US federal agencies as well as state and local agencies in Maryland have been deployed in response to an incident wherein a bridge collapsed after it was struck by a passing commercial vessel. The incident occurred at around 01:30 local time on Tuesday, March 26, when the Singapore-registered...
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BW snaps up Stena Bulk LNG carrier brace
BW Group’s gas shipowner BW LNG has bolstered its fleet with the acquisition of two LNG carriers from Swedish tanker owner Stena Bulk. The 2011-built tri-fuel diesel electric (TFDE) vessels Stena Crystal Sky and Stena Clear Sky have been picked up for an undisclosed sum and renamed BW ENN Crystal...
https://splash247.com/bw-snaps-up-stena-bulk-lng-carrier-brace/
Lotos Petrobaltic orders CTV from Strategic Marine
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has won a contract for the construction of a CTV for Poland’s state-owned firm Lotos Petrobaltic. This CTV will join the existing fleet managed by Miliana Shipmanagement, a company belonging to the Lotos Petrobaltic capital group, which owns five...
https://splash247.com/lotos-petrobaltic-orders-ctv-from-strategic-marine/
Polish operator orders crewboat for Baltic Sea windfarm support
Polish offshore support vessel operator the Lotos Petrobaltic Group has awarded Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine a contract for the construction of a new catamaran crewboat. The vessel will be built to a design by UK-based BMT. Following its scheduled delivery in early September of this year,...
ESNA, Strategic Marine developing surface effect CTV for offshore wind market
Norwegian ship design company ESNA and Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine have signed an agreement to develop a surface effect ship crew transfer vessel (SES CTV) for offshore wind applications. The agreement is based on the two working together on three SES crew boats for oil and gas,...
https://splash247.com/esna-strategic-marine-developing-surface-effect-ctv-for-offshore-wind-market/
Cyan Renewables makes takeover offer for MMA Offshore
Singapore-based offshore wind vessel pure-play Cyan Renewables has made an offer to buy 100% of shares in Perth-based OSV operator MMA Offshore. Cyan, a subsidiary of Cyan Renewables, offered to buy stakes in the Australian company for AUD 2.60 ($1.7) per share. The takeover scheme values MMA’s...
https://splash247.com/cyan-renewables-makes-takeover-offer-for-mma-offshore/
Norwegian-Singaporean collaboration to develop surface effect ship crewboat
Norwegian design firm Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects (ESNA) and Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine have entered into an agreement to develop a surface effect ship (SEC) crewboat for various applications. The partners intend to start building their first SES crewboat in the fourth...
World’s First Ammonia-Powered Vessel Sets Sail in Singapore
Australian mining company Fortescue has marked the world’s first use of ammonia as a marine fuel in the Port of Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port. The groundbreaking vessel, Fortescue…
https://gcaptain.com/worlds-first-ammonia-powered-vessel-sets-sail-in-singapore/
U-Ming Singapore and Itochu to own and operate ammonia dual-fuel bulkers
The Singapore arm of Taiwanese shipowner U-Ming Marine Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese trading house Itochu for jointly owning and operating ammonia dual-fuel bulk carriers. The MoU signing is part of Itochu’s project which aims to lower greenhouse gas...
https://splash247.com/u-ming-singapore-and-itochu-to-own-and-operate-ammonia-dual-fuel-bulkers/
Fast crewboat delivered to Thailand’s Truth Maritime Services
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered a new fast crewboat to Thai offshore support company Truth Maritime Services. Named TMS Ranod, the vessel is the first in a planned series of two crewboats to be built by Strategic Marine to a design by Australian naval architecture firm...