Tanker Tropic Breeze partially sunken

Tanker sinks off Bahamas after encounter with super yacht

A 750 dwt product tanker sank Christmas Eve after reportedly being rear-ended by a super yacht when en route to Norwegian Cruise Line Holding’s private island in the Bahamas, Great Stirrup Cay.

AGTS at sea

Solstad Offshore books Petrobras contract

Petrobras has awarded, Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA a new contract for the 2007 built AHTS BOS Turquesa The contract will start in the first quarter of 2022 and is for

Cruise ship at sea

Viking takes delivery of first expedition ship

Torstein Hagen’s Viking cruises has taken delivery of Viking Octantis, the first of two new purpose-built expedition ships. The delivery ceremony took place yesterday at Fincantieri group member Vard’s Søviknes, Norway, shipyard.

LCS at sea

Austal USA delivers LCS 30

In its second littoral combat ship delivery this year, Austal USA has delivered the future USS Canberra (LCS30) to the United States Navy. Paddy Gregg, CEO of Austal USA’s Henderson, Western Australia,

Satellite lauch

First Inmarsat-6 satellite launches successfully

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully launched I-6 F1, the first of Inmarsat’s new generation of satellites, from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The Inmarsat-6 series are Inmarsat’s first ever hybrid

Graphic of mobile screen

VIDEO: ClassNK releases new mobile app

ClassNK has released a mobile version of its PSC Intelligence PC software for ship management companies. The mobile application enables seafarers not only to manually input the reports from PSC Intelligence into

Spill seen from air

Offshore operator agrees settlement in GoM oil spill case

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Taylor Energy Company LLC. a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to liquidate and turn over all its remaining assets to the United States

Avenir LNG CEO

Shell to charter Avenir LNG bunkering vessel

As LNG fueled vessels get larger, so do their bunkering needs. Today, London-headquartered Avenir LNG Limited (N-OTC: Avenir) reported that it has entered into a Time charter party (TCP) with Shell NA

Solstad offshore vessel

Solstad Offshore going greener with help of Innovation Norway grant

Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA targets a 50% global fleet emission reduction by 2030. Over the next three years, the company will be investing more than NOK 300 million (about $34

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack,

Message to ocean carriers: Act on U.S. agriculture exports or face FMC action

Two Biden administration cabinet members, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, have written leading ocean carriers. They urge them to help mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of

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