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The charters on the newbuildings were signed in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. The VLCCs will be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea, which booked the berths for the major in a letter of intent signed last year. The vessels were priced at around $100 million each by the yard in a December statement. Shell said the first vessel will be operational from 2022. Fuel savings The 10 vessels will be on charter to Shell for seven years. Shell said the main engines and vessel design chosen for the ships will mean these tankers have "the lowest possible methane slip and hi...

A 3D mock up of the dual fuel LNG VLCC design. Shell's crude oil tanker fleet will be 50% dual-fuel LNG powered come 2023 after it signed agreements to charter newbuilds from Advantage Tankers, AET and International Seaways. Shell has signed agreements to charter 10 new VLCCs in deals which will mean that come 2023, 50% of its time chartered crude oil tanker fleet will be powered by dual fuel LNG engines. All 10 of the vessels will be built in South Korea by DSME, with four ships from Advantage Tankers, three from AET and three from International Seaways. The first will enter service in...

Image courtesy Inmarsat Ship data consumption is booming, and as digitalization and data trends increasingly drive the maritime world, Inmarsat celebrated a pair of milestones, hitting the 10,000 vessel mark on Fleet Xpress installations and launching its "Fleet Data Academy." Traffic Doubles According to Inmarsat, the growth in Fleet Xpress now includes the world’s leading container ship and tanker owners, such as MOL, K-Line and Hapag-Lloyd, offshore support giants like Bourbon, Tidewater and Maersk Supply, as well as growing numbers of yachts, passenger ships and fishing boats. While COV...

Inmarsat Passes 10,000-Vessel Fleet Xpress Installation Milestone As Data Demand Accelerates Maritime Digitalisation Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has completed its 10,000th Fleet Xpress ship installation. Simultaneously the company has launched a new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with existing partners, shipowners and operators to support the full understanding and adoption of the rapidly growing range of digital applications that are making the maritime industry safer, greener and more efficient. Fleet Xpress clients now include the world’s leading cont...

January 21, 2021 With ship data consumption doubling during 2020, Inmarsat launches new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with partners and shipowners to understand full benefits of digitalisation provided by a fast-growing ecosystem of applications Press Release – Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has completed its 10,000th Fleet Xpress ship installation. Simultaneously the company has launched a new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with existing partners, shipowners and operators to support the full understanding and adoption of the rapidly growing range of digital a...