FEBRUARY 20, 2018 — Shell has signed time charter agreements for two of six LNG dual fueled Aframax tankers under construction for Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The time charter agreements were signed
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Shipowners weighing up their future marine fuel choices after the 2020 IMO 0.5% sulfur cap should also consider oil company expectations that up to 30% of commercial shipping
OCTOBER 18, 2017 — The captain of a Dutch motor vessel that ran aground at Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, has been fined £1,000 (about $1,320) at Armagh Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty
OCTOBER 2, 2017 — Almost three-quarters (71%) of all new containerships already comply with the post-2025 requirements of the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), a new study reveals. Additionally, the best
JULY 25, 2017—While the number of orders for new vessels declined in the first half of 2017 as compared with 2016, the number of bulkers and tankers order rose, according to data
JULY 12, 2017 — The U.S. lacks icebreaking capability in the Arctic and Antarctic and should build four polar icebreakers with heavy icebreaking capability to help minimize the life-cycle costs of icebreaker
JUNE 12, 2017 — Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet, Sweden. has won a contract for the refit and repair works of the 77 m long Ro/Ro ferry Castellafrom Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The vessel
JUNE 1, 2017 — TTS Group and Ulstein have joined forces to provide 3D motion compensated cranes to the offshore industry. The collaboration has resulted in a contract to supply a TTS
APRIL 18, 2017 — Taking its dual-fuel technology beyond LNG carriers, Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) reports that its low-speed dual-fuel engines with X-DF low-pressure gas admission will propel the first ever
APRIL 4, 2017 — Singapore-headquartered AET Tankers Pte Ltd (AET) says that up to four of the Aframax tankers that it has under construction at shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd (SHI)
