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  • Stainless Tankers readies double sale

    Stainless Tankers readies double sale Stainless Tankers of Norway has moved to offload two of its nine vessels. The Oslo-listed outfit backed by UK-based Tufton Investment Management is selling the 2005-built J19 stainless steel units Monax and Marmotas – the oldest in its fleet. Both ships, currently estimated by VesselsValue at about $33.7m in total,…

  • The shipping consequences of Mr Trump

    The shipping consequences of Mr Trump Splash’s lead columnist has been forced out of silence by the results in America. I have on my wrist a wristwatch made in the year of my birth -1952. It was made in two stages – the movement was made in Le Locle, in Switzerland, by the firm of…

  • Seaway 7 wins cabling work on East Anglia Two offshore wind farm

    Seaway 7 wins cabling work on East Anglia Two offshore wind farm Seaway 7, the renewables unit of Oslo-listed Subsea 7, has won a contract from ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the East Anglia Two offshore wind project. ScottishPower Renewables’ £4bn ($5.16bn) East Anglia Two offshore wind farm…

  • Noble bags UK semisub extension from Shell

    Noble bags UK semisub extension from Shell Noble Corporation has secured a two-well extension from UK supermajor Shell for the semisub Ocean Endeavor in the UK North Sea. The contract at an undisclosed dayrate will keep the unit fixed until June 2025 or approximately 130 days, and includes options for two more wells. The 1976-built…

  • Höegh Evi moves to develop French hydrogen import terminal

    Höegh Evi moves to develop French hydrogen import terminal Norway’s Höegh Evi, formerly known as Höegh LNG, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the port of Port-La Nouvelle to develop a floating hydrogen import terminal targeting up to 210,000 tonnes of volumes annually from producers in the Middle East, North Africa and the Americas…

  • MPC Capital and O.S. Energy to build next-gen OSV fleet

    MPC Capital and O.S. Energy to build next-gen OSV fleet Hamburg-based asset and investment manager MPC Capital and offshore service provider O.S. Energy have teamed up to build a fleet of next-generation offshore service vessels. These purpose-built offshore survey and service vessels (OSSV) will be used primarily in the offshore wind industry in the North…

  • Intership Navigation and Interorient Shipmanagement join forces

    Intership Navigation and Interorient Shipmanagement join forces Cyprus-based Intership Navigation and Interorient Shipmanagement have merged their shipmanagement activities into InterMaritime Shipmanagement. The newly formed company, which will include Intership’s sister company Donnelly Tanker Management, will manage a fleet of over 170 vessels including tankers of all types, LPG carriers, bulkers, containers, multipurpose ships and other…

  • PIL signs for more Hudong-Zhonghua boxships

    PIL signs for more Hudong-Zhonghua boxships Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has returned to China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for five LNG dual-fuel containerships. The company has contracted 9,000 teu vessels bringing its newbuilding campaign since 2022 to 18. In addition to being LNG-powered, the vessels will be able to switch to running on bio-methane, PIL said.…

  • Cadeler seals UK offshore wind deal

    Cadeler seals UK offshore wind deal Copenhagen-headquartered offshore wind vessels player Cadeler has inked a firm deal with ScottishPower Renewables to transport and install wind turbine generators and foundations for the East Anglia Two project off the coast of the UK. The BW Group and Scorpio-backed owner and operator said the contract is worth between…

  • MAC Shipping inks first newbuilds

    MAC Shipping inks first newbuilds Singapore’s MAC Shipping is expanding its fleet via a debut order for stainless steel chemical tanker newbuilds. The company has tapped China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for four 25,900 dwt units costing $50m each, according to brokers, with deliveries starting in 2026. MAC Shipping was established in 2021,…