Shelf Drilling scores Eni contracts for jackup pair
Oslo-listed jackup rig operator Shelf Drilling has secured two long-term contracts from Eni for operations in the Adriatic Sea offshore Italy. The Dubai-headquartered firm with a fleet of 36 rigs, has...
View ArticleAmazon takes to the sea for more sustainable deliveries in Europe
Amazon is increasing the use of short sea trips to move inventory and customer packages across Europe as part of its effort to provide a more efficient, faster, and lower-emission mode of freight...
View Articled’Amico adds another MR tanker
D’Amico Tankers has exercised a purchase option on the existing bareboat charter-in contract for the , a 45,999 dwt MR product tanker vessel built in November 2014 by Hyundai Mipo, South Korea, for a...
View ArticleSaipem lands $1.2bn worth of contracts in Guyana and Egypt
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has won new contracts in Guyana and Egypt worth a total of around $1.2bn. The contract in Guyana has been secured from ExxonMobil for the Uaru oil field...
View ArticleTechnip Energies secures FEED contract for Italian gigawatt-scale floater
French-based engineering and technology company Technip Energies has been selected by Italy’s Renexia part of Toto Holding to carry out the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a gigawatt-scale...
View ArticleEni taps Wison for second Congo FLNG unit
Italy’s Eni has signed a contract with China’s Wison Heavy Industry for the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit that will be deployed offshore the Republic of Congo. The 380 m...
View ArticleMSC buys Darsena Toscana terminal in Livorno
Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the ports arm of leading liner Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), has struck a deal with Gruppo Investimenti Portuali (GIP) to acquire Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT) in...
View ArticleD’Amico pounces on another leased MR tanker
Italy’s d’Amico International Shipping (DIS) has declared a purchase option on another bareboat chartered-in MR product tanker. The Milan-listed owner is taking back the 2014-built , estimated by...
View ArticleGrimaldi adds to ammonia-ready car carrier orderbook in China
Italian shipowner Grimaldi Group has signed an order for the construction of up to seven ammonia-ready pure car and truck carriers in China, worth around $630m. The Naples-based company has booked five...
View ArticleEni’s Plenitude and Simply Blue forge Italian floating wind tie-up
Eni’s renewables business unit, Plenitude, has teamed up with Irish blue economy project developer Simply Blue Group to jointly develop a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy. The...
View ArticleFincantieri lands SOV order from Crowley and Esvagt joint venture
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri has secured an order from CREST Wind, a joint venture between US-based Crowley and Denmark’s Esvagt, to design and build an offshore wind service operation vessel...
View ArticleSaipem wins $900m in offshore contracts
Italian energy services player Saipem has been awarded two offshore contracts worth a total of around $900m. The first contract, in partnership with Aker Solutions, has been awarded by Total Energies,...
View ArticleSaipem secures decommissioning work in UK North Sea
Italy’s Saipem has secured a contract from UK-based operator EnQuest to remove the upper jacket that has supported its Heather platform in the North Sea. The contract covers all the engineering,...
View ArticleRINA expands US footprint with Patrick Engineering acquisition
Italian class society RINA has acquired US multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Patrick Engineering. The Chicago-based firm, with 340 employees active in infrastructure, transport and renewable...
View Articled’Amico exercises product tanker purchase option
Italy’s d’Amico International Shipping has exercised a purchase option on the , a 50,000 dwt MR product tanker vessel built in May 2018 by Onomichi Dockyard, paying $30m for the ship, which will...
View ArticleGrimaldi firms up car carrier options in China
Italy’s Grimaldi Group has exercised the option for five pure car and truck carriers at China Merchant Industry Holdings, bringing the total number of PCTCs ordered by the Neapolitan owner in less than...
View ArticleGrimaldi takes concession at Amsterdam port
Italy’s Grimaldi Group has won a 20-year concession for a multipurpose cargo and roro terminal at the Amerikahaven dock in the port of Amsterdam. In an 80-20 joint venture with the Dutch logistics...
View ArticleFratelli Cosulich adds handy bulker
Italy’s Fratelli Cosulich Group has purchased a 2015-built handysize bulk carrier . The price tag for the 38,900 dwt ship, online pricing platform VesselsValue estimated as worth $17.4m and owned by...
View ArticleSaipem looks at biofuels for its vessels
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has teamed up with compatriot energy firm and shareholder Eni with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of its fleet. Under a memorandum of understanding...
View ArticleDeep Value Driller charters out drillship to Saipem
Norway-based Deep Value Driller has landed a bareboat charter deal with Italy’s Saipem for the seventh-generation drillship . The 2014-built rig, formerly known as Bolette Dolphin, will be fixed to...
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