MOL orders a deck carrier to serve offshore wind sector
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ unit, MOL Drybulk, has placed an order at the Chinese Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering yard for the construction of a coastal deck…
Swire Shipping back in Japan with a new office
Shipowner and operator, Swire Shipping, part of the Swire Group, has returned to Japan with a new branch office. The decision is a recognition of…
KCTC ships cranes to Vietnam
The South Korean logistics company and Project Logistics Alliance member, KCTC, shipped 18 rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGC) to two different Vietnamese destinations.
Huisman receives Japan’s first Monopile Gripper order
TOA Corporation and Obayashi ordered a Huisman Monopile Gripper, which will be the first of its kind in Japan.
Logistics Plus Opens New Office in Hawaii
The Pennsylvania-based logistics company Logistics Plus (LP) opened an office in Honolulu, Hawaii, to better connect Southeast Asia and the Pacific United States (US). This…
Shimizu jack-up vessel: almost ready for installations in the APAC region
The Japanese engineering company, Shimizu Corporation, has designed a self-elevating jack-up vessel designed to handle wind turbines with an individual capacity of 8MW or more.…
Offshore wind
Fugro and NYK team up with OYO for Japan’s offshore wind industry
After Fugro and NYK already partnered on providing offshore geotechnical services in Japan, the two companies have now also joined forces with leading Japanese geoscience…
Offshore wind
Japan unveils huge offshore wind targets for next 20 years
Japan has unveiled huge plans for offshore wind energy production. The country is gearing up to install as much as 45 gigawatts (GW) of offshore…
Heavy-lift shipping
Chipolbrok and Crane Worldwide create new door-to-door heavy-lift service
Crane Worldwide Logistics in Japan and Chipolbrok are joining forces to create a door-to-door heavy-lift service for clients shipping cargo between Europe, the Mediterranean, Black…
Shipping
G2 Ocean appoints dShip Carriers as sales agent in Japan
PRESS RELEASE – dship Carriers has officially been appointed Japanese sales agent for G2 Ocean, the world’s largest operator of breakbulk vessels. The partnership will…
Offshore wind
Huisman to deliver 1,600-tonne crane for new Penta-Ocean vessel
PRESS RELEASE – Japanese offshore contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has signed a contract with Huisman for the delivery of a 1,600-tonne Leg Encircling Crane, which will…
Offshore wind
Penta-Ocean and DEME team up to build wind farms in Japan
PRESS RELEASE – Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore have teamed up to jointly build offshore wind farms in Japanese waters. The companies will first develop new…
Offshore wind
Penta-Ocean orders new installation vessel with PaxOcean
PRESS RELEASE – Japanese offshore contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has placed an order for a new installation vessel with the PaxOcean Group. The GustoMSC design self-elevating…
Offshore wind
Van Oord teams up with NYK to target Japanese wind market
Van Oord and NYK are teaming up to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. With the collaboration, the companies…
Offshore wind
GRS and Coli team up to target Japanese renewables market
Global Renewables Shipbrokers and Coli Schiffahrt & Transport have teamed up to target offshore renewable growth markets in Asia and Japan in particular. The timing…
LNG
Japan to invest an additional USD 10 billion in global LNG infrastructure
Japan will invest an extra USD 10 billion on liquefied natural gas projects worldwide to boost the LNG market and reinforce the security of energy…