Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that long-standing Athens Office Head George Paleokrassas has been named Global Maritime Sector Co-Head, alongside London-based Lindsey Keeble, who has led the sector since 2014. With over 70 active partners, WFW has the largest dedicated, full-service maritime legal practice in the world. George is universally recognised …
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua on Monday, August 31, delivered the third Yamal LNG carrier to the Cosco Shipping and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines joint venture. Courtesy of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding The vessel, named LNG Phecda earlier last month is capable of transporting up to 174,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel. The vessel completed sea trials in July. …
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, is advancing a project with shipping company “K” Line and classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai to conduct test operations and measurements for a small scale ship-based CO2 capture demonstration plant as shipping progresses toward decarbonization. In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization announced its …
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The ever-growing threat of cyber-attack on the maritime industry has only been magnified by the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the industry’s ongoing digitization of its business processes, while indispensable in modernizing, streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of these processes, has increased their exposure to cyber-attack. Multiple recent cyber-attacks on the maritime industry have …
We are pleased to inform you about our latest service enhancement on the Europe Mediterranean Express (EMX) Service. As from week 46, we will restructure the EMX by adding a direct call in Gemlik, while removing the Izmir call from the rotation. The additional Gemlik call will offer you a new gateway to connect your …
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DBP (Digital bunker prices) are all based on Oil Futures’ variations, and can be used as a Benchmark, while running parallel with the physical market simultaneously. DBP should be the base for the bunker price mechanism and the physical market to come second. This new thinking is the other way around compared to what we …
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) has exercised the contract extension option for the jack-up rig Maersk Convincer that allows the rig to continue operating offshore Brunei Darussalam. The contract extension has an expected duration of 602 days and will commence in May 2021 in direct continuation of the rig’s current work scope, which …
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has won two new contracts, one for a semi-submersible rig in Ireland and the other for a drillship in Suriname. Stena Drilling said via its social media channels on Tuesday that it had signed a new contract with Tullow Oil for the Stena Forth drillship to drill one well in …
A couple of days after its jacket foundation was installed, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has left Belgium and is now on the way to the Moray East site off Scotland. Siemens Energy, which secured a contract to deliver the three OTMs for Moray East in 2018, announced last week that the final platform …
Blue Logic has been awarded the Innovation Award 2020 from ONS, in the SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) category, for its development of an open-standard subsea docking station for underwater vehicles. Blue Logic’s seabed installed docking station enables underwater vehicles or drones to be permanently deployed subsea by providing access to power for charging and …
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