore wind farm
Stockholm-based developer OX2 and Ikea owner Ingka Investments have received a Natura 2000 permit for the Triton offshore wind farm…
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Tankers
Concordia Maritime left with one ship following latest sales
Concordia Maritime’s fleet sellout continues, leaving the Stena-backed Swedish tanker player with one ship remaining. The Erik Lewenhaupt-led company has…
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Renewables
IKEA owner joins Norwegian floating wind consortium
Ingka Group, owner of furniture mega-brand IKEA, has joined the UtsiraVIND offshore wind consortium which is looking to bring floating…
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Renewables
Sweden turns down Vattenfall’s planned offshore wind farm
The Swedish government has turned down its utility Vattenfall to build a wind farm at Stora Middelgrund on Sweden’s west…
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