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  • Corps Achieves Milestone in Lake Worth Inlet Dredging Plan (USA)

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A group of experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District, Port of Palm Beach and the local Harbor Pilots Association, achieved a victory when they received approval to release the final Integrated Feasibility Report for the Lake Worth Inlet study. This significant milestone was achieved after the report was presented to Corps […]

  • World’s biggest dual-fuel, low-speed engine is here!

    27 May 2020
    Vessels

    The world’s biggest dual-fuel, low-speed engine WinGD X92DF has been officially launched in China, China State Shipbuilding Corporation revealed. The engine was developed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD), a subsidiary of CSSC, built by Shanghai CSSC Mitsui Shipbuilding Diesel Engine Co., and guaranteed by CSSC Marine Power Technology Service. Class society Bureau Veritas awarded […]

  • Suncor vows to cut emissions by third and become net-zero firm

    27 May 2021
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    Canadian energy company Suncor has announced its intentions to cut emissions by a third and become a net-zero company as investors and courts start putting pressure on oil companies.

  • Petrofac wins ‘major’ FPSO decommissioning gig in Australia

    1 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Transition, Vessels

    Petrofac has been awarded a Floating Production, Storage and Offtake (FPSO) decommissioning deal by the Australian government.

  • USA: Governor Urges Beach Engineering in New Jersey

    26 November 2012

    Two weeks after Sandy, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a clear message: “We’re not closing down the New Jersey shore. We’re just going to make it safer. And the Army Corps has the ability to do that,” he declared. That means engineering beaches. Lots of beaches. When planners use the phrase “engineered beaches” they’re […]

  • Port of Kiel to get more shore power plants on journey to net zero

    12 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Port operating company Seehafen Kiel has commissioned technology company Siemens AG to build two onshore power plants in the Ostuferhafen at the Port of Kiel.

  • With peak oil demand in sight, is the end of the black gold era really approaching?

    15 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that growth in global oil demand is projected to slow down to a crawl by 2028.

  • EEC expresses interest in recycling FSO Safer as salvage operation moves forward

    12 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Netherlands-based Elegant Exit Company (EEC), which specializes in the sustainable recycling of veteran ships by converting them into green steel, has voiced interest in recycling FSO Safer. The rapidly decaying supertanker is at the center of a United Nations-led mission worth over $100 million to prevent a massive oil spill off Yemen. “Given our shared […]

  • Keppel to exit offshore rig building to position for energy transition

    28 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Keppel Corporation has revealed that its struggling Keppel Offshore & Marine unit will exit the offshore rig building business.

  • Giant Black Sea project weeks away from first gas

    3 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Türkiye is putting the wheels into motion to achieve the first gas from a giant natural gas project in the Black Sea in less than three weeks.

  • How will UK’s energy windfall tax hike impact oil & gas players?

    2 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Moody’s has highlighted that the rise in the energy windfall tax will crimp the North Sea producers’ free cash flow generation.

  • Carnegie unveils wave energy product validation roadmap

    29 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Carnegie Clean Energy has released its new product validation roadmap for its primary CETO and MoorPower technologies, alongside additional products Wave Predictor and Mooring Tensioner.

  • BHP cleared to go ahead with infill drilling campaign off Australia

    11 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    BHP has secured acceptance from the country’s offshore regulator for its infill development drilling programme offshore Western Australia.

  • BIMCO: A look into 2020 fleet growth

    10 September 2020
    Vessels

    BIMCO has released an overview of the three main shipping sectors and their respective fleet growths so far this year taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 and other geopolitical developments on the global trade. Bulkers The dry bulk fleet has seen both deliveries and demolitions rise over the course of the pandemic while contracting […]

  • How likely is the divorce from gas, as the emerging love affair with hydrogen stakes its claim?

    3 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Calls for replacing natural gas with hydrogen are gaining ground, but many still see gas as a major player in propelling the energy transition.

  • Despite modest recovery, global marine insurance sees uncertain future

    16 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Safety

    Marine underwriting premiums for 2019 saw a reduction of 0.9% year over year and were estimated at $28.7 billion, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said.

  • The future of dredging: sustainable vessels and equipment

    4 September 2017

        By Erik van der Blom – R&D Manager at Royal IHC   The global dredging industry is facing a number of challenges linked to climate change and its consequences over the coming years. While a number of opportunities for dredging companies are expected, as rising sea levels will increase the requirement for dredging […]

  • Maersk, MSC call it quits on 2M alliance

    25 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy

    Container shipping giants MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk A/S, an entity under A.P. Moller – Maersk, have agreed to terminate the 2M alliance, effective in January 2025. 2M is a container shipping line vessel sharing agreement (VSA) signed by the duo in 2015 with the aim of ensuring competitive and cost-efficient operations on […]

  • Report: Dead turtles, dolphins washing ashore amid impact from X-Press Pearl’s sinking

    6 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Vessels

    Dozens of sea turtles and dolphins are washing ashore in Sri Lanka as a result of suspected poisoning by toxins released from X-Press Pearl’s cargo. It is estimated that these toxins claimed the lives of 176 turtles, 20 dolphins, and four whales, Sri Lanka’s deputy solicitor general, Madawa Tennakoon, said during a court hearing in […]

  • Beach Energy makes plans for infill drilling off Australia to meet gas demand

    22 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Beach Energy has submitted an environment plan to the Australian offshore regulator for infill drilling on a field in Commonwealth waters.

  • USA: St. Joe Signs Letter of Intent with Enova Energy Group

    21 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The St. Joe Company announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Enova Energy Group (“Enova”), a full service, clean energy development company specializing in development and operations of contracted renewable based assets. The LOI contemplates economic development opportunities for Florida’s Northwest region, including the potential to bolster usage of the AN […]

  • Putin Hosts Meeting on Port Infrastructure Development

    20 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing ports in the Azov and Black Sea basins. The President proposed holding a number of meetings to discuss the prospects for developing ports in key Russian waters. The meeting was attended by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, […]

  • Dredging Today Conference Kicks Off Today

    9 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC) is starting today at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’. The two-day event, collocated with the Offshore Energy and Exhibition Conference (OEEC), will gather expert conference speakers and panelists to discuss how the world in which the dredging industry operates is changing. Climate change, […]

  • In focus: Tackling energy trilemma with oil & gas industry calling the shots

    3 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    With the global oil and gas industry’s income skyrocketing to nearly $4 trillion in 2022, many are of the opinion that this sector holds the purse strings. Will it tighten or loosen them to invest a considerable chunk in the clean energy transition?

  • Despite COVID-19, summer imports at top US ports reach all-time high

    9 October 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Imports at major retail container ports in the United States reached an all-time high this summer as retail sales bounced back from the pandemic and merchants replenished inventories and stocked up early for the holiday season, according to the latest Global Port Tracker report.