Among a welter of major liner announcements yesterday, Israeli carrier ZIM has renewed ties with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), signing a three-year cooperation agreement on voyages from Asia to the US east and Gulf coasts. The agreement between ZIM and MSC includes slot swap and vessel sharing...
https://splash247.com/zim-renews-ties-with-msc-on-the-transpacific/
US states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island have awarded contracts to three projects and procured 2,878MW of offshore wind capacity. Massachusetts has selected a total of 2,678MW – 1,087MW of the 1,287MW available from Ocean Wind’s SouthCoast Wind multistate project, 791MW from Avangrid’s New...
https://splash247.com/massachusetts-and-rhode-island-procure-almost-2-9gw-of-offshore-wind/
The choice of shipping’s methanol fuel provider is contracting with news yesterday that Canada’s Methanex Corporation is spending $2.05bn to acquire OCI Global’s international methanol business. The transaction includes OCI’s interest in two methanol facilities in Beaumont, Texas, one of which...
https://splash247.com/methanex-acquires-dutch-methanol-provider/
Houston-based engineering and construction services giant KBR has been awarded engineering contracts by Seatrium to develop topsides for an FPSO pair set to work for Petrobras. The units are being designed for Petrobras’ Atapu and Sepia fields in the Santos Basin, Brazil. Seatrium won the $8bn deal...
https://splash247.com/seatrium-taps-kbr-for-topsides-job-on-two-petrobras-bound-fpsos/
The US has added two more Russian-linked LNG carriers and their operators to its sanctions list with the aim of stymying exports from the new Arctic LNG 2 project. The 2007-built 149,700 cu m New Energy and the 79,833 cu m newbuilding Mulan have been added to the sanctions list. The New Energy was...
https://splash247.com/us-adds-more-russian-gas-ships-to-its-sanctions-list/
The US Department of Interior (DOI) has approved the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, the nation’s tenth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under the current administration. With this approval, the Department has approved more than 15GW of clean energy from offshore wind energy...
https://splash247.com/us-gives-green-light-to-tenth-offshore-wind-project/
Leading Light Wind, a partnership of Invenergy and co-developer energyRe, has requested the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to allow a pause in the development of its offshore wind project off the coast of Long Beach Island while it shops for turbines. The company stated that it has had...
https://splash247.com/wind-project-off-new-jersey-seeks-pause-amid-supply-chain-issues/
The union threatening to go on strike at ports along the US east and Gulf coasts from October 1 has come out with a renewed tough stance over wage negotiations as the clock ticks down to what could be a massive supply chain dislocation for global container shipping. Contract negotiations have...
https://splash247.com/us-east-coast-dockworker-union-president-vows-to-hit-the-streets-on-october-1/
The ship that has made the most headlines in the world this year is ready to shift continents. The Dali containership, which rammed and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, nearly six months ago is making plans to leave its repair yard in Norfolk, Virginia and head to China in a...
Offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation has completed the acquisition of US offshore rig owner Diamond Drilling, after getting the final permit earlier this week. Noble said that the transaction, valued at around $2.1bn, enhances its position as a leading offshore driller, creating the largest...
https://splash247.com/noble-wraps-up-diamond-offshore-acquisition/