Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk has sold off its last remaining LNG carrier to an undisclosed Asian buyer. The Erik Hånell-led company said it handed over the 145,000 cu m Stena Blue Sky in Singapore on Thursday. No price was revealed. The sale of the 2006-built unit comes hot on the heels of the...
https://splash247.com/stena-bulk-clears-out-last-lng-carrier/
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission; SHK) has published its report on an investigation into the tragic death of a crewmember on a passenger vessel on a Swedish-flagged ferry on June 27, 2022. On the said date, a marine engineer was found unconscious on board Stena...
Littoral states around the Baltic are waging a diplomatic campaign to get other countries to back a greater crackdown on Russia’s shadow fleet passing through the region, concerned about the potential for environmental catastrophe with a number of near disasters reported among the ageing fleet of...
Finnlines’ new daily maritime bridge between Sweden and Poland started on 10 April 2024. Route: Malmö, Sweden – Świnoujście, Poland Ship: RoPax Finnfellow (Swedish flag) – 440 pax – 3,000 lane metres Antonio Raimo, Line Manager at Finnlines: “The launch of a new route will benefit Swedish and...
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A fairway deepening project will be undertaken at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden to enable the port to better serve export and import industries. The fairway deepening will be done in conjunction with quay reinforcement works that were started earlier this year. Gothenburg Port Authority (GPA)...
Stena Line has entered an agreement to acquire 49 per cent of the shares in Morocco-based ferry company Africa Morocco Link (AML). AML is headquartered in Tangier and operates a ferry route between Tanger Med and Algeciras. This summer, the company will also launch a new high-speed route between...
AD Ports Group’s shipping arm Safeen Feeders has joined the Stena Sonangol suezmax pool, a joint venture between Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk, and Angola’s state-run oil company Sonangol. The 2011 Hyundai Heavy-built 158,600 dwt Safeen Elizabeth, picked up from Ridgebury Tankers about a year ago,...
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A potential 5.5 GW offshore wind farm project in the Swedish Economic Zone has been granted a Natura 2000 permit by the County Administrative Board of Gotland. The wind farm, dubbed Aurora, consisting of up to 370 turbines with a maximum height of 370 m is being proposed outside the islands of...
https://splash247.com/swedish-gigawatt-scale-offshore-wind-farm-receives-key-environmental-permit/
Stena Drilling, a subsidiary of Sweden’s Stena, has announced it would be upgrading its 7th generation drillship to enable drilling and completing wells requiring 20,000 psi pressure controls. The drillship is already equipped to handle a wide range of drilling operations, including exploration,...
https://splash247.com/stena-drilling-to-upgrade-stena-evolution-ultra-deepwater-drillship/
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/