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Value Maritime and ME2CC consortium partners announce Maritime Masterplan 2024 funding for carbon capture system on LNG vessel
Value Maritime and its partners in the Maritime Efficient & Easy Carbon Capture (ME2CC) project have announced the receipt of funding from the Maritime Masterplan 2024. The funding will contribute to the development, construction and …
Jan 9, 2025 / Curious
SLB awarded multi-region deepwater contracts by Shell to support capital-efficient energy development
Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) has been awarded a series of major drilling contracts by Shell to support capital-efficient energy development across its deep- and ultra-deepwater assets in the UK North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, the …
Jan 9, 2025 / Curious
Prosafe SE: Safe Zephyrus contract extension with Petrobras
Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The original 650-day firm period was due to complete …
Jan 9, 2025 / Curious
Monjasa completes the Middle East's first LNG bunkering with Costa Cruises and charters new floating storage
Global top 10 marine fuels supplier, Monjasa, has announced the United Arab Emirates’ and the Middle East region’s first LNG bunkering, which took place on 4 January 2025 at Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal B together with Costa Cruises, part of …
Jan 8, 2025 / Vessels
Van Oord celebrates delivery of offshore installation vessel Boreas
The brand new offshore installation vessel Boreas has successfully been handed over to Van Oord during a festive ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. After an intensive construction period, colleagues, partners and …
Jan 8, 2025 / Vessels
Damen signs contract with New Zealand’s Port Otago and partner Napier Port for delivery of TSHD 1000
Damen Shipyards Group and Port Otago with partner Napier Port have signed a contract for the delivery of a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) 1000. At nearly 60 metres in length, this standard Damen design has a maximum hopper volume of 1000m3 …
Jan 8, 2025 / Vessels
Navigator Gas Announces Completion of Morgan’s Point Ethylene Export Terminal Expansion and Acquisition of Three Handysize Liquefied Ethylene Gas Carriers
Navigator Holdings Ltd. (Navigator Gas) (NYSE: NVGS), the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers, announces the completion of the expansion of its existing ethylene export terminal joint venture owned …
Jan 7, 2025 / Vessels
Crowley Acquires Main Line Inc., Expanding Harbor Services with Mooring Capabilities
Crowley announced on Jan 02 that it has expanded its harbor services capabilities through the acquisition of Main Line Inc., a vessel mooring company based in Seattle, effective Jan. 1. The addition of Main Line will provide Crowley’s customers …
Jan 7, 2025 / Curious
ICE Sings FPSO Contract with Bluewater
Bluewater Energy Services B.V., a leading owner and operator of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, has awarded ICE a fast-track front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for hull engineering of the Aoka Mizu FPSO. …
Jan 7, 2025 / Vessels
PaxOcean Secures Shipbuilding Contracts for Two State-of-the-Art Offshore Construction Vessels
PaxOcean has announced the signing of shipbuilding contracts for two cutting-edge Offshore Construction Vessels (OCVs) with a renowned European shipowner. Equipped with cutting-edge technology, these vessels will support the conventional and …
Jan 7, 2025 / Curious