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Allseas Makes Progress on Santos’ Barossa Gas Export Pipeline in Australia
Audacia has successfully installed her largest ever PLET in S-mode, concluding several years of in-house engineering, fabrication and testing. The pipeline end termination structure is so heavy, production crew had to install separately to the …
Apr 16, 2024 / Curious
Van Oord completes large-scale beach restoration project in Valencia
Van Oord completed the largest beach restoration in Spain’s history, restoring the beaches south of the city of Valencia to their original size. The beaches have been slowly eroding since 1965. The Spanish government contracted the joint venture of …
Apr 15, 2024 / Curious
Finnlines has set sail from Malmö on its new route to Świnoujście
The shipping company Finnlines newly announced the launch of a new service between Malmö, Sweden and Świnoujście, Poland with first departure this morning on April 10. Finnlines thus expands its network and now connects to over 20 ports across …
Apr 12, 2024 / Curious
Stena Line acquires shares in Africa Morocco Link to expand outside of Europe
Stena Line has entered an agreement to acquire 49 percent of the shares in Morocco based ferry company Africa Morocco Link (AML). AML is headquartered in Tangier operating a ferry route between Tanger Med – Algeciras. This summer, the company will …
Apr 9, 2024 / Curious
Finnlines to establish a new daily maritime bridge between Sweden and Poland
Finnlines to establish a new daily maritime bridge between Sweden and Poland – first departure from Malmö to start on 10 April 2024 Finnlines expands its route network and starts to operate with its freight-passenger ship Finnfellow on the route …
Apr 8, 2024 / Vessels
Damen Shipyards and CMA CGM to cooperate on increasing container ship efficiency
Damen Shipyards Group and leading shipping group CMA CGM are beginning a cooperation that will ultimately result in around 10 of the latter’s vessels receiving significant modifications Damen Shipyards Group and leading shipping group CMA CGM are …
Apr 3, 2024 / Curious
Petronas Starts Construction of Malaysia's First Nearshore FLNG Facility
Malaysia’s state-owned energy company Petronas has started the construction of its nearshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit, set to become Malaysia’s first such facility once in operation. A steel cutting ceremony for the nearshore FLNG …
Apr 1, 2024 / Curious
Pacific Basin leads the largest adoption of graphene-based coating in the dry bulk segment
In a proactive move towards energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, Pacific Basin, a leading dry bulk shipping company, has decided to apply a sustainable graphene-based propeller coating, XGIT-PROP, across its entire fleet. This …
Mar 29, 2024 / Curious
Yara Clean Ammonia and Azane granted safety permit to build world's first low emission ammonia bunkering terminal
The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection gave their approval to the construction of the planned ammonia bunkering facility at Fjord Base in Florø, Norway. The permit marks a significant milestone for enabling ammonia as a safe and low emission …
Mar 26, 2024 / Vessels
Fundación Valenciaport to boost carbon neutrality in maritime transport through the POWER4MED project
Fundación Valenciaport has begun work on the POWER4MED project, an initiative that seeks to boost the transition towards carbon neutrality in maritime transport. This goal requires, in the short term, the use of transition fuels such as liquefied …
Mar 21, 2024 / Curious