Norway’s Solstad Farstad has been awarded a two-year contract for 2006-built platform supply vessel . The vessel is currently mobilising to support the drilling operations of a major operator offshore Qatar from the end of September. Far Swan had previously been operating in Australia.
https://splash247.com/solstad-farstad-psv-scores-long-term-qatar-deal/
UNCTAD believes recent rounds of tariff hikes will disrupt a trading system drawn increasingly around value chains.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/261461/unctad-trade-wars-a-symptom-of-a-deeper-malaise/
Liberia calls on IMO to help facilitate early reporting on the availability of compliant marine fuel.
The use of scrubbers will not last for more than ten years, Dragos Rauta, Technical Director at Intertanko, believes.
Eight crew stranded onboard the 1992-built OSV have gone public with their plight, claiming their employers abandoned them in Dubai without pay ten months ago. European shipping database Equasis lists the Panama-flagged Topman as owned by Bhambhani Shipping and managed by Halani Shipping from...
https://splash247.com/osv-crew-abandoned-in-dubai-highlight-their-plight/
Here are the most read stories of the past week.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/261130/readers-picks-of-the-week-17-21-sept-2018/