The Liberian Registry has seen an increase in its fleet and a decreasing average age of vessels.

Globus Maritime Limited has signed two contracts for the construction and purchase of two fuel efficient bulk carriers with Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering.

The mantra “30 by 30” —30 gW of electricity generated from offshore wind by 2030—continues to provide tangible benefits in the form of new orders for shipyards.

Cadeler has signed a $345m contract with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industries for a construction of a jack-up foundation installation vessel.

UAE-based shipyard Lamprell expects to win major upgrade work for three jack-up rigs.

NYK has inked a fourth long-term charter for an LNG carrier with France’s EDF Group.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has bagged FPSO projects from BW Offshore and Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) worth around SGD250m ($180.3m).

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) is planning to build and invest in up to 22 LNG carriers.

The latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AIF) platform show an increased take-up of LNG-fuelled newbuilding contracts over the first four months of this year, compared with the corresponding period of 2021.

The second episode is online of a YouTube series documenting life onboard a US-flagged containership stranded mid-repair in a Shanghai shipyard during on the current lockdown.