Europe
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Mystery surrounds this week’s big Frontline share play
US investment bank Goldman Sachs has emerged as a new major shareholder in John Fredriksen’s tanker firm Frontline. In a…
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Italy’s RifLine buys first vessel
Italian forwarder turned ocean carrier RifLine is widely tipped by brokers and Alphaliner to have bought its first owned vessel.…
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Turkish chemical tanker owner tipped to have made first boxship foray
Brokers suggest a Turkish chemical tanker owner has moved into the container trades. Istanbul-based Akar Shipping, which to date has…
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Gibraltar readies to reopen port nine days after bulker collision
Gibraltar authorities are readying to reopen the enclave’s port today, having yesterday dialled back the severity of the crisis surrounding…
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Scorpio Tankers exercises purchase options on another eight ships
Scorpio Tankers has exercised purchase options on eight ships, taking two handymax product tankers, the STI Battersea and STI Wembley,…
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Evalend in for duel-fuel VLGCs
In the gas sector, Greece’s Evalend has inked a deal with Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the parent of Hyundai…
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Gothenburg port sets 2025 date for Europe’s first electromethanol hub
Gothenburg Port Authority is collaborating with Stena Line, DFDS, Ørsted and Liquid Wind to establish Europe’s first electromethanol (e-fuels) hub…
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Transocean secures $181m in US Gulf drillship contracts
New York-listed Transocean has won two new contracts in the US Gulf of Mexico worth $181m for the 2014-built ultra-deepwater…
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Odfjell Drilling and CIMC Raffles score DNO semisub deal
Norwegian energy services player Odfjell Drilling has agreed a contract with fellow oil and gas operator DNO Norge for the…
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Study launched to link offshore wind farms with ammonia production vessels
Norwegian renewables giant Statkraft has entered into a memorandum of understanding with compatriot firm H2Carrier to study the possible use…
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Viking Supply Ships fixes PSV to Vår Energy
Sweden’s Viking Supply Ships has secured a time charter deal from Norwegian operator Vår Energy for the 2021-built platform supply…
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Wärtsilä showcases its new technology demonstrator vessel
Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has today unveiled its new demonstrator and innovation vessel, AHTI, at the…
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DNV highlights the multi-billion dollar costs shipping faces en route to decarbonisation
As a curtain-raiser to the opening today of SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, class society DNV has unveiled the…
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Inmarsat Maritime: Responding to new challenges
In the job for the past 10 months, Ben Palmer is well aware of the challenges he faces heading up…
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Exmar and Seapeak JV orders gas carrier duo at Hyundai Mipo
Exmar LPG, a joint venture between Belgium’s Exmar and Seapeak, formerly Teekay LNG Partners, has ordered two midsize carriers at…
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SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, throws open its doors for the first time since 2018
The doors were thrown open today to welcome thousands of visitors to the world’s largest shipping exhibition – a sold-out…
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Saipem and Siemens Energy in floating substation tie-up
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has teamed up with Germany’s Siemens Energy to jointly develop a concept design for a…
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Island Drilling wins semisub contract in Equatorial Guinea
Norwegian rig owner Island Drilling has clinched a new contract for its 2012-built semisub . The rig will be utilised…
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Langh Ship inks deal in China for feeder boxship trio
Finnish owner Langh Ship has placed an order at PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan for the construction of three feeder boxships. The…
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Gram Car Carriers adds close to $128m in long-term deal for two ships
Oslo-listed Gram Car Carriers has sealed two five-year timecharter deals with a major operator for its mid-size vessels Viking Diamond…
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