All articles by Raghavi Joshi

Raghavi Joshi

Deals this week: Sembcorp Marine, Mv Werften, Optimarin

Sembcorp Marine has secured a design-build contract from Norled, a shipping company based in Norway, for the construction of three hybrid plug-in roll-on / roll-off (RoPax) passenger ferries.

Deals and M&As this week: Verifavia Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Fincantieri

Verifavia Shipping has secured contracts from Walaem Ship Management and Zeaborn Ship Management to offer verification services.

Deals this week: Wartsila, Golden-Agri Stena, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJ)

Ponant, a cruise ship operator based in France, has awarded a contract to Wärtsilä for the delivery of 31DF dual-fuel engines for its new polar ice-class luxury cruise vessel.

Deals and M&As this week: BIMCO, Keppel Singmarine, Wartsila

Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), in collaboration with a group of companies, intends to establish a global standard for the underwater cleaning of hulls.

Deals this week: Van Oord, IPA, ABB

A consortium of Van Oord and Dredging International, a subsidiary of DEME Group, has been selected to upgrade the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway in Poland.

Deals this week: Clean Marine, APMEN Trade Tech, Kongsberg Digital (KDI)

Clean Marine, a marine exhaust scrubbers supplier based in Norway, has secured a contract from International Seaways for the supply of exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers).

Deals and M&As this week: TMC, Wartsila, Gulftainer

TMC Compressors of the Seas has an order to deliver Smart Air compressors to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

Deals this week: DSIC, Airbus, Hitachi

A joint development project (JDP) agreement was signed between classification society DNV GL and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for the development of an ultra-large container vessel (ULCV).

Deals and M&As this week: SBLK, TUI Cruises, Rolls-Royce Marine

Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) has reached an en bloc agreement with ER Capital’s affiliates for the two-stage acquisition of up to seven dry bulk vessels.

Deals and M&As this week: Konecranes, Carnival Cruise Line, Wartsila

Konecranes has secured a contract from Klaipedos Smelte, a stevedoring and logistics services provider based in Lithuania, for the delivery of ten rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes and two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.