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  • Switzerland: ABB Secures Order from Samsung Heavy Industries

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $80 million from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply energy efficient drives, motors and electrical power systems for five drilling vessels and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to be built at Samsung’s shipyard in Korea. The vessels will be used to extract, […]

  • Van Oord Reports Record Revenue for 2015

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 2015 was a year of major projects that made a significant contribution to Van Oord’s revenue and profit growth. The company reported a record revenue of EUR 2.579 billion (2014: EUR 2.104 billion), an increase of 23%, and a record profit of EUR 169 million (2014: EUR 119 million). These figures are attributable to the successful […]

  • Massachusetts Governor Visits UK Catapult

    17 September 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult welcomed the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and offshore wind industry leaders from the United Kingdom and the United States to London today to discuss the current and future state of the offshore wind industry, and how both countries could work more closely together. Governor Deval Patrick joined […]

  • Greece: Portsmouth-Based Type 23 Frigate ‘Ready to Deliver’ in War Against Piracy

    27 June 2011

    THE SAINTS are ready to deal with sinners after honing their boarding skills in Crete. HMS St Albans has completed her final stint of training before entering her operational theatre east of Suez, ready to strike a blow at terrorists, smugglers and pirates. After a brief pit-stop in Gibraltar, the Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate headed […]

  • USA: Sierra Club Publishes New Report Highlighting Attack on Clean Energy

    3 August 2012

    Over the past decade, the fossil fuel industry has mounted a coordinated campaign to discredit renewable energy and hinder its growth, according to a new report released today by the Sierra Club. The report, Clean Energy Under Siege, reveals how the fossil fuel industry is using tactics such as financial contributions to political campaigns, faux […]

  • Germany: Two Ministers Visit Alpha Ventus

    6 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Together with top representatives of the energy companies EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, Germany’s economics minister Dr. Philipp Rösler and Lower Saxony’s minister for the environment, Dr. Stefan Birkner, visited alpha ventus this Monday. The flight to Germany’s first offshore farm located 45 km north of the island of Borkum allowed the ministers to gain their […]

  • Germany: Two Ministers Visit Alpha Ventus

    6 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Together with top representatives of the energy companies EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, Germany’s economics minister Dr. Philipp Rösler and Lower Saxony’s minister for the environment, Dr. Stefan Birkner, visited alpha ventus this Monday. The flight to Germany’s first offshore farm located 45 km north of the island of Borkum allowed the ministers to gain their […]

  • ABS opens office in Beijing

    27 August 2014

    ABS, a global provider of classification services to the marine and offshore industries, opened the new office in Beijing. This move shows ABS’ determination in expanding best-in-class service for the Chinese market. This new office will allow further collaboration with industry, academic institutions and research organizations and is part of ABS’ continued commitment to serving the […]

  • EIA: Foreign Companies Play Large Role in U.S. Shale Industry

    8 April 2013

    In early 2013, Sinochem, a Chinese company, entered into a $1.7 billion joint venture with Pioneer Natural Resources to acquire a stake in the Wolfcamp Shale play in West Texas. This investment highlights a renewed trend toward foreign joint ventures. Since 2008, foreign companies have entered into 21 joint ventures with U.S. acreage holders and […]

  • UK: EnQuest Seizes Kraken Stake

    9 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    EnQuest PLC has agreed with Canamens Limited to buy two of its companies, whose assets include the 20% interest in the Kraken oil discovery. EnQuest will pay an initial consideration of US$45 million dollars in cash and a further US$45 million in cash, contingent upon approval of the Kraken Field Development Plan (‘FDP’) by the […]

  • MUA: CSL Melbourne’s Aussie Crew Pressured to Leave Ship

    3 February 2016

    The 16 Australian crew on board the CSL Melbourne have been locked out from accessing food, according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) which believes that this is another attempt to get them to leave the ship. The CSL Melbourne, which transports alumina from Gladstone to Newcastle, along with its 16 Aussie crew members […]

  • Union urges UK government to save oil & gas jobs

    5 February 2016

    Unite, Britain’s biggest offshore oil trade union, has warned the UK government that billion-pound losses announced this week by oil industry super-majors could, without serious interventions, bring an end to meaningful production in the North Sea within years. The union highlighted results by Shell which on Thursday announced a drop in annual profits of 80 […]

  • Singapore: Cathelco Provides Desalinators for West Java FSRU Project

    5 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Overseas sales of Cathelco Seafresh reverse osmosis desalinators continue to gain momentum with the announcement of orders for two projects in Singapore. Cathelco Seafresh are supplying reverse osmosis desalinators for the Khannur, an LNG carrier owned by Golar LNG of Norway which is being converted to a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) at the […]

  • MAN Successful in Reducing CO2 Emissions

    27 May 2013

    The MAN Group has publicly presented its successful achievements in the field of climate protection in its new Corporate Responsibility Report for 2012. Bearing the title “We are responsible.”, this is the third CR Report to be prepared by MAN in compliance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. In its publication, MAN delivers a positive […]

  • AMWU: Shipbuilding Industry is too Important to Lose

    20 May 2013

    The jobs of up to 1100 workers of Williamstown shipyard are under threat unless it wins more warship contracts in the next two years. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has called on both sides of politics to stand up for the naval shipbuilding industry because it is too important for the national interest too lose. […]

  • Danish Shipowners Urge for Port Regulation’s Improvement

    10 March 2016

    The Port Regulation, adopted on 8 March in the plenary of the European Parliament, has little to no impact on the market access to ports from a shipment’s point of view, according to the Danish Shipowners’ Association. On the same day, the EU Parliament voted for the Knut Fleckenstein’s report, previously adopted by the Transport (TRAN) […]

  • Bear Head LNG expands capacity to 8 mtpa

    3 November 2014

    Bear Head LNG filed for modification to the construction and environmental permits as it plans to expand the facility’s production capacity from 4 to 8 mtpa.

  • Activist group appeals against Santos GLNG’s gas field development expansion

    16 June 2016

    A group of activists lodged a case in the Federal Court of Australia against the approval of Santos GLNG gas field expansion issued by the Federal environment minister, Greg Hunts.

  • Shellfish Fleet Considers Abandoning Mauritanian Waters

    19 May 2011

    The 24 vessels that form part of the fleet fishing for shellfish in Spain under the fishery agreement between Mauritania and the European Union (EU) decided to waive the renewal of their licenses from July 1. As reported by the Spanish Fishery Confederation (Cepesca), the decision is due to the fact that the Mauritanian fishery […]

  • Ocean Could Contribute to European Energy Security

    4 April 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Ocean energy can make a significant contribution to European energy security, but the EU and its Member States must act now in a coordinated manner to make this happen, according to the ocean energy industry. This call to action comes ahead of the first convening of the Ocean Energy Forum today in Brussels, which brings […]

  • Record-Breaking Year for UK Offshore Wind

    6 November 2013

    The offshore wind industry has enjoyed a record breaking year in terms of new deployment, according to RenewableUK’s latest annual report, “Wind Energy in the UK”. The study, which assesses the state of the wind industry from July 2012 to June 2013, reveals a step change in the offshore wind sector. Installed capacity stood at […]

  • Belgium: EU Wind Power Grows in 2012

    8 February 2013

    The EU wind energy sector installed 11,566 MW of capacity in 2012, bringing the total wind power capacity to 105.6 GW, according to the 2012 annual statistics launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).  Of the 11,566 MW installed in the EU, 10,399 MW was onshore and 1,166 MW offshore. Investment in EU wind […]

  • GasLog Receives LNG Carrier GasLog Warsaw from SHI

    1 August 2019

    The vessel was immediately delivered into a new charter with a Cheniere subsidiary.

  • GEA: budget fails in support of LNG as transport fuel

    14 May 2015

    The Federal Budget has missed the opportunity to support the development of a LNG highway, despite an outstanding election commitment to do so, Gas Energy Australia said.

  • Offshore Energy 2014 Kicks Off in Amsterdam

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Energy 2014 Exhibition & Conference opened its door to this year’s participants and visitors this morning in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Mr. Pieter van Oord, CEO of Van Oord, Dr. María de Lourdes Melgar Palacios, Under Secretary Hydrocarbons of Mexico, and Coert van Zijll Langhout, Director of Navingo BV, were the keynote speakers at the official opening of […]