Saipem appoints new CEO
Italian energy services giant Saipem has appointed Francesco Caio as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager. Caio, who takes over from Stefano Cao, became chairman of...
View ArticleEni and BP to join forces in Angola
Italy’s Eni and supermajor BP are looking to combine their upstream portfolios in Angola, including all their oil, gas and LNG interests in the country. The two energy players have entered into a...
View ArticleSolstad settles charter termination dispute with Saipem
Solstad Offshore and Saipem have settled all claims and counterclaims related to the time charter of 2016-built construction support vessel . Norwegian vessel owner received a notice of early...
View ArticleD’Amico gets into biofuels
D’Amico is stepping up its decarbonisation game to test biofuel blends on board its LR1 product tankers. For the purpose of the project, the Italian shipowner has joined forces with Trafigura, ABS,...
View ArticleSaipem takes over Naval Energies floating wind business
Italian energy services giant Saipem has reached an agreement to acquire the floating wind business from French marine renewables firm Naval Energies, a subsidiary of Naval Group. The transaction,...
View ArticleWärtsilä and RINA showcase compact propulsion system design
Marine technology group Wärtsilä and classification society RINA have designed a new propulsion system that they claim can reduce vessel emissions by up to 40%. The system sees a single engine being...
View ArticleSaipem and DSME land $2.3bn FPSO contract with Petrobras
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has signed a $2.3bn contract with joint venture partners Saipem and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the supply of P-79, the eighth floating...
View ArticleSaipem awarded Nova drilling contract by Wintershall
Germany’s Wintershall Dea has awarded a contract to Saipem for the 2012-built semisub rig to finalise the drilling campaign of six wells at the Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea. The award comes...
View ArticleCTM takes over commercial management of Premuda’s dry bulk fleet
CTM and Premuda have entered into an agreement of commercial management for the dry bulk fleet of the Italian owner. Premuda’s dry bulk fleet is currently made up of handysizes and panamaxes. All...
View ArticleSaipem takes Samsung drillship on charter
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has signed a bareboat charter contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the seventh-generation drillship , which will be delivered in November 2021. Saipem...
View ArticleEni and Red Rock Power join forces for Scottish wind bid
Eni is continuing to expand its renewables portfolio as it works towards delivering 60 GW of installed capacity by 2050. The Italian energy giant Eni has partnered up with the Scottish offshore wind...
View ArticleSaipem launches technology for offshore production of green hydrogen
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has launched a technological solution for the production of green hydrogen that combines various renewable energy sources, such as floating wind, floating...
View ArticleCagliari terminal comes out of hibernation
Amid a scorching summer which has seen wild fires rip across the island, Sardinia’s top boxport facility has come out of hibernation. Genoa-based shipping and logistics group Grendi has relaunched...
View ArticleSaipem scores several drilling deals
Italy’s Saipem said that its offshore drilling division has secured various new contract awards and extensions. The recently chartered seventh-generation drillship has been awarded a contract with Eni...
View ArticlePTSC and Rosetti Marino secure contracts in Qatar
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) and Italy’s Rosetti Marino have both won contracts from North Oil Company (NOC), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and TotalEnergies, for work...
View ArticlePrysmian takes option on Solstad CSV
Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore announced on Friday that Italian cabling giant Prysmian has exercised the option to extend the firm contract for the 2010-built construction support vessel by one...
View ArticleFincantieri and Enel Green Power sign green hydrogen agreement
Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to define an integrated solution for the production, supply, management and use of green hydrogen for port areas...
View ArticleCMA CGM swoops for four Italia Marittima ships
CMA CGM has swooped for four classic panamaxes owned by Evergreen-controlled Italia Marittima. Brokers report the French line has taken the 5,090 teu sister ships , , and , all built in 2006 and 2007...
View ArticleRINA buys Logimatic Solutions
Italian class society RINA has announced its acquisition of Danish software firm, Logimatic Solutions. The move will add fleet management solution Sertica to the RINA portfolio of maritime offerings,...
View ArticlePrysmian and Asso.subsea win floating wind contract in France
Italian cabling giant Prysmian, in consortium with Greek contractor Asso.subsea, secured a contract worth around €30m ($35.5m) from RTE, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité, to deliver an export...
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