Offshore towing specialist ALP has shared a great photo of the towage operation of the Golar Hilli Episeyo FLNG. Once operational, the FLNG will be first such unit active in Africa. The unit, towed by ALP Striker ocean going tug, is on its way to Cameroon where it will be put in operation offshore K
Oil shouldn’t be written off too early, despite the expected sharp rise in gas and renewables over the next 25 years. This is according to the International Energy Agency which forecasts that over the next 25 years, the growing energy needs will be met by renewables and gas first. In its World Energ
The recovery of the tanker market forecast to start next year and give the much-needed boost to company earnings seems to be far-off due to the lingering effect of tonnage oversupply. According to Fitch Ratings, a glut of new vessel deliveries and limited scrapping of older ships means the global ta
U.S.-based oilfield services provider Danos has been awarded a fabrication contract for a project offshore Equatorial Guinea. The contract was awarded by a major oil and gas producer subsidiary operating in Equatorial Guinea, Danos said. The scope of work comprises the fabrication of a 50-by-60-foot
During our first Dredging Today Conference, held last month in Amsterdam, we took an opportunity to talk with Mr John Mackenzie, Business Development Director at National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi. ‘Middle East perspective on business climate trends’ was the main topic of Mr Mack
Fugro’s newly-named vessel Kobi Ruegg has joined the company’s fleet and is set to begin its first project on the Eni-operated Zohr field in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea.
Through the acquisition, Africa Oil Corp. is getting access to Eco’s exploration assets in Namibia and Guyana.
The emergency dredging works in the Port of Beira, worth EUR25 million, are officially underway, according to the Mozambique News Agency (AIM). Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has been contracted by CFM – the ports and railways company of Moza
The newly named MV Kobi Ruegg has joined Fugro’s vessel fleet and is set to begin its first project in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea. Working on behalf of Saipem, Fugro will deploy its large diameter piston core system to collect soil samples in the Zohr gas field, and geophysical sur
The crew of the Liberia-flagged containership MV Demeter has been released by Nigerian pirates, the spokesman for Peter Doehle Schiffahrts-KG, Cor Radings, confirmed to World Maritime News. According to Radings, the “seafarers are in good condition and have returned to their families” after more tha
Huawei Marine has, in conjunction with Tropical Science, started work on desk study and marine survey for the construction of the Pakistan East Africa Cable Express (PEACE) submarine cable. The cable, with a total length of 13,000km, will connect South Asia (Pakistan) and East Africa (Djibouti) and
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