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  • Stena Bulk takes control of GSB tanker venture

    Stena Bulk takes control of GSB tanker venture Swedish tanker owner Stena Bulk has moved to strengthen its position in the chemical and specialised tanker market after lifting its stake in Golden Stena Baycrest Tankers (GSB) to become the majority shareholder. The additional shares were acquired from Bay Crest, with the joint venture remaining jointly…

  • Baltic cable probe widens as Latvia finds no link to inspected ship

    Baltic cable probe widens as Latvia finds no link to inspected ship Latvia is pressing ahead with its investigation into the latest subsea cable cutting incident in the region, even after police said they have found no evidence linking a ship inspected in Liepaja to the damage. Latvian authorities said on Monday that an underwater…

  • Swedish navy flags armed guards aboard Russian shadow tankers

    Swedish navy flags armed guards aboard Russian shadow tankers Sweden’s navy has confirmed that Russia is mounting a military-style operation in the Baltic Sea to protect its sanctioned shadow fleet, with uniformed and potentially armed personnel observed aboard some oil tankers used to evade Western sanctions on Russian crude exports.  According to Sweden’s naval operations…

  • Trio pools resources to forge CO2 logistics hub for carbon dioxide transport chain

    Trio pools resources to forge CO2 logistics hub for carbon dioxide transport chain Three players in the offshore energy and maritime spheres – Höegh Evi, Aker BP, and Ports of Stockholm – have joined forces to bring to life a CO2 logistics hub and enable an efficient and sustainable transport chain for carbon dioxide from industrial…

  • Digital Container Shipping Association welcomes IKEA as first shipper to join its partnership programme

    Digital Container Shipping Association welcomes IKEA as first shipper to join its partnership programme IKEA Supply has joined DCSA+, the Digital Container Shipping Association’s partnership programme for advancing digital standards across the container shipping industry. As the first shipper to participate, IKEA Supply adds the cargo owner perspective to a growing community of carriers, forwarders,…

  • Stena offloads fire-damaged tanker for repair in Turkey

    Stena offloads fire-damaged tanker for repair in Turkey Stena Bulk has sold the fire-damaged Stena Immaculate to an undisclosed buyer who plans to repair the vessel at Desan Shipyard in Turkey. The Swedish tanker owner confirmed the sale, saying the deal involves the 2017-built 49,700-dwt MR unit, which was badly damaged in a collision with…

  • World’s first hydrogen-powered bulk carriers to feature Swedish fuel cells

    World’s first hydrogen-powered bulk carriers to feature Swedish fuel cells PowerCell, a Swedish supplier of fuel cells for the marine market, has secured a contract worth just over SEK40m ($4.25m) to supply the fuel cell systems for two hydrogen-powered bulk carriers. The order includes 14 of PowerCell’s Marine System 225 units, providing over 3 MW…

  • TB Marine and Ektank sign for chemical tanker newbuilds

    TB Marine and Ektank sign for chemical tanker newbuilds German owner TB Marine and Sweden’s Ektank have signed up for 22,000 dwt methanol-ready chemical carriers to join the IceChem Tankers pool. The Danish pool operator said four ships have been contracted, with the first newbuild due in autumn 2026, and subsequent units arriving every three…

  • ABB and Wallenius Marine launch venture for digital fleet optimisation

    ABB and Wallenius Marine launch venture for digital fleet optimisation Swiss technology group ABB and Sweden-based ship designer and manager Wallenius Marine have formally established a new joint venture in Stockholm to expand their OVERSEA collaboration, a digital platform aimed at improving vessel efficiency and sustainability. The two companies first introduced OVERSEA in September 2022…

  • OrbitMI expands with Gale Force acquisition

    OrbitMI expands with Gale Force acquisition US-based maritime software company OrbitMI has acquired Swedish advisory firm Gale Force, expanding its portfolio in voyage optimisation and environmental compliance. The deal follows OrbitMI’s recent purchase of AI specialist AuQub and reflects the company’s strategy to blend maritime expertise with digital tools for shipowners and operators. Gale Force,…

  • Sweden moves to widen dragnet on Russia’s shadow fleet

    Sweden moves to widen dragnet on Russia’s shadow fleet The Swedish government has decided to draw the net tighter around vessels sailing under […] The post Sweden moves to widen dragnet on Russia’s shadow fleet appeared first on Offshore Energy. Sara Kosmajac Go to offshore energy biz

  • Stena Drilling drillship wins more work off Suriname

    Stena Drilling drillship wins more work off Suriname Stena Drilling, the Aberdeen-based business of Sweden’s Stena, has won a contract for one of its drillships with subsidiaries of Shell in Suriname. The contract for the campaign was awarded to the 2008-built Stena DrillMax drillship by Shell subsidiaries KE STP Company and BG International. The deal…

  • Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to develop two floating wind farms off Italy

    Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to develop two floating wind farms off Italy IKEA owner Ingka Investments and French offshore wind developer Oxan Energy have partnered with Avapa Energy on two floating offshore wind development projects in Italy. The projects have the potential to reach a total installed capacity of 2.45GW. The two offshore wind projects…

  • Northern Offshore Services enters SOV segment

    Northern Offshore Services enters SOV segment Sweden-based CTV owner and operator Northern Offshore Services has entered the SOV sector through an acquisition of one of Edda Wind’s vessels. The Norwegian offshore wind support vessel pureplay said in an Oslo Bors filing on Wednesday that it sold the 2018-built Mistral Enabler to an unnamed buyer. Closing of…

  • Captain arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter over North Sea collision

    Captain arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter over North Sea collision The captain of the containership Solong, involved in a collision with the Stena Immaculate tanker in the UK North Sea, has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. The incident, which took place on Monday with both ships bursting into flames after…

  • Containership likely to sink after North Sea collision

    Containership likely to sink after North Sea collision The Solong containership involved in Monday’s collision in the UK North Sea is unlikely to remain afloat, British maritime minister Mike Kane has said. “Modelling suggests that should Solong remain afloat, it will remain clear of land for the next few hours. The assessment of HM Coastguard…

  • Massive fire erupts as tanker and boxship crash off UK coast

    Massive fire erupts as tanker and boxship crash off UK coast A major rescue operation is underway in the North Sea after a product tanker and a containership crashed and caught fire off the coast of Hull in east Yorkshire, UK. A US-flagged MR tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by the Portugal-flagged containership Solong while…

  • Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture

    Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk has signed a deal with NNPC Shipping, part of oil producer Nigerian National Petroleum Corp and local integrated offshore support player Caverton Marine for a new tanker joint venture in Nigeria. The deal will create a new tanker operation serving Nigeria and West Africa’s regional…

  • Sirius Shipping links up with Gasum for LNG bunker newbuild

    Sirius Shipping links up with Gasum for LNG bunker newbuild Sweden’s Sirius Shipping has partnered up with Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum for a new bio-LNG bunker vessel.. The 7,800 cu m vessel, jointly owned between the two companies, will be built at RMK Marine yard in Istanbul, Turkey, for delivery into Gasum charter in…

  • Navibulgar ship accused of subsea sabotage off the hook

    Navibulgar ship accused of subsea sabotage off the hook Swedish prosecutors have released the vessel suspected of cutting a fibre-optic subsea cable between Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland after assessing the event as an accident, not sabotage. The Swedish Prosecution Authority seized the Navibulgar-owned, 32,200 dwt bulker Vezhen on January 26. Swedish authorities…

  • Wallenius SOL buys Mann Lines

    Wallenius SOL buys Mann Lines Sweden’s Wallenius SOL has acquired British roro outfit Mann Lines adding new offices in Estonia, Latvia, and the UK, while increasing its presence in Finland, Germany, and Benelux.  “This strategic move will enable us to offer a broader range of solutions tailored to customer needs. By combining our strengths, we…

  • Baltic states call for new rules to tackle shadow fleet threat

    Baltic states call for new rules to tackle shadow fleet threat The Bulgarian owner at the centre of a new cable cutting incident in the Baltic has denied its ship deliberately carried out the latest damage to subsea infrastructure in the region, something analysts are disputing while politicians discuss clamping down further on ships leaving…

  • Sweden seizes ship suspected of being behind latest Baltic cable outage

    Sweden seizes ship suspected of being behind latest Baltic cable outage The Swedish Prosecution Authority has seized a ship suspected of damaging un underwater fiber optic cable linking Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland yesterday, the latest in a series of undersea sabotage attacks plaguing the Baltic region. The ship in question this time…

  • AtoB@C signs up for six BAAS Shipping newbuilds

    AtoB@C signs up for six BAAS Shipping newbuilds AtoB@C Shipping, a Swedish subsidiary of ESL Shipping, part of the Finnish conglomerate Aspo, has continued its fleet renewal push with a long-term charter deal for six newbuildings. The shortsea operator will be adding low-emission 5,900 dwt ice class 1A bulkers to its fleet between 2025 and…

  • NATO, Baltic states and Taiwan to clamp down on cable cutters

    NATO, Baltic states and Taiwan to clamp down on cable cutters In Asia and Europe, authorities are taking action, trying to crack down on ships taking out critical subsea infrastructure.  NATO secretary-general, Mark Rutte co-hosted a summit of Baltic Sea allies yesterday launching new military activity in the region to protect critical infrastructure following a…

  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen seals deal for Gothenburg terminal

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen seals deal for Gothenburg terminal Norwegian car carrier player Wallenius Wilhelmsen has reached an agreement to take over the terminal operations at Sweden’s Gothenburg port from February 2026. The Oslo-listed company said its aim is to develop Scandinavia’s largest port for vehicles, acting as an integrated supply chain partner and transforming the terminal…

  • Louis Dreyfus Armateurs lands $575m Vattenfall SOV deal

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs lands $575m Vattenfall SOV deal Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has secured a contract for up to three service operation vessels that will be deployed on offshore wind sites in the German North Sea. The French family-owned shipowner has emerged as a winner of an SOV tender issued by Sweden’s biggest utility, Vattenfall,…

  • Op-Ed: Market barriers as Sweden’s alternative fuel development ramps up

    Op-Ed: Market barriers as Sweden’s alternative fuel development ramps up By Nils Igelström, Managing Director at GAC Sweden Sweden’s rapid development of alternative fuels has the potential to help shipping’s maritime sector. But the challenges of accessing markets beyond northern Europe could hinder real progress. Sweden is at the forefront in the production of renewable…

  • Swedish police boards Chinese bulker to observe cable outage investigation

    Swedish police boards Chinese bulker to observe cable outage investigation Swedish police on Thursday boarded the Yi Peng 3, a 23-year-old panamax bulker owned by Ningbo Yipeng Shipping and linked to the severing of two data cables in the Baltic Sea after being invited by Chinese authorities. The vessel has been wanted for questioning by Sweden…

  • Nexans to link Swedish island to mainland under ‘substantial contract’

    Nexans to link Swedish island to mainland under ‘substantial contract’ Nexans has secured a contract with Swedish transmission system operator (TSO) Svenska kraftnät to […] The post Nexans to link Swedish island to mainland under ‘substantial contract’ appeared first on Offshore Energy. Nadja Skopljak Go to offshore energy biz

  • Insurance checks instituted for Russian shadow fleet passing through the Baltic

    Insurance checks instituted for Russian shadow fleet passing through the Baltic A number of European nations have followed the lead taken by the UK in demanding insurance details from Russian-linked ships passing through their waters, something that is expected to put pressure on Russia’s exports through the Baltic.  The UK started this crackdown in October,…