Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has established a new marine decarbonisation business development group in response to the energy transition of the shipping sector. The new organisation will utilise the technologies accumulated by MHI over its long...
https://splash247.com/mitsubishi-shipbuilding-sets-up-dedicated-decarbonisation-development-group/
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension from Shell for the 2013-built drillship offshore Malaysia. Shell has executed two options on the previously announced contract, under which the first will be novated to TotalEnergies Malaysia for the drilling of one deepwater well at the Tepat...
https://splash247.com/maersk-drilling-scores-drillship-contract-extension-in-malaysia/
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has provided Splash readers with a glimpse of the enormous hard sail it is about to install on one of its bulk carriers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding. The huge sail, 54 m high, has been under development for the past 13 years and is known as the Wind Challenger...
https://splash247.com/mol-readies-for-installation-of-its-first-hard-sail/
Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has ordered three commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV) for delivery in January and July 2024 in addition to the six vessels the company has under construction. The order is spread between Astilleros Gondan in Spain for one CSOV, while...
Singapore-headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has launched a fundraising campaign calling on the global maritime community to raise S$1m ($740,000) to support seafarer wellbeing. This year, from February 2–22, participants across sea and shore will walk, run, or cycle 100,000 km to raise...
https://splash247.com/eastern-pacific-sets-out-to-raise-funds-for-mission-to-seafarers/
Broker Braemar ACM has confirmed Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has placed an order for four LNG dual fuel 13,000 teu ships at Jiangnan shipyard in China, marking the first newbuilds for a number of years during which it has skirted with bankruptcy and restructured with Singapore’s...
https://splash247.com/pil-signs-for-first-newbuilds-since-restructuring/
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has secured a contract from India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the seventh development phase of its pipeline replacement projects. The Indian engineering and fabrication giant said the contract...
https://splash247.com/lt-awarded-large-offshore-epcic-contract-by-ongc/
Baumarine by MaruKlav, the panamax pool managed by Marubeni and Torvald Klaveness, has welcomed Japan’s Mizuho Sangyo as its latest member. The Imabari-headquartered shipowner has committed its 2006-built bulker this month and the 75,400 dwt vessel is currently performing a North Pacific voyage on...
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has sealed a time charter contract with compatriot trading house Mitsui & Co for a newbuilding 174,000 cu m LNG carrier. The contract follows deals for three newbuilding LNG carriers for Mitsui & Co charters signed between September 2014 and January 2015...
https://splash247.com/mol-seals-charter-with-mitsui-for-another-lng-carrier-newbuild/
Norwegian owner Awilco LNG has invested $7m in Golar LNG’s spinoff Cool Company (CoolCo) through its recently closed an upsized private placement from $250m to $275m. The Oslo-listed company has been in return allocated 700,000 shares in the new LNG carrier player majority backed by Israeli...
https://splash247.com/awilco-lng-joins-golar-and-eastern-pacific-lng-venture/