Dubai-based Shelf Drilling has secured a new contract and contract extension from Eni for operations in the Adriatic Sea, offshore Italy. Shelf has been awarded a two-year contract for the 1982-built jackup rig Key Singapore, with planned commencement between May and July 2019. The contract also...
https://splash247.com/shelf-drilling-awarded-adriatic-sea-contracts-by-eni/
Intercargo stressed importance of securing a reasonable level of safety of compliant fuels.
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2018 lists key trends to be watchful of.
The shipping industry must rise to the biggest technology challenge in 100 years in order to meet its decarbonization ambitions, a group of 34 maritime CEOs and industry leaders stressed in a call…
Ahead of sanctions due next month, Iran’s top line IRISL has set up a Chinese joint venture line. Newcomer Reach Shipping Lines will operate the four new 14,508 teu ships, delivered in August to IRISL, on a new Far East – Colombo service that calls at Qingdao, Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Lianyungang,...
https://splash247.com/irisl-reaches-out-to-china-ahead-of-sanctions/
Alphaliner is reporting that the liner operations of Dubai-based Simatech have been taken over by a new Dubai-based company, Global Feeder Shipping (GFS). The services are focused on the Middle East Gulf and between the Middle East Gulf and the Indian sub continent. Earlier this year, Simatech also...
https://splash247.com/global-feeder-shipping-takes-over-simatechs-container-services/
Bahrain Spirit, Teekay LNG’s first (FS), has been delivered to charterer Bahrain LNG.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/261709/bahrain-spirit-starts-charter-for-bahrain-lng/
OPEC expects a significant level of non-compliance with the 2020 sulphur cap.
Moore Stephens: Total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by 1.3% in 2017.
Scrubbers supporters join forces to support the uptake of the technology ahead of the 2020 Sulphur Cap.