Energy News Beat HMM South Korean carrier HMM has submitted a letter of intent to expand its terminal in Algeciras, Spain. The plan, lodged with the Algeciras Port Authority, outlines an €150m ($177m) expansion project. HMM itself will invest €35m, with the remainder funded by CMA CGM, the terminal’s second-largest shareholder, along with external financing. […]
Energy News Beat FuelTrust Pierre Aury discusses all things nuclear shipping. The first wind-powered boats were sailing more than 5,000 years ago. Wind propulsion reached a golden age of sail in the mid-19th century, and the last commercial ocean-going sailing ship was the Pamir, which sank off the Azores in 1957. Built in 1905, she […]
Energy News Beat BHP has signed five-year charter contracts with COSCO Shipping Bulk for two ammonia dual-fuelled newcastlemax bulk carriers. The two 210,000 dwt vessels, expected to be delivered from 2028, will primarily transport iron ore from Western Australia to Northeast Asia. BHP vice president of maritime and supply chain excellence, Emma Roberts, said: “We […]
Energy News Beat TS Lines Taiwan’s TS Lines has bolstered its newbuilding programme through a new deal with a Chinese shipyard, Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding The intra-Asia focused carrier has commissioned five firm and five optional 5,000 teu vessels, each priced at about $62.5m and scheduled for delivery in 2028, according to shipbroking sources. The Guangzhou-based […]
Energy News Beat AfricaOperations X.com X.com Four crew members died after a jackup barge owned by Saudi oil and gas driller ADES capsized on Tuesday evening, some 300 km south of the Suez Canal. Egyptian authorities said that the incident happened off Ras Ghareb, located on the African side of the Gulf of Suez, around […]
Energy News Beat EuropeOffshore PGS PGS Oslo-listed seismic data specialist TGS has won a contract for offshore wind site characterisation, including acquisition, imaging, and interpretation services offshore Norway. The vessel Ramform Vanguard will start acquisition in early July, with a duration of approximately 25 days. The imaging and interpretation work will begin concurrently. Data acquisition […]
Energy News Beat AsiaOffshore Yinson Production Yinson Production Singapore-based floater owner and operator Yinson Production has announced a successful placement of $1.168bn in senior secured notes issued by Yinson Bergenia Production, the owner of the FPSO Maria Quitéria. The FPSO is operating under a 22.5-year lease and operate contract with Petrobras in the Jubarte field, […]
