CONSORTIUM LANDS DEAL FOR PROJECT AT WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE SOUR GAS DEVELOPMENT
UAE’s giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has handed out a letter of award (LOA) to a consortium led by National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), a subsidiary of National Marine Dredging Company, for...
COMPANIES FINED $2M IN MARPOL CASE WHILE ENGINEER WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY
The owner and operator of a bulker registered in the Marshall Islands were sentenced and fined after pleading guilty in a March 2021 MARPOL case at the Port of New Orleans. The Department of...
CREW STUCK AT SEA IS LOW DESPITE RENEWED COVID CONCERNS FROM CHINA
The Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator, which was launched in May 2021 to track the predominance of crew stuck at sea, is at its lowest level since it was launched. Yet, while the situation...
THE CHOICE BETWEEN DEMURRAGE & DAMAGES FOR DETAINMENT OF VESSEL
The Demurrage Regime: An Introduction
It is a settled position that the Charterer becomes liable to pay a certain amount of money as liquidated damage for every additional day of use of the vessel after...
UK RECEIVES £1 BILLION ANNUAL “WINDFALL” FROM NEW OFFSHORE WIND LEASES
Further demonstrating the strong demand emerging in the offshore wind energy sector for prime locations, the UK’s Crown Estate concluded agreements for leases on six new offshore wind sites as part of the country’s...
INDIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS STRICT AGE RESTRICTIONS ON CARGO VESSELS
India's government is preparing to impose a remarkable set of vessel age restrictions on all ships handling Indian cargo, according to The Economic Times.
The restrictions would prevent Indian owners from buying and registering any...
WATCH: SANMAR SHIPYARDS LAUNCHES HAISEA MARINE’S DUAL-FUEL ESCORT TUG
Turkey-based Sanmar Shipyards has undocked the first of two HaiSea Marine’s LNG dual-fuel escort tugs.
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, won a contract to build and...
CARNIVAL JOINS THE RUSH TO INSTALL STARLINK
Carnival Corporation has joined the rush to add SpaceX's Starlink satcom service to its fleet, joining Royal Caribbean and Hurtigruten.
Carnival already started the rollout in December on the fleets of its Carnival Cruise Line...
HOWDEN TEAMS UP WITH FORESHIP TO BOLSTER VESSEL EFFICIENCY
Howden, a Glasgow-based provider of air and gas handling products, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with naval architecture and marine engineering firm Foreship.
The cooperation agreement focuses on incorporating Howden’s HV-TURBO compressors in...
MISC, MITSUI AND SHI TO COLLABORATE ON CCS VALUE CHAIN
Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad (MISC) has joined forces with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. and international technology group Andritz to explore opportunities for carbon...