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Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore has signed a share purchase agreement for the full divestment of its equity interest in the lease and operating entities of the FPSO Aseng to GEPetrol. The company’s exit from Equatorial Guinea will take place following an operational transition phase lasting up to 12 months. According to the company, the sale of …
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https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-exits-equatorial-guinea-following-fpso-stake-sale/Norwegian energy major Equinor has exercised a two-well option for one of Transocean’s semisubs. The option, exercised for the 2010-built Transocean Spitsbergen, will contribute approximately $100m in backlog, excluding additional services. The work on the two wells in Norway is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026 in direct continuation of the rig’s …
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https://splash247.com/equinor-exercises-100m-option-for-transocean-semisub/Carl Martin Faanessen, CEO of Manila-based Noatun Maritime, reckons too many column inches are being spent exaggerating the plight of seafarers. “We are at risk of placing an entire group of highly skilled, adaptable and professional workers in a bucket,” he writes. Can we take a moment and please stop placing seafarers in a victim …
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https://splash247.com/keep-calm-and-sail-on/Well-known Hong Kong shipowner Wah Kwong Maritime Transport has unveiled at this year’s Nor-Shipping show Venture Energy, a subsidiary focusing on the procurement and trading of clean fuels. Venture Energy aims to connect producers of clean fuels in China to end users around the world, developing plant projects and procuring product both for downstream customers …
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https://splash247.com/wah-kwong-launches-clean-fuels-trading-subsidiary/Mining giant Fortescue is on a worldwide campaign to reshape the future of maritime decarbonisation with its flagship vessel, the Fortescue Green Pioneer, at the helm of a push to establish green ammonia as the marine fuel of the future. From Southeast Asia to Western Europe and soon South America, the 75 m long offshore …
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https://splash247.com/fortescues-mission-to-champion-ammonia-goes-global/The 4,902 ceu car carrier Morning Midas, abandoned in the mid-Pacific after a fire broke out on a deck carrying electric vehicles, is now adrift with smoke still rising from the vessel. The manager of the vessel, London-based Zodiac Maritime, said that the incident occurred at around midnight local time on June 3 during the …
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https://splash247.com/smoke-still-seen-rising-from-abandoned-car-carrier/US-listed Greek eco tanker owner and operator Top Ships has moved to spin off two of its suezmax vessels into an independent publicly traded company. The company’s subsidiary, Rubico, has been earmarked to press ahead with the 2021-built 157,000 dwt scrubber-fitted Eco Malibu and Eco West Coast and list on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Both …
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https://splash247.com/top-ships-presses-on-with-suezmax-spin-off/Norway’s richest man, John Fredriksen, has launched a blistering critique of the state of life in both Norway and the UK, confirming he is relocating some of his business to the United Arab Emirates to escape what he sees as a Western world in steep decline. The 81-year-old shipping magnate spoke candidly to Norwegian title …
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https://splash247.com/britain-has-gone-to-hell-like-norway-john-fredriksen/Demand for advanced propeller retrofits and energy-saving devices (ESDs) has nearly quadrupled since 2020 to enhance energy efficiency to meet tightening emissions regulations. Click to enlarge However, according to a new report from British class society Lloyd’s Register (LR), while high-efficiency propellers can deliver fuel savings of between 3-10%, and popular devices such as rudder …
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https://splash247.com/lr-report-outlines-clear-case-for-shipowners-to-retrofit/The crew of a ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska after a fire broke out onboard, its operator Zodiac Maritime said on Wednesday.The 22 crew members were safely evacuated from the ship after they failed to put out the fire…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/burning-car-carrier-abandoned-off-alaska-526499
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