South & Central Asia
Top news, March 13 – 19, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from March 13 – 19, 2017.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 13 – March 19). The US oilfield services major Halliburton is said to be close to strike a deal to acquire Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions. According to Norwegian media reports, w
Cefor: Giant Boxships Pose Risks That Are Not Being Discussed
There are numerous risks of technical nature not being considered when opting to construct the ever bigger containerships that are being overshadowed by the luring economies of scale, the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) warns. According to the association, apart from the commercial cha
Rig delivery deferral may not always be the best option for shipyards
Packed full of jackup rigs which owners don’t want to take delivery of, shipyards are doing little to help their situation. They could benefit from a more commercial approach. By David Carter Shinn As we noted in our previous article, 107 jackup rigs are sitting at yards with yards and owners cont
Video: Expert forum on environmental monitoring around tidal turbines
The Annex IV project gathered a set of experts to discuss the challenges associated with the environmental monitoring around tidal turbines.
BIMCO: Dry Bulk Industry’s Road to Profitability
The dry bulk shipping industry remains well on target for profitable freight rates in 2019 if the projected fleet supply growth rate of 0% in 2017 continues, according to international shipping association BIMCO. In 2016, the supply side grew by 3% and the demand side grew by 2.4%, which resulted in
Ezra Claims Keep Piling Up
Emas Offshore, a subsidiary of Ezra Holdings, was given a notice of termination of the bareboat charters for the vessels Lewek Toucan and Lewek Pelican by Seabird Penguin Offshore and Seabird Pelican Offshore, respectively. According to Emas, the termination notices stated that the charterers must p
Emas Offshore gets terminations for two vessel charters
Emas Offshore Limited has received charter terminations from the owners of two vessels, the Lewek Toucan and the Lewek Pelican. Lewek Toucan is a multipurpose offshore support vessel owned by Seabird Penguin Offshore Limited and Lewek Pelican is an anchor handler owned by Seabird Pelican Offshore. T
Fourth LNG-fueled tanker delivered to Terntank (Gallery)
Danish shipping company Terntank has received the last of four LNG-fueled newbuilds from China’s AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding.
G E Shipping Adds Suezmax Tanker
Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company (G E Shipping) has taken delivery of Jag Leena, a secondhand Suezmax crude carrier. In December 2016, the company inked contracts with Panama-based Bretta Tanker Holdings to buy two vessels including Jag Leena. Jag Leena, previously known as Eugenie, was p
Tepco replaces two turbines at LNG-fueled Futtsu power plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said it has completed the replacement of two turbines at its Futtsu thermal power station.
Taiwan’s LNG imports continue to rise
Taiwan, the world’s fifth largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer, boosted its imports of the chilled fuel by 4.7 percent in January. Taiwan imported 1.19 million mt of LNG in January, as compared to 1.13 million mt in the same month in 2016, according to the data released by the Directorate Gener