Norwegian car carrier player Höegh Autoliners has exercised an option to buy the 2010-built , currently on a long-term charter from Norway’s Ocean Yield. Höegh Autoliners had a purchase option on the vessel at the end of the charter period, and now that it has been declared, the effective purchase...
https://splash247.com/hoegh-autoliners-declares-purchase-option-on-ocean-yield-car-carrier/
The organisers of Nor-Shipping, one of the biggest names in the maritime events calendar, have today revealed the latest date change for the show. Originally planned for its traditional June slot this year, the Oslo shipping blockbuster was forced to switch to next month thanks to the pandemic....
46 new cases; France hits new peak…
Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Forty-six more coronavirus cases in Monaco
Monaco reported 46 positive tests for coronavirus on Tuesday, December 14, the second-highest daily number on record. Twenty-two residents were declared fully-recovered.
France reports 63,406 new cases
PARIS (Reuters) -France on Tuesday reported 63,405 coronavirus infections, the second-highest number of new infections this year since April.
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/15/46-new-cases-france-hits-new-peak/
Norwegian shipowner Avance Gas has landed a time charter agreement with French energy major TotalEnergies for its first dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) newbuild, . The vessel is scheduled for delivery ex-yard in South Korea in January 2022, after which it will enter into a two-year charter....
https://splash247.com/avance-gas-fixes-vlgc-newbuild-to-totalenergies/
Ocean Yield is investing in two modern LR2 product tankers, STI Gallantry and STI Guard, with 10-year bareboat charters to Scorpio Tankers with purchase obligations at the end of the charters. The total net purchase price is about $70m, net of seller’s credits. The company expects to take delivery...
Nor-Shipping to postpone January 2022 event
In the face of increasing coronavirus infection rates, driven by the omikron mutation, Nor-Shipping has taken the decision to postpone its upcoming exhibition and event programme. The management team is currently working with stakeholders to decide on the optimal way forward, with an announcement on the timing of the next Nor-Shipping expected before the end of this week.
Scheduled to take place from 10-13 January, Your Arena for Ocean Solutions...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/13/nor-shipping-to-postpone-january-2022-event/
The ski goggles can be taken out of the suitcase – next month’s rescheduled Nor-Shipping has just been postponed, with organisers citing spiralling cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. With new restrictions in Norway reintroduced due to the growing number of Covid-19 cases recently,...
https://splash247.com/nor-shipping-postponed-over-omicron-fears/
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with an undisclosed client to utilise the 2013-built offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) for operations in Southeast Asia. The vessel will carry out subsea preparatory work required for the construction of a new...
https://splash247.com/siem-offshore-secures-fresh-deal-and-extension-for-oscv-pair/
Aker BP has awarded contracts worth around NOK440m ($49m) to alliance partners Aker Solutions, Subsea 7 and ABB to deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a new central platform on Valhall, as well as a new platform and tie-in of the King Lear field in the Norwegian North Sea. The joint...
https://splash247.com/aker-solutions-subsea-7-and-abb-awarded-feed-contracts-with-akerbp/
Last year we took an offshore take to the familiar Twelve Days of Christmas carol (here) and (here). So, now it is time to revisit the first four festive players, and cat ..