Africa
Reliability of Container Shipping Lines on the Rise
The month of May has seen reliability of container shipping lines’ on-time performance improve for the third consecutive month after global performance climbed 2.2 percentage points to 75.5%, according to SeaIntel’s Global Liner Performance. Based on the report, the company that performed the best
Paris MoU Issues 2013 Port State Control Report
The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the
Baker Hughes: June offshore rig count down by 12
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced today that the international rig count for June 2014 was 1,336, down 14 from the 1,350 counted in May 2014, and up 3 from the 1,333 counted in June 2013. The international offshore rig count for June 2014 was 314, down 12 from the 326 counted in May 2014, and
GAC to provide logistics for Total’s drilling project offshore S. Africa
Leading gas & oil company, Total E&P, has appointed GAC South Africa to provide shipping and logistics support for its drilling project off the coast of South Africa, which started in June this year. Total E&P is one of the first companies to drill for oil & gas in the country. In September 2013, th
Forum Bags Order for Four ROVs from Marine Platforms
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from Marine Platforms Limited (MPL) to supply four work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems each complete with a Dynacon Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS). The order includes three Perry™ heavy work class XLX Evo 200H
African Minerals’ Export of Iron Ore on Track
Twenty-six Cape-size vessels operated by African Minerals have been very busy in the first quarter of 2014, transporting 4.52Mt of direct shipping iron. African Minerals exported 9.1Mt from the Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone in the first half and is on target to achieve full year guidance
ICS Comes to Grips with Ballast Water Convention Flaws
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – in co-operation with a wide coalition of international shipping organisations – has submitted an important paper to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that proposes a means of overcoming the serious implementation problems associated with the
UKMTO: Piracy Threat Still Looming in Bab al Mandeb
Over the previous week pirates were lurking on ships sailing in the immediate vicinity of the Bab al Mandeb a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti and Eritrea, north of Somalia and along the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor, the United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations (
Ocean Installer Names New Managing Director for AFMED & Middle East
Ocean Installer announced that Patrick Chapalain has joined the company as Managing Director for AFMED & Middle East. He will be working out of Dubai where Ocean Installer is establishing a regional office. Patrick Chapalain has extensive experience from the offshore subsea and construction industry
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Sasol, ENH and Eni look into Mozambique GTL feasibility
Sasol announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in Northern Mozambique. The study, which is being conducted in conjunction with Mozambique’s national oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) and Ital