General News

Teekay Offshore GP, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners, has entered into a new long-term contract with a subsidiary of the British BG Group to provide shuttle tanker services in Brazil.

Stena Line claims that its passenger ferry ‘Stena Jutlandica’ is the first to be equipped with wind turbines which will contribute to the company’s environmental efforts by both supplying energy and reducing…

Farstad Shipping has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply, reached an agreement with STX OSV to build two anchor handling offshore service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD.

NYK Line, Oshima Shipbuilding, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Akasaka Diesels and Sakai Chemical Industry are to begin shipboard tests of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal equipment.

W3G Marine (W3GM) based in Aberdeen, Scotland, and the Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede have agr eed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship…

ClassNK was named the best classification society in Asia again Friday night when it received the “Classification Society Award” at the Seatrade Asia Awards held recently in Hong Kong.