Ocean Winds (OW), a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, is evaluating the expansion of its global offshore wind portfolio to include Ireland. Ocean Winds has established Cailleach Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, a project delivery company which has submitted a foreshore application licence...
https://splash247.com/ocean-winds-mulls-irish-offshore-wind-plays-2/
Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan has ordered four tugboats and two pilot boats from Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey for $33.5m. Under the contract, Sanmar Shipyards will deliver its Kocacay range of escort and harbour tugs, based on the RAstar 3200SX design from Canada-based naval architects...
https://splash247.com/port-qasim-authority-orders-six-sanmar-boats-2/
Jowa, a Sweden-based marine water treatment specialist which has more than 60 years of experience, is making efforts to enhance safety levels of drinking water onboard ships and also protect the marine environment by introducing Jowa Safe Water. With the decline of the Swedish shipbuilding industry...
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has reportedly placed an order at China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for thirteen 16,000 teu container vessels, valued in excess of Y10bn ($1.52bn). A report from shipbrokers Braemar ACM said MSC signed up for 13 vessels at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co...
https://splash247.com/msc-tipped-to-be-behind-cssc-1-56bn-boxship-bonanza-2/
John Fredriksen’s offshore drilling firm Seadrill has put forward a plan to write-off just over $4.8bn of debt, according to Norwegian business daily Finansavisen. The proposal, recently sent to the US bankruptcy court in Texas, would see Seadrill’s lenders take over 99% of the company and leave...
There are singularities that differentiate work in the merchant marine from work in other sectors on land. Weather conditions and the physical environment in which it is conducted, the duality of being both a workplace and a domicile, the distance from and limited communication with the outside, and the design itself of the vessel which maximises the space dedicated to the cargo while relativising habitability. On these grounds, the endless days of work of seafarers feel eternal, and fatigue...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/a-working-day-in-the-merchant-marine/
Northland Power Europe has taken the wind farm service vessel on a futher 5-year charter from the service provider Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO). Northland Power previously chartered the crew transfer vessel (CTV) WINDEA four, and since 2018 also its sister vessel the 27.5m long WINDEA six for...
https://splash247.com/northland-books-ems-maritime-offshore-ctv-for-nordsee-one-2/
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has, through its Hyundai business units, secured newbuild orders worth close to KRW 330bn ($292m). The holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) said on 1 April, HHI had won a contract for the construction of two very large ethane carriers...
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Volstad Maritime has secured a contract with subsea services player DeepOcean for the vessel . The contract will see the 2008-built subsea construction vessel continue its US Gulf of Mexico campaign through 2021. “We’re very pleased to continue the relationship...
Finnish shipowner Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that targets 100% carbon neutrality by 2024. The concept is based on hybrid propulsion that combines sustainably produced bio-oil and battery technology. In addition, the aim is to automate the entire...
https://splash247.com/meriaura-lays-out-new-carbon-neutral-concept/