(Bloomberg) — Gunvor Group will send a supertanker loaded with North Sea Forties crude to Asia after the trading house amassed a large volume of benchmark oil in a month-long…
https://gcaptain.com/gunvor-to-ship-north-sea-crude-to-asia-after-bull-play-wraps-up/
TotalEnergies, as shareholder of Offshore Wind One, has been awarded the maritime concession N-11.2 by the German Federal Network Agency, following auctions held in Germany. Located in the North Sea, around 120 kilometers north-west of the German island of Heligoland, concession N-11.2 (1.5 GW)...
Swedish shipping company the Erik Thun Group has taken delivery of a new tanker built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Yangzhou. Thun Vettern was designed by Furetank and FKAB Marine Design with an ice class 1A hull and a hybrid propulsion system. The 17,999DWT newbuild has dual-fuel capability,...
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/erik-thun-takes-delivery-of-17999dwt-newbuild/
The Flanders Marine Institute of Belgium has taken delivery of a new unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from Norway’s Maritime Robotics. The craft, which has been named Gobelijn, is a multi-purpose platform capable of long-endurance missions. The USV is outfitted with a range of state-of-the-art...
A new methanol-fuelled service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Danish operator Esvagt has been launched into the water for the first time. Upon completion, the hybrid SOV will be fitted with battery and dual-fuel technology, which will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 4,500 tonnes each year....
Equinor and its partners on the Troll gas development project have agreed to invest over NOK12 billion (US$1.1 billion) to further develop the infrastructure in the Troll West gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Equinor said this will accelerate production from the reservoir and...
“See you in court!” is a familiar refrain and one we have often used as a headline. Offshore companies seem to get embroiled in contract disputes that end up in lengthy and expensive arbitration, or in commercial court disputes, just too often. I find it hard to believe that if this column covered...
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier recently managed to top the singles charts in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom with the indie hit “Too Sweet”, which also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The memorable chorus, “I take my whiskey neat, my coffee black and my bed at...
It was a remark by an insurer, commenting on the probable of level of claims after the Baltimore bridge strike incident, that took my attention the other day. Insurers, said this expert, needed to be more aware of “low probability, high-cost claims” in the future. In an era of 24,000TEU...
Netherlands-based engineering firm OOS International, through its OOS SMF division, has entered into an agreement with local mussel harvesting company Aquamossel-Triton to collaborate on a pilot project that entails growing mussels at the Borssele offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Through the...