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Norwegian offshore contractor Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed customer to deliver an HVDC substructure for a European offshore wind project. Aker Solutions said in an Oslo Bors filing that the contract scope includes engineering, procurement and construction. The company will book the award as order intake in the second quarter …
https://splash247.com/aker-solutions-lands-european-offshore-wind-substation-deal/
https://splash247.com/aker-solutions-lands-european-offshore-wind-substation-deal/Swiss-based offshore drilling giant Transocean has entered into an agreement with Equinor for the use of three of its harsh environment semisubmersible rigs on the Norwegian shelf. In aggregate, this agreement represents over $1bn in contract backlog across seven rig years, excluding additional services. The base day rate of $399,000 per day excludes adjustment provisions …
https://splash247.com/equinor-hands-transocean-1bn-norwegian-rig-deal/
https://splash247.com/equinor-hands-transocean-1bn-norwegian-rig-deal/As battery-electric shortsea vessels move from pilot projects to commercial deployment, the strategic question is no longer whether the ships can work, writes Wolfgang Lehmacher. It is who controls the yards, batteries, port power, software and standards that will define the next generation of coastal trade. When Norway’s Eitzen Group ordered two fully electric 900 …
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https://splash247.com/europe-cannot-afford-to-sleepwalk-into-chinese-built-electric-corridors/The US has moved to disrupt a cartel-linked fuel smuggling network using logistics companies, falsified customs documents and maritime transport to move illicit hydrocarbons between the US and Mexico. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced sanctions and a new alert targeting schemes linked to …
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https://splash247.com/us-targets-mexican-cartel-fuel-smuggling/The UK has extended its emissions trading scheme to domestic shipping from today, bringing cargo and passenger vessels of 5,000 gt and above into the country’s carbon market. The UK ETS now applies to voyages between UK ports and to in-port activities at UK ports of call, including cargo operations, hotelling and movements within port. …
https://splash247.com/uk-carbon-market-extends-to-shipping-from-today/
https://splash247.com/uk-carbon-market-extends-to-shipping-from-today/Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) enters a new era today with Till Ole Barrelet formally taking over as chief executive from founding boss Jeremy Nixon. Barrelet, formerly chief executive of Emirates Shipping Line, joined ONE as CEO-designate in May ahead of today’s planned handover. Nixon, who has led the Singapore-headquartered liner operator since its …
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https://splash247.com/barrelet-takes-the-helm-at-one/Diana Shipping has extended its hostile tender offer for Genco Shipping & Trading, keeping alive one of dry bulk’s most closely watched takeover battles. The Semiramis Paliou-led bulker owner said the offer will now expire on July 18, giving Genco shareholders more time to tender their shares into a proposal that has repeatedly been rejected …
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https://splash247.com/diana-keeps-pressure-on-genco-with-tender-extension/US aluminium producer Alcoa has agreed to buy South32’s bauxite, alumina and aluminium assets in Australia, Brazil and South Africa in a deal worth $4.1bn upfront. The transaction will see Alcoa pay $3.1bn in cash and issue about 17m new shares valued at roughly $1bn. South32 could also receive up to $750m in contingent cash …
https://splash247.com/alcoa-moves-for-south32-aluminium-assets/
https://splash247.com/alcoa-moves-for-south32-aluminium-assets/Italian energy major Eni and Swiss commodities trader Mercuria have agreed to set up a joint venture for global energy trading. The 50:50 venture will operate independently and cover oil, biofuels, gas, LNG and related logistics and infrastructure rights. The companies said the business will be structured through a holding company with international trading hubs. …
https://splash247.com/mercuria-and-eni-form-global-energy-trading-venture/
https://splash247.com/mercuria-and-eni-form-global-energy-trading-venture/COSCO Shipping Development has unveiled orders for 24 dry bulk vessels worth RMB8.66bn ($1.27bn), deepening its ship leasing business with long-term charters back into the COSCO group. The Shanghai- and Hong Kong-listed company said its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Hainan COSCO Shipping Development Shipping will contract the vessels at yards controlled by COSCO Shipping Heavy …
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