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...
TWO VENEZUELA-LINKED TANKERS DETAINED IN DUTCH CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
With the resumption of Venezuela's oil trade under U.S. management, shipments from state oil company PDVSA have resumed, including some shipments aboard the same shadow fleet tankers that have carried Venezuelan cargoes for years....
KONGSBERG MARITIME TO DESIGN AND EQUIP TRANSPETRO’S NEW METHANOL-READY TANKERS
Norway-headquartered Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to design and equip four methanol/ethanol-ready handy-size product tankers that will be operated by Brazil’s oil & gas transportation company Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro).
Kongsberg Maritime secured the NOK...
NGO SHIPBREAKING PLATFORM REPORTS ON 2025 AND CALLS FOR MORE REGULATION
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform compiled a report on the ships sold for dismantling in 2025 while calling for continued efforts to improve the industry’s adherence to safety and environmental regulations. The group highlights that...
03/2026: ZERO EMISSION REQUIREMENTS IN NORWEGIAN HERITAGE FJORDS
Norway has amended its Environmental Safety Regulations, which means mandatory zero emission operating requirements are now in force for all passenger ships entering Norway’s World Heritage fjords (Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord). Responsibility for compliance rests...
MULTI-YEAR LNG PACTS STRENGTHEN QATAR’S BILATERAL TIES WITH MALAYSIA AND JAPAN
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy has sealed long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals with Malaysia’s Petronas, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and JERA, the country’s largest power generation company.
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TANKERS SAIL OFF AFTER MALAYSIA FINDS THEM “COJOINED” AND STOPS ILLEGAL STS
The Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia proudly celebrated its crackdown last week on an illegal ship-to-ship oil transfer but then quietly over the weekend released the two vessels without explanation. One of the vessels...