Norwegian chemical tanker owner Odfjell has joined forces with Japanese shipping major Nissen Kaiun to launch a new Bergen-based joint venture for operating stainless-steel chemical tankers. The new ...

COSCO has sold the Japanese-built, scrubber-fitted VLCC Cosgrand Lake (299,000 dwt, built 2006) at a steep discount, brokers say. Market sources report the 19-year-old tanker has been committed to ...

Capesize sentiment continues to heat up, with a 15-year-old unit now trading above the $30m mark — a level traditionally considered the shunned zone by first-class charterers. At the beginning of the ...

Oslo-listed seismic data specialist TGS has been chosen to undertake the Pelotas Norte Phase I multi-client 3D survey in the Pelotas Basin, offshore southern Brazil. Phase I will encompass ...

Splash asks shipping leaders whether smart technology risks outsmarting its users in the latest instalment from our Seafarers magazine. Shipping’s digital transformation is no longer theoretical.

SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has won a contract from energy major BP for a subsea boosting system in the Tiber deepwater development off the US. This ...

“Hong Kong is in a sweet spot,” said Richard Hext last night on taking over the reins of the local shipowners association in one of the highlights of the city’s ongoing maritime week. Hext, the ...

Lianson Fleet Group (LFG), formerly known as Icon Offshore Group, has entered into a non-binding agreement with PV Drilling to create an offshore jackup rig joint venture in Malaysia. Under the joint ...

A group of big shipping names has launched a new alliance aimed at cutting plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. The Maritime Association for Clean Seas (MACS), founded by ocean impact organisation ...

Vattenfall, EWE, and RWE have kicked off the qualification phase for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, setting wheels in motion for the retirement of Germany’s first offshore wind farm. The wind ...

HD Hyundai has become the world’s first shipbuilder to build and deliver 5,000 ships, marking just over half a century since its first vessel delivery in 1974. The 5,000th vessel delivered by HD ...

France’s CMA CGM Group and Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports have agreed to expand their joint container terminal at Khalifa Port, less than a year after the facility opened, driven by stronger-than-expected ...