Houston - “This project is an important milestone for the region and is a key component of Singapore’s strategy to become the world’s largest bunkering port,” said ABS Vice President Global Gas Solutions, Patrick Janssens
Ottawa - Canada has chosen a BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin-led team as the “preferred bidder” for a potential contract worth more than $45 billion to build new frigates for the Royal Canadian Navy. The two major defense contractors had pitched a proposal centered on BAE’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship design
London - On Tuesday, pirates approached and opened fire at the Hong Kong-flagged MV KSL freighter 340 nautical miles off Somalia.
Ramatuelle (France) - Some of France’s spectacular Riviera beaches have been shut as volunteers with shovels and sacks try to rid the coastline of a thick oily residue that washed ashore after two ships collided off Corsica earlier in October
Ankara - Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said on Thursday that the navy had stopped a Greek frigate from harassing a Turkish ship in the Mediterranean. It did not give further details. Turkey and Greece have long disputed their overlapping claims of jurisdiction for offshore oil and gas in the Mediterranean
Singapore - The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has signed two memoranda of understanding for the use of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, in the maritime sector. The agreements should give birth to the world’s first on-site additive manufacturing production facility
GIP looks to the example of Northern Europe, focusing on quality and safety
Mario Mattioli: “The doubling of the Suez Canal has strengthened the centrality of the Mediterranean Sea”.
Rostock - Rostock LNG , a joint venture between Russian gas producer Novatek and Belgium’s gas transmission operator Fluxys , has signed a land lease agreement with the Port of Rostock with a view to building and operating a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminal in the port
Genoa - The first of this highly-innovative new generation of ships will come into service in Spring 2023 .
