Indonesia’s Pertamina has awarded a four-year contract to a jackup rig owned by Chinese driller CNPC Petroleum Offshore Engineering (CPOE). The contract for the CPOE 16 rig will be both the rig ...

When complete, it will become one of Australia’s pioneering offshore wind energy projects and will be located off the coast of Brataualung and Tatungalung country in Gippsland, Victoria. With a ...

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is looking for an operator for a multipurpose terminal in Durban. The state-run ports and freight-rail operator has invited interested ...

Hans Henrik Thaulow is an Oslo-based journalist who has been covering the shipping industry for the last 15 years. As well as some work for the Informa Group, Hans was the China correspondent for ...

Barbados-flagged bulk carrier MJ Pinar was hit by Russian missiles at the port of Odesa yesterday evening with four crew killed, and another injured. The dead crew hailed from Syria and Ukraine.

Twelve partners from eight European countries have come together to drive forward a €10.2m ($11.1m) project that will demonstrate a full DC electrical grid concept on a real vessel. The ALL-DC ...

The Solong containership involved in Monday’s collision in the UK North Sea is unlikely to remain afloat, British maritime minister Mike Kane has said. “Modelling suggests that should Solong ...

Danish product tanker owner Torm has continued its sell-off of older tonnage with three ships set to exit the fleet. The New York and Copenhagen Nasdaq-listed firm is shipping out 2005-built MR ...

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In ...

China Merchants has bought a 70% stake in Vast Infraestrutura, Brazil’s only privately run VLCC terminal, located in the port of Açu in a deal worth up to $714m. China Merchants bought its ...