London-listed liftboat operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has won a new contract for one of its E-class vessels in the Middle East. The contract for an unnamed large-class vessel will last for two ...

German chemical tanker owner John T. Essberger is pressing ahead with its fleet renewal programme, signing up to six newbuildings at a another Chinese shipyard. The Hamburg-based group has placed firm ...

Dutch surveyor Fugro has been awarded a contract with Mubadala Energy to deliver advanced soil investigation services for the South Andaman deepwater development offshore Indonesia. This project will ...

Offshore engineering and services player Subsea7 has won an extension from Equinor for the 2013-built Seven Viking. The deal is an extension of an existing frame agreement for subsea inspection, ...

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has raked in a batch of new vessel contracts and an IMR deal with Shell in Trinidad and Tobago. The contracts will be executed primarily using DOF’s regional fleet ...

Cost control in shipping tech is no longer about trimming budgets at the margins. It is becoming a strategic weapon. That shift is front and centre for Chakib Abi Saab, chief technology and innovation ...

Splash’s editor gives readers his take on the world of shipping in the year 2025. At financial newswire Bloomberg, the official style guide has always shied away from using words such as but or if in ...

Insurance rates for ships trading in the Black Sea have jumped sharply following a fresh wave of attacks on vessels linked to Russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow could ...

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has launched a three-year initiative aimed at tightening integrity standards across maritime supply chains in Indonesia, Malaysia and Germany. The programme ...

Greek owner George Economou’s TMS Group is set to boost its containership fleet with another wave of LNG dual-fuel newbuildings at China’s Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard. Industry sources ...

Ben Bailey, director of programme at The Mission to Seafarers, has an urgent message to protect the global maritime workforce. Every day, close to 2m seafarers sail the world’s oceans, keeping global ...