Africa
CMA CGM Bolsters West Africa Links
French container line CMA CGM Group is launching a new service dubbed WAZZAN to link Morocoo to North West Africa, and improve its Intra African coverage. CMA CGM says the new service improves transit times between Mauritania, Senegal and Morocco by 8 days by replacing the previous transshipment cal
Over 5,000 People Saved in Biggest Wave of Migrants in 2015
Over 5,000 migrants have been saved in the Central Mediterranean since Friday, according to the EU’s border control agency Frontex. The rescue operations, which began last Friday, involved migrants who departed from Libya on 25 boats. During the incidents, the rescuers also recovered seventeen bodie
Global Fleet Growth Slows Down
Despite an uneven picture across shipping markets in terms of performance and earnings, the volume of capacity entering the fleet seems to have evened out, according to Clarksons. Shipyard output looks fairly steady, with the 6-month moving average of deliveries averaging around 7-8m dwt per month f
DNV GL: Hybrid Cyber-Ships Fast Approaching
Hybrid propulsion systems and connected ship solutions are emerging technologies that are gaining ground faster than expected, said Tor E. Svensen, CEO DNV GL – Maritime, while commenting on the update to DNV GL’s ”Shipping 2020” report which was published in 2012. The rise of hybrid vessels was una
PTTEP, Pancontinental withdraw from BG’s block offshore Kenya
Pancontinental Oil & Gas and its L10A joint venture partner PTTEP have issued Operator BG notices of withdrawal from Block L10A in the Lamu Basin offshore Kenya. Subject to Ministerial consent, Pancontinental’s 18.75% interest and PTTEP’s 31.25% interest will be transferred to the operator BG who wi
Popular news, May 25 – 31, 2015
As the end of the last week of May approaches, we are bringing the weekly summary of the most popular articles on Offshore Energy Today. The most read story was the one on a man who was sentenced for lying to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors in relation to the veracit
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 25 – May 31). OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a subsea production systems contract totaling more than $330 million for a gas project offshore North Africa. Under th
Readers’ Picks of the Week (25-29 of May)
Response to Purple Beach Fire Resumes Salvage operation of the Purple Beach freighter off Germany has entered its fifth day today with three ships back at the scene ready to reduce the remaining cloud of smoke coming out of the … Read more Maersk Karachi Ablaze at Bremerhaven Port The 300-meter cont
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Galveston Dredging Deal Confirmed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded few days ago a $11.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for routine maintenance dredging of the Galveston inner and outer bar, entrance channel and extended entrance channel as well as
MOU signed for Senegal’s FLNG terminal
A preliminary agreement to build a floating LNG regasification terminal and a 400-megawatt power station between Senelec of Senegal, Nebras Power of Qatar and Japan’s Mitsui & Co.
MOU signed for Senegal’s FLNG terminal
A preliminary agreement to build a floating LNG regasification terminal and a 400-megawatt power station between Senelec of Senegal, Nebras Power of Qatar and Japan’s Mitsui & Co.
Picture of the Day: Suez Canal Works in Full Swing
Works on the New Suez Canal are entering the final phase with over 40 dredgers working on the project at the moment. According to the Suez Canal Authority, all dredging works on the New Canal need to be completed by the end of June, after which the experimental operation will start. The vessels work