UK SELLS DECOMMISSIONED SURVEY SHIP HMS ENTERPRISE TO BANGLADESH
A decommissioned Royal Navy survey ship, HMS Enterprise, that redefined hydrographic and oceanographic operations across the globe for two decades, is set to have a new lease of life after being sold to the...
$20 BILLION ASIAN LNG PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
An environmental approval is paving the way for the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia’s Masela block, which is expected to play a significant role in Asia’s energy security.
Inpex Masela,...
ENGINE ROOM FIRE KILLS TWO ON BULKER OFF CHINA
An engine room fire broke out on a Chinese-owned bulker while the vessel was sailing off Shandong in northern China. The vessel, the Mandy (180,371 dwt), is registered in Singapore, and the incident is...
ADNOC’S XRG WIDENS GAS AND LNG PORTFOLIO WITH ARGENTINA AND CASPIAN SEA DEALS
XRG, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which includes Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) and global investment firm Carlyle, has taken steps to expand its footprint by firming up agreements...
LNG IS THE FUTURE OF SHIPPING’S ENERGY TRANSITION
The maritime industry’s energy transition is no longer a distant ambition - it is a present-day reality.
What was all-too-recently framed as a future challenge to tackle with a “silver bullet” solution, is now an...
EXMAR TAKES ON FLNG GIG FOR $4B HYDRO-POWERED FLOATING LNG PROJECT IN CANADA
Belgian shipping company Exmar has landed an assignment for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit destined for deployment in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on Canada’s West Coast.
Exmar has been hired...
FIRST MAERSK – GEMINI COOPERATION FLAGSHIP TRANSITS SUEZ CANAL
The first of Maersk’s flagship dual-fuel methanol vessels made its scheduled eastbound transit of the Suez Canal, marking the return of one of the liner routes to the Suez – Red Sea corridor. Maersk...
CHINA-BUILT METHANOL DUAL-FUEL CONTAINER VESSEL READY FOR CHARTER WITH MAERSK
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has delivered a methanol dual-fuelled container vessel at its shipyard in China that will go on a charter with Denmark-based container shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk.
The methanol dual-fuelled 5,900 TEU...
SINGAPORE JAILS CAPTAIN FOR LYING ABOUT FATAL INCIDENT ON GAS TANKER
A court in Singapore sentenced the captain of a gas tanker to 14 months in jail after he admitted to lying about a fatal incident aboard the vessel in 2024. He is the second...
ENI COMMENDS LNG CARGO DEBUT FROM AFRICAN FLNG PROJECT
Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the Republic of Congo, and Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, attended on February 7, 2026, in Pointe-Noire the ceremony marking the first cargo of LNG from the Nguya...