Oslo-listed offshore player DOF Subsea has reported multiple contract awards in the Asia Pacific region, securing vessel utilisation in Q3 and Q4 of 2021 and adding to the backlog in the first half of 2022. The 2010-built CSV Skandi Hercules will support several offshore campaigns from Q3 2021 into...
https://splash247.com/dof-subsea-scores-multiple-asia-pacific-contracts/
Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba, is setting up a direct sea freight route between China and South Korea, which will be operated at least 6 times a week. The direct line between Shandong province in China and South Korea will see ships arrive in 12 hours. The goal is to deliver...
https://splash247.com/alibaba-unit-sets-up-china-to-south-korea-ocean-freight-service/
Seafarers working for Japan’s largest shipping line might have further pause for thought about the long term future of their jobs following the latest news from Tokyo today. Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), which has invested more than most lines in research and development of autonomous shipping, is now...
Navios Maritime Partners bulk carrier ran aground on Rasfaree reef in the Kaafu Atoll, the Maldives after experiencing engine failure. There are currently no reports of vessel damage or pollution risks. The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) is working with local authorities and the owner to...
https://splash247.com/navios-bulk-carrier-runs-aground-off-maldives/
Thailand’s Regional Container Lines (RCL) is transitioning from its feeder origins, having just snapped up its largest ships to date. RCL has bought two 12,000 teu ships under construction for $115m each from Japanese tonnage provider Kyosei Kisen. The ships will deliver towards the end of next...
https://splash247.com/rcl-moves-beyond-its-feeder-roots-with-acquisition-of-12000-teu-boxship-pair/
Class society DNV has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for a fuel ready concept for a VLCC with dual fuel diesel/ammonia as a potential fuel combination after conversion from dual fuel diesel/LNG. The newly released ‘Gas Fuelled Ammonia’ notation has also...
https://splash247.com/samsung-heavys-ammonia-developments-advance/
Japanese company PowerX has unveiled plans to design and build an automated power transfer vessel to carry electricity from offshore wind farms to shore by 2025. The aim is to enable energy transmission between any two ports on the planet. PowerX said it will develop a vessel with a massive battery...
https://splash247.com/japanese-firm-looks-to-build-next-generation-of-energy-transfer-ships/
Singapore’s FSL Trust Management has purchased the 2008-built vessel oil/chemical tanker from Norbulk Shipping for $5m and sealed a bareboat charter deal with James Fisher Everard for 8 years. Delivery of the 9,500 dwt vessel, which is being renamed Pelican Fisher is expected to take place between...
https://splash247.com/fsl-trust-acquires-norbulk-tanker-for-james-fisher-charter/
Grindrod Shipping is buying the 2019 Japanese-built ultramax bulk carrier, , which it currently charters in from its owners, Sanzo Enterprise, for a price of $23.5m. The vessel was originally chartered-in for a minimum period of three years from delivery with two one-year extension options and no...
https://splash247.com/grindrod-works-its-japanese-contacts-to-net-an-ultramax/
NYK Line, as the charterer of the , has sent teams to assist clean up the oil spill the wrecked wood chip carrier caused off the coast of Hachinohe, Japan last week. The company said it has dispatched the first group of 10 people for two days and one night and plans to continue sending …
https://splash247.com/nyk-assists-in-crimson-polaris-oil-cleanup-operations/