3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (413+ words) New Fortress Energy has sold two former Seadrill cylindrical semisubs for demolition, ending a four-year effort to repurpose the pair as floating LNG liquefaction facilities. VesselsValue’s latest demolition data lists the 2009-built Sevan Driller and 2012-built Sevan Brasil as sold…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (346+ words) For a decade the 24,000 teu megamax has looked like the natural ceiling for containership size. Analysts at Alphaliner now believe the industry could be ready to break through it. The consultancy has revived a concept it first floated in 2021 for…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (173+ words) Italy’s Port of Genoa has moved another step closer to removing one of its biggest constraints on future container growth, advancing construction of the new offshore breakwater designed to open the port to the world’s largest containerships. Work has started…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (211+ words) The UK Chamber of Shipping and Cruise Lines International Association have launched a new coalition aimed at accelerating access to alternative maritime fuels and the infrastructure needed to support them. The UK Alternative Maritime Fuels Coalition brings together shipowners, fuel…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (453+ words) McDermott has landed a subsea contract worth between $500m and $750m from Eni for the fast-tracked Cronos gas development offshore Cyprus, adding another sizeable offshore project to its orderbook. The Houston-based contractor will provide project management, engineering, procurement and installation support for…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (242+ words) The Istanbul-listed group said its Marshall Islands-based subsidiary Lena Maritime signed the deal with Laurel World Maritime, a subsidiary of Japanese trading house Itochu Corporation. The ship will be built within the Nihon Shipyard group, with Itochu acting as guarantor....

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (225+ words) Greek owner Venergy Maritime has firmed two more suezmax newbuildings at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding, taking its series at the Dalian yard to four and pushing its wider newbuilding programme to 30 ships. The Vyron Vasileiadis-led company has exercised options for two…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (213+ words) QatarEnergy has sent an LNG carrier openly through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in nearly six weeks. The QatarEnergy-controlled vessel, Al Marrouna, transited with AIS switched on, rather than using the dark-mode navigation adopted by much commercial…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (206+ words) Russia has opened a major new Arctic oil export gateway, with the first crude flowing through Rosneft’s Bukhta Sever terminal on the Taimyr Peninsula. President Vladimir Putin gave the order by video link over the weekend to begin loading the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (291+ words) Russia has started shipping crude from the giant Vostok Oil development through the newly built Bukhta Sever terminal on the Taimyr Peninsula, opening what Moscow intends to become one of the Arctic’s largest oil export gateways. President Vladimir Putin gave…...