Greece’s Atlas Maritime has added to its orderbook of suezmax tankers in South Korea. The Leon Patitsas-led company has returned to DH Shipbuilding for two more 158,000 dwt ships, after booking four scrubber-fitted units earlier this year. The first four ships came at around $84m each with delivery in 2025 and 2026. Financial terms and […]
Greek owner Aegean Shipping Management has returned to Chinese shipyard COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Yangzhou to build its first LR2 ice-class tankers. The Piraeus-based firm said it has signed up for two product carriers that will comply with the third-stage requirements of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and adopt the most modern, high-quality, and […]
Greek owner Pyxis Tankers has entered into a definitive agreement with an unaffiliated third party to purchase a 2015-built, 82,013 dwt dry bulk vessel. The kamsarmax, built by Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and fitted with a ballast water treatment system and scrubber, has a purchase price of $26.6m. Pyxis didn’t reveal the name of the […]
US subsea and deepwater engineering and construction player McDermott has received a limited notice to proceed with an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Shell for the Manatee gas field development project, located off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Subject to Shell taking a final investment decision, the Manatee project scope […]
Cyprus-based bulker and boxship owner Castor Maritime has sold its 2005-built, 76,600 dwt panamax bulk carrier Magic Moon. The Nasdaq-listed firm said that the sale was agreed earlier this month with an unaffiliated third party for a price of $11.8m. The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new owner by the end of […]
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has been awarded new contracts in Australia for two of its vessels. The 2009-built construction support vessel Normand Australis, has been fixed to an unnamed subsea contractor for a minimum of 150 days, with options to extend. The contract will start in the fourth quarter of 2023. In addition, the 2014-built large […]
Dutch offshore vessel owner SeaMar has clinched a new one-year charter deal with Neptune Energy Netherlands (Neptune) for the 1986-built dive support vessel (DSV) . The Gibraltar-flagged ship has been supporting Neptune with inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaigns in the southern sector of the North Sea on the Dutch continental shelf. In March 2019, […]
Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has secured a contract extension with Carigali Hess for the provision of jackup drilling rig. The contract, valued at around $74m, will see Velesto support Carigali Hess’ drilling campaign for about 18 months. The 2015-built rig will be utilised for work, starting in April 2024. Carigali Hess is […]
Offshore driller Seadrill has added to its backlog with new deals for two drillships in the US Gulf of Mexico. The New York and Oslo-listed company has secured a contract extension worth around $76m with LLOG Exploration Offshore for its 2014-built floater West Neptune. The extension will directly continue the existing contract, keeping the rig […]
Addressing the the 33rd Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) yesterday via video link, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky described the blows to freedom of navigation in the Black Sea over the past 21 months as the worst since the Second World War. Zelensky called on member states to help protect the shipping corridor his […]
