Africa
Eni CEO: first Mozambique LNG shipment in 2020
Italian energy giant Eni expects to ship first liquefied natural gas cargo from Mozambique in 2020.
Eni CEO: first Mozambique LNG shipment in 2020
Italian energy giant Eni expects to ship first liquefied natural gas cargo from Mozambique in 2020.
Maritime Trade in Yemen, Bab El Mandeb under Growing Pressure
Maritime trade is under growing impact of the actions of the Houthi rebels in Yemen and the Saudi coalition response as ships entering Yemen face longer delays. “Ships have been entering Yemeni ports but face significant delays in getting permission from the coalition, additionally a thorough search
InterMoor Replaces FSU Mooring Off Equatorial Guinea
InterMoor Inc., an Acteon company, finished replacing critical components in an FPU mooring system offshore Equatorial Guinea on schedule, enabling the prime contractor, Boskalis, to expand the InterMoor work scope. The original contract covered replacing old mooring chains and wire ropes for 8 of t
Puma Energy opens offshore fueling facility in Angola
Puma Energy has opened one of the world’s largest conventional buoy mooring systems (CBM) in Luanda Bay, Angola. The fuel loading buoy anchored offshore serves as a strategic mooring point for Africa and it will allow a wide range of carriers to berth while loading or offloading oil product, Puma En
ConocoPhillips to plug and abandon wells in Gulf of Mexico and Angola
ConocoPhillips has plugged and abandoned exploration well offshore Angola. In addition, the company will plug and abandon Harrier prospect well in the Gulf of Mexico. According to ConocoPhillips, the Omosi-1 deepwater exploration well in Block 37 offshore Angola in the Kwanza Basin has been drilled
Africa’s Overall Container Shipping Reliability at Standstill
A study conducted for this week’s Containerisation International Global Liner Shipping Conference in Hamburg has concluded that the reliability of container shipment deliveries into and out of Africa remains approximately the same for shippers as they did three years ago, Africa’s PortOverview porta
CE Delft Defends Its Shipping Efficiency Study
Responding to conflicting claims about the conclusions the study it prepared for Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment on shipping’s efficiency in the press and most recently the criticism of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), consultancy firm CE Delft stood firm behind its findings. “C
Survey: Banks Prefer Eco Ships
Several leading banks in the shipping industry, including HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank, use energy-efficiency data in making investment and financing decisions, according to the NGO Carbon War Room (CWR). HSH Nordbank, KfW IPEX-Bank, and other banks surveyed by CWR have indicated that vessel effic
XPD8 Solutions nets Jubilee FPSO work from Tullow
XPD8 Solutions, an oil and gas service company headquartered in Aberdeen, has won a contract with Tullow Oil for work in Ghana. According to the company, the contract with Tullow for work at Jubilee field offshore Ghana is worth about £375,000 ($563,000). Over six-months, XPD8 will migrate Tullow Oi
Marshall Islands Calls for Global Cut in Shipping Emissions
In a submission to the International Maritime Organization, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, currently the world’s third largest shipping registry, has called for the setting of a new global target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, a growing sector currently lef
ICS Refutes T&E Claims on Modern Ship CO2 Efficiency
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has dismissed the recent claim by the European environmental lobby group Transport and Environment (T&E) that modern ships are less CO2 efficient than those built over 20 years ago as ‘fanciful’. The study finds that bulk carriers, tankers, and container s