April 27th, 20180Offshore driller Stena Drilling has secured a contract from Australia-based oil and has company FAR for the deployment of the company Stena DrillMAX drillship to drill the Samo prospect offshore Gambia.
Drilling activity is scheduled for late 2018 with an expected duration of around 40 to 120 days.
“FAR has secured the rig at a...
April 5th, 20180Containerline Hamburg Süd and Swedish home appliance manufacturer Electrolux have teamed up for a pioneering sulphur dioxide emission-cutting project.
During its layovers in Central and South America last month the 7,114 teu Santa Catarina voluntarily used cleaner marine gas oil (MGO) instead of standard heavy fuel oil (HFO) to...
February 13th, 20180Marinvest Shipping from Sweden is in for more methanol carriers. The ship investment vehicle has been identified by brokers as the party behind an order for two 50,000 dwt tankers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. The dual fuelled ships will deliver in late 2019 and early 2020. No price has been revealed for the new...
January 30th, 20180Stena Drilling has been awarded a contract by Israel’s Energean Oil & Gas for drillship .
The drillship will conduct a three-well drilling programme at the Karish Field, offshore Israel, commencing in the first quarter of 2019.
The contract, which includes further options, is subject to Energean’s final investment decision...
January 19th, 20180The pomp and ceremony of a ship naming can set owners back six-digit figures. Business class flights to Asia, posh hotels, banquets and of a course a smashed bottle of bubbly, none of which is cheap. Stena Bulk has found a cunning way to cut these costs while also showing off its modern edge.
Earlier this week the Scandinavian owner...
January 11th, 20180Sweden’s Concordia Maritime is preparing for an expected market upturn with the chartering in of two more MR tankers, while also extending the contracts for two MRs currently chartered in by a further year.
The two vessels brought in are joint charters with Stena Bulk, and the vessels will be operated by the MR pool within Stena Bulk...
January 4th, 20180Top Ships has added $27.4m to its backlog, with the extension of time charter agreements with Stena Bulk for four MR2 product tankers.
Stenaweco Energy and Stenaweco Elegance have had their charters extended for 12 months, while Stenaweco Evolution and Stenaweco Excellence have been extended for 18 months. The vessels were all chartered...
December 13th, 20170Swedish offshore vessel owner Viking Supply Ships has obtained support for a restructuring proposal from all of its senior lenders, securing the long term financing of the company.
Viking says the restructuring is now only subject to final approval from the senior lenders’ credit committees, and it expects this to be finalised...
December 12th, 20174Sweden’s Concordia Maritime has sealed a deal to charter in an IMO2/3 class MR tanker while also extending the charter of another.
The new charter is for a vessel currently under construction and will run for a two-year period, with options, from January 2018 when the vessel is delivered.
Additionally, Concordia has also extended...
November 14th, 20170Stena Bulk is reorganising its business activities into three business areas: crude and fuel, products and chemicals and LNG and has appointed two new managing directors. At the same time, its business activities previously conducted under the name of Stena Weco are being coordinated and incorporated into Stena Bulk. Additionally, a new...
