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MV Benita Refloated, Towed 20 Miles off Coast
The bulk carrier MV Benita, which ran aground on June 17 when it hit the coast of Mauritius, has been refloated and afterwards towed to a position some 20 miles off the coast. The Greek company Five Oceans Salvage said that a skeleton crew will remain on board in order to assess the ship’s seaworthi
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Stolt-Nielsen Buys Jo Tankers’ Chemical Operations Stolt-Nielsen Limited has agreed to acquire the chemical tanker operations of Jo Tankers comprising 13 chemical tankers and a 50% share in a joint venture with eight chemical tanker newbuildings… Read More CMA CGM Enters Total NOL Takeover Mode Fren
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Engie puts Cameroon LNG project on hold French utility and LNG player Engie has put on hold its plans on building a liquefied natural gas export plant on the coast of the Kribi region in southern Cameroon. Technip wins contract for SCT&E LNG project French engineering outfit Technip signed a master
Infographic: Global Maritime Security Incidents in 2016
Maritime security incidents on a global level declined by 24 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared with the same period in 2015, according to Control Risks, a global risk consultancy. This decrease has been driven by a 61 percent decline in cases in South-East Asia, where incidents of pi
VesselsValue: Who Are the Best Negotiators in Shipping?
The regions of Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and France-Belgium were the best negotiators in terms of vessel buying activity between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016, according to the first Country Overview Report issued by VesselsValue (VV). A ‘good negotiation’ could be assessed by comparing the diff
Salvors Getting Ready to Re-Float MV Benita
Five Oceans Salvage is carrying out preparatory works to shift away from the rocks and re-float the bulker MV Benita which ran heavily aground off Mahebourg, Mauritius, on June 17. Inclement weather conditions hampered the salvage operation over the last few days, the Athens-based salvor said in a s
Angola LNG shut down, production to resume late September
The $10 billion Angola LNG project, led by U.S. energy giant Chevron, has been shut down with production to resume again in September.
First crude oil lift from Aje field FPSO due in August
Panoro Energy has announced that the commissioning of the Front Puffin FPSO, on the Aje field offshore Nigeria, has now been completed, and the FPSO is on hire following the 72 hour test. The FPSO arrived in Nigeria in March and first oil production from the Aje field started on May 3, 2016. The fie
UniSite Group Recaps Busy Q2 Period
UniSite Group, a Chinese company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took an active part in a lot of projects all over the world in the second quarter of 2016. In this time frame, UniSite supplied a significant amo
Sonardyne to support Magseis’ Red Sea seismic survey
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne to support its upcoming deepwater ocean bottom seismic survey of the Red Sea. Sonardyne said on Monday that the S78 project will begin in July and last for nine months with the company collaborating
Report: Samsung on verge of securing Eni FLNG deal
Samsung Heavy Industries, one of South Korea’s largest shipbuilders, is reportedly on the verge of winning a large deal to build a floating LNG facility. As a matter of fact, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, the shipyard has ‘virtually secured’ a $2.5 billion order for the FLNG unit, r