DP World has acquired 100% of global logistics provider Syncreon for $1.2bn. US-based Syncreon specializes in the design and operation of supply chains for the automotive and technology industries. It provides value-added warehousing and distribution solutions through a variety of manufacturing,...
https://splash247.com/dp-world-acquires-syncreon-to-deliver-end-to-end-solutions-to-cargo-owners/
New Jersey has selected Atlantic Shores, a partnership between Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables, and Ørsted to deliver around 2.66GW of offshore wind power to the state. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities awarded Atlantic Shores a contract to develop a 1.51GW offshore wind project to...
https://splash247.com/atlantic-shores-and-orsted-to-build-large-wind-farms-off-new-jersey/
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will begin conducting an environmental review of the construction and operations plan submitted by Vineyard Wind, LLC, for its Vineyard Wind South wind project for offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts. If the plan is approved by BOEM, Vineyard Wind...
https://splash247.com/environmental-review-of-vineyard-wind-energy-project-to-begin/
China United Lines (CU Lines) is having a banner year of global expansion. Formerly best known as an intra-Chinese player, CU Lines has deployed comparatively small 4,000 teu class tonnage to enter the Asia – Europe trades earlier this year. It is now heading to Brazil too. CU Lines has taken slots...
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Robert Allan Ltd., Signet Maritime Corporation and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) have teamed up to design, build and verify a commercial vessel using an end-to-end 3D design process, a first for a US ship. Designed by Robert Allan, the Advanced Rotortug...
https://splash247.com/american-breakthrough-sees-3d-process-delivering-a-commercial-vessel/
Offshore driller Valaris has secured a 200-day extension to its bareboat charter agreement with ARO Drilling for the 2003-built ultra-harsh environment jackup Valaris JU-250 operating in Saudi Arabia. The extension is in direct continuation of the existing contract, which will see the rig, formerly...
https://splash247.com/valaris-awarded-jackup-extension-in-saudi-arabia/
TechnipFMC has been awarded a subsea contract by the Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras for the Búzios 6-9 fields in the Santos basin offshore Brazil. Under the contract, worth between $250m and $500m, the UK-based contracting giant will supply subsea trees with controls, electrical...
https://splash247.com/technipfmc-lands-subsea-contract-for-petrobras-buzios-fields/
Crowley Maritime Corporation has donated $2.5m to fund the creation and operation of the Crowley Center for Transportation and Logistics (CCTL) at the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville. The endowment will help fund CCTL operations and leadership, faculty support, visiting scholars,...
Norwegian offshore seismic acquisition specialist PGS has been awarded a 4D survey contract by ExxonMobil offshore Guyana. PGS will mobilise one of its Titan class vessels for the project in Q4 2021. The acquisition is planned to be completed in Q1 2022. The Oslo-listed firm has not disclosed...
https://splash247.com/pgs-awarded-guyana-survey-contract-by-exxonmobil/
The Government of Canada has introduced new Ballast Water Regulations to strengthen existing rules for Canadian vessels anywhere in the world and introduce new rules for vessels in Canadian waters. Vessels are now required to plan their ballast water management and reduce the number of organisms in...
https://splash247.com/canada-announces-new-ballast-water-regulations/