VIDEO: Aker BioMarine orders krill harvesting support vessel

Krill-harvesting company Aker BioMarine is to build a new, energy efficient vessel with a $65 million price tag to support its Antarctic operations. To be built at the CIMC Raffles shipyard in

BW Group takes majority stake in Epic Gas

Andreas Sohmen-Pao’s BW Group is on the acquisition trail again. Today it reported that it hadpurchased a 54.7% stake Epic Gas from key shareholders and launched an unconditional tender offer to acquire

ABS updates BWMS Best Practices report

ABS has published an updated “Best Practices for Operation of Ballast Water Management (BWM) Systems Report,” offering fresh insight on best practices to overcome key challenges with selecting, installing and operating a

Two women on bridge

Svitzer Americas escort tug is first with all-female crew

In what’s almost certainly a world first, Maersk subsidiary Svitzer has hired an all-female crew for the 70 tons bollard pull escort tug Svitzer Monte Cristi, one of two 24 m RAmparts

Sixteen Stena Bulk tankers to get scrubbers

Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered tanker operator Stena Bulk is to install exhaust gas scrubbers on 16 ships before the January 2020 IMO sulfur cap deadline. In all, ten IMOIIMAX tankers, five Suezmaxes and

Furuno electronics help newbuild Kirby towboat meet Sub M regs

MV Bailey, the first of three new 88 ft towboats built to meet Subchapter M requirements was recently completed by the Main Iron Works shipyard in Houma, La., and will soon enter

LNG carrier at shipyard

Anthony Veder to add 30,000 cu.m LNG carrier to fleet

Rotterdam headquartered Anthony Veder is expanding its by adding a 30,000 cu.m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier that is currently being constructed by Zhejiang Xinle Shipbuilding in Ningbo, China. The vessel will

Woodside Energy tenders for LNG bunkering vessel

Australia’s largest LNG producer, Woodside Energy, is tendering for an LNG bunkering vessel. Speaking at the Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference in Perth last week, Chief Operations Officer Meg O’Neill

ExxonMobil to start sales of IMO 2020 fuels in third quarter

ExxonMobil is to start rolling out its range of IMO 2020 compliant fuels by the third quarter of this year. In October last year the company announced that ports in Antwerp, Rotterdam,

Austal Philippines delivers first of two 50 m cats for Taiwan operator

Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reports that its shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, Philippines, has delivered the first of two 50 meter, 550 passenger high-speed catamarans to Taiwan’s Brave Line. The vessels include an

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