Helped along by major charterers, including Cargill and Brazilian ore giant, Vale, more ships are being ordered or retrofitted with wind assisted propulsion and hull air lubrication systems. Those options have been
Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell is to install a bound4blue eSAIL suction sail system on a chemical tanker — a first for the bound4blue technology in the tanker sector. Odfjell has been actively
Alfa Laval has signed an agreement that will see leading chemical tanker operator Odfjell install the innovative OceanGlide hull air lubrication system on one of its vessels later this year. OceanGlide is
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on its investigation into the March 16, 2021, grounding of the 49,662 dwt Odfjell tanker Bow Tribute and its subsequent contact with
The National Transportation Safety Board issued Marine Accident Brief 21/21 Thursday for its investigation of the Jan. 14, 2020, fatal collision between the 37,395 dwt Odfjell managed chemical tanker Bow Fortune and
In a lawsuit filed October 22 in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana, Odfjell Chemical Tankers is seeking damages from American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL) following a March 16, 2021, incident
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg yesterday got a first-hand briefing on new and flexible fuel cell technology said to reduce emissions from shipping by 40% to 100%. Prime Minister Solberg was attending
MAY 25, 2018 — Equinor (the company formerly known as Statoil) has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract for the sixth-generation semisubmersible Deepsea Atlantic for six firm wells with an estimated total duration
NOVEMBER 2, 2016 — Bergen, Norway, based Odfjell has firmed up an earlier letter of intent and signed shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) for four chemical tankers
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Heiress Marianne Odfjell has announced plans to sell off her 30 percent stake in Odfjell Drilling for about $500 million in cash. Norway’s English language newspaper The Local
