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  • Bahrain Launches Initiative to Halt Illegal Sand Dredging

    25 April 2010

    An initiative has now been launched to halt illegal land reclamation and sand dredging in Bahrain. A fleet of fully equipped boats will soon be roaming the country’s waters to catch and report offenders. Two boats, crewed by environmental experts and inspectors from the Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife, […]

  • Maldives Buy Floating Island

    7 March 2010

    Sea level rise creates new business opportunity and “green jobs” that we’ll see more of, borne from the effects of climate change, as sea levels rise. The first floating island has just been commissioned this week by the sinking island nation of the Maldives, from Dutch Docklands… [mappress] Source: Clean Technica, March 7, 2010

  • EU approves Greek support for TAP pipeline

    4 March 2016

    The European Commission has given nod to a deal for a pipeline that will bring “new gas” to EU and “increase the security of energy supply for Southeast Europe.” More precisely, the EC has found the Host Government Agreement between the Greek authorities and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline to be in line with EU state […]

  • Spirits high at Fort Lauderdale boat show

    26 October 2006

    The high-end yacht market is largely immune to economic cycles and other market idiosyncrasies. The growth in the number of wealthy people — potential buyers — continues to outpace the expansion in production, Smith says. Demand for super yachts is so strong, says Smith, that some wealthy shoppers are paying a premium to buy yachts […]

  • Lukoil buys Total stake in refinery Vlissingen

    21 July 2009

    Total SA has exercised its rights to acquire a 45% share in the 147,000-b/d Vlissingen refinery in the Netherlands from Dow Chemical and entered an agreement to sell the stake to Lukoil at the end of June. Total owns 55% of the refinery. It said the sale to Lukoil is contingent on acceptance of the […]

  • USA: Officials Call for Harbor Maintenance and Protection

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Following a tour of Olcott and Wilson harbors, Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) joined with state and local leaders to highlight the urgent need to maintain and protect local harbors along Lake Ontario’s south shoreline. Collins highlighted the important role these harbors play in the region’s economy and the need for continued and consistent harbor maintenance. […]

  • The Green Paper on an EU Maritime Policy and the role of Port Cities

    8 June 2006

    Today the Commission has adopted an important Green Paper. This paper captioned: Towards a future Maritime Policy for the Union: A European vision for the oceans and seas, marks the start of a one-year consultation period designed to gather information from the wide variety of interest groups and individuals who have a direct stake in […]

  • Oceaneering Announces New Build Diving Vessel

    6 January 2010

    Oceaneering International, Inc. announced today it has commissioned the construction of a dive support vessel (DSV) with an estimated capital cost of $17 million. Oceaneering expects delivery of the 200 foot by 46 foot vessel from a U.S. Gulf Coast shipyard late in the fourth quarter of 2010. The new vessel will replace the Ocean […]

  • Nigerian Government Urged to Halt Niger Delta Dredging

    8 January 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Warri — Federal Government has been called upon to put on hold the proposed plan to dredge the River Niger even as the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has been challenged to show what it has done for the development of oil bearing areas in the state. [mappress] Source: All Africa, January […]

  • Petronas unveils replacement for veteran FSO at Malaysian oilfield

    21 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company Petronas, has held a naming ceremony for a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) that will work at its oilfield offshore Malaysia.

  • Shipbuilding Industry Welcomes Encouraging Signals from European Institutions

    8 January 2012

    A difficult year for Europe and likewise for the shipbuilding industry is ending with encouraging signals from European Institutions, which underline the importance of the sector and the respective understanding of policy makers. The Council, the Commission and the European Investment Bank have each concluded deliberations related to shipbuilding, much appreciated by the industry. The […]

  • FMC launches probe into international flagging practices

    22 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has decided to conduct a nonadjudicatory investigation aimed at determining whether some foreign governments’ vessel flagging regulations and practices create “unfavorable” shipping conditions for the United States. Specifically, the commission plans to examine whether the laws, regulations or the competitive methods utilized by shipowners, operators, agents or masters of foreign-flagged […]

  • BP hires Technip for Thunder Horse project in Gulf of Mexico

    12 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Technip has been awarded by BP Exploration & Production Inc. a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. At a water depth of approximately 1,900 meters, the current field development is located in […]

  • Downer lands Gorgon award. 400 new jobs created

    3 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Downer EDI Limited has secured a contract for various works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, located on Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

  • Lukoil Picks Contractors for Northern Caspian Gas Transportation Pipeline

    16 July 2013

    LUKOIL has announced a bidding procedure for contractors to build the export transportation facilities that will transport gas from the Northern Caspian fields along the route “Onshore exit point (Artesian) – OOO Stavrolen”. The capacity of this 711-mm gas pipeline is expected to reach 8 billion cubic meters per year. The total length of the […]

  • Top news of the week November 25-29

    1 December 2019

    Petronas names second FLNG unit in South Korea Malaysian energy giant Petronas, marked another milestone with the official naming of its second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, PFLNG Dua at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. SHI scores $1.5 bln LNG carriers order South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured […]

  • EC Confirms Deal with Maersk, Others on Price Hike Changes

    16 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission has confirmed today that the fifteen container lines suspected of a breach of antitrust rules have committed to change their policy regarding publishing and communicating General Rate Increase announcements so as to avoid further EC investigation and potential fines. The Commission launched an investigation in November 2013, claiming that since 2009, major global container shipping […]

  • Prysmian to Connect French Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2020
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Prysmian Group has secured a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to develop two submarine and land export cable systems for the Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract worth more than EUR 150 million, Prysmian will provide the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of two HVAC 225kV three-core extruded export […]

  • Nordsee One Offshore Substation Foundation In Place

    10 May 2016
    Storage

    The foundation for the offshore substation of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm was installed in the German part of the North Sea on 9 May. After loading the piling hammer, the foundation was transported to the construction site approximately 40 kilometres north of the island of Juist, where a floating crane placed the jacket foundation weighing over 1,400 […]

  • Diana Shipping Finds Work for Two Bulkers

    18 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Athens-based dry bulk specialist Diana Shipping has, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into time charter contracts for two of its bulkers. The first contract is with Cargill International S.A., Geneva, for one of Diana’s Capesize dry bulk vessels, the 179,426 dwt m/v Santa Barbara. The gross charter rate for the 2015-built bulker is USD 12,000 per day, minus […]

  • Japan: JOGMEC Held Naming and Launching Ceremony for Marine Rresource Research Vessel

    14 April 2011

      JOGMEC announce the launch of a new marine resource research vessel commissioned by JOGMEC. The naming and launching ceremony of the vessel was held on March 23rd at the Shimonoseki Shipyard owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. At the shipyard ceremony, Mr. Kawano, joined by esteemed guests, christened the vessel “Hakurei”. After the announcement, […]

  • USA: FERC Issues Report on Land Based LNG Spills

    28 January 2013

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has prepared a report, in Docket No. AD13-4-000, examining potential changes to LNGFIRE3, the solid flame model required by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulations at Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 193 for predicting radiant heat from liquefied natural gas (LNG) pool fires on […]

  • KN’s Brazilian LNG terminal deal comes into effect

    17 March 2020

    Klaipedos Nafta, Lithuanian oil and LNG terminal operator, said its contract for the provision of operations and maintenance services for GNA’s liquefied natural gas terminal, located at the Port of Açu in the state of Rio de Janeiro, has become effective.

  • EIA: U.S. LNG exports go up to 18 LNG carriers

    29 July 2022
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report, weekly LNG exports go up to 18 vessels, which is two more than the last reported week.

  • South Korean regulator to end review of HHIC-DSME merger

    14 January 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    South Korean competition regulator has decided to end the review process of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings’ (HHIC) acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).