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  • 3rd Counter-Piracy Conference Ends with Commitment to Build on Gains (UAE)

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The 3rd public-private international counter-piracy conference ended today (Sept 12) in Dubai on a determined note with more than 750 government and industry leaders pledging their continued support for sustainable capacity building that would lead to meaningful, long term solutions to eradicate maritime piracy. For the third consecutive year, high-level representatives, including the President of […]

  • Germany: HANNOVER MESSE 2013 Ends

    14 April 2013

    HANNOVER MESSE 2013 drew to a successful close on Friday. “Over the past several days, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology has underscored its role as a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution,” commented Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the Managing Board at Deutsche Messe AG. “Exhibitors and visitors alike have given […]

  • EU’s own maritime technology industry key to achieving strategic autonomy

    22 February 2021
    Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Europe won’t be able to achieve strategic autonomy without supporting and strengthening its own maritime technology industry, the Shipyards’ & Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) said.

  • APPEA says restricting LNG exports will not lower gas prices

    3 September 2018

    The Federal Labor Party’s proposal for permanent controls on Australia’s LNG exports will not lower long-term domestic gas prices, according to APPEA, the national body representing Australia’s oil and gas exploration and production industry. APPEA said in a statement on Monday that more regulation and political uncertainty risks deterring investment in new gas supply which, […]

  • Polish president against Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    18 January 2016

    Polish president Andrzej Duda has expressed his disapproval of the plans to construct the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, that would carry more Russian gas to the EU. During his visit in Brussels on Monday, where he met with Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, Duda said the Polish position with regards to the construction of […]

  • Interview: Maritime Sophisication’s Owner on Present Market Situation in Greece

    30 August 2013

      Greek shipping industry, one of the oldest industrial branches in the country, has encountered various challenges over the recent period having in mind the on-going financial crisis.  In an interview with Panagiotis Katsoulas, owner of Greece Maritime Sophisication Ltd, World Maritime News Staff inquired about the present market situation, reasons behind the downturn along […]

  • SSE, Statoil Open Gas Storage Facility in UK

    28 June 2011

    Developers Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) and Statoil (UK) Ltd opened the new gas storage facility at Aldbrough in East Yorkshire Monday, 27 June. The UK Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP,  visited the new gas storage facility Momday to mark its official opening. The Aldbrough facility comprises nine underground caverns, which have been formed […]

  • USA: NOIA Criticizes Government’s New Drilling Suspensions

    13 July 2010

    The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) believes the drilling suspensions announced today by the Department of the Interior do very little to lessen the confusion and uncertainty surrounding offshore energy exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Now termed ‘suspensions’ by the Department, the moratorium does not prohibit drilling specifically by water depth, as did its […]

  • South Africa: Durban Climate Change Conference Concluded

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The United Nations Climate Change Conference has concluded its seventeenth session (COP 17/CMP 7) in Durban, South Africa, meeting from 28 November to the early hours of 11 December 2011. As anticipated, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), serving also as the meeting of the Parties […]

  • Moody’s sees oil prices at $40-$60 per barrel in 2018

    3 January 2018

    Oil prices will remain at $40-$60 per barrel in 2018 despite the extension of OPEC-led production cuts

  • Red Sea tensions ease, 25-strong Galaxy Leader crew released

    23 January 2025
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    Yemen’s Houthi group has released the crew of Galaxy Leader, a NYK-chartered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) seized in November 2023.

  • Libya’s NOC, Central Bank woo oil majors in London in struggle for contracts

    31 August 2015

    Libya’s National Oil Company and Central Bank chairmen engaged in another round of blitz meetings with oil majors in London in a renewed effort to stop its rival wooing its clients.

  • Fitch: Global Shipping Outlook Is Negative

    2 December 2019

    Based on Fitch Ratings’ new report on the shipping sector’s outlook, there is little room for optimism.

  • REF Comments on PAC’s Offshore Wind Report (UK)

    4 February 2013
    Storage

    On its blog, Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) has commented on the Public Accounts Committee’s report regarding the costs of grid connections for offshore wind. The central finding of the report is that: “The terms of the transmission licences awarded so far appear heavily skewed towards attracting investors rather than securing a good deal for consumers.” […]

  • Russia’s Gazprom eyes asset swap deals with Shell, OMV by year-end

    21 June 2016

    Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom could gain control over some of the assets that Shell acquired earlier this year from BG group, a senior Gazprom executive said in an interview.

  • Ministers to Discuss Future Offshore Grid Infrastructure (UK)

    22 November 2011
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish ministers will meet later this week to discuss the issues raised in a major study on a future offshore grid infrastructure linking the countries, as well as other areas where the countries have mutual and shared energy, environmental and economic interests. The tripartite meeting will take place this Wednesday, alongside […]

  • ITF: Shipping companies should step up and end ordeal of seafarers stuck off China

    16 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Vessels

    The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on the shipping companies to step up and put an end to the ordeal of seafarers stuck off China due to its trade dispute with Australia. The industry body is aware that the endavour would cost millions of dollars, however, the ITF believes this is the right thing […]

  • Maritime bodies call for long-term plan to decarbonize shipping

    6 August 2024
    Authorities & Government, Rules & Regulation

    The UK Chamber of Shipping and seven other maritime trade bodies have written to the UK’s maritime minister Mike Kane urging for the creation of a long-term plan to decarbonize shipping.

  • VIDEO: BP sanctions Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project

    21 December 2018
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    BP and its partners have announced that the Final Investment Decision for Phase 1 of the cross-border Greater Tortue Ahmeyim development has been agreed.

  • Denmark, Belgium, and Germany step closer to energy island grid links

    23 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Dan Jørgensen, and the Belgian Minister of Energy, Tinne van der Straeten, have signed a formal political Memorandum of Agreement to establish an offshore grid connection between Denmark and Germany including the Danish energy island in the North Sea. Andreas Feicht, Head of Secretary at the German […]

  • Danes open €5.5 million tender for environmental studies of new offshore wind areas

    15 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has opened a tender for consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies for the new areas in the North and Baltic Seas, planned to house up to 7.2 GW of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark.

  • China Has Excellent Chances for 80 Pct Renewables by 2050

    20 February 2014
    Research & Development

    By embracing conservation measures and renewable energy, China can transition to an 80 percent renewable electric power system by 2050 at far less cost than continuing to rely on coal, according to a new report from WWF-US. As a result, China’s carbon emissions from power generation could be 90 percent less than currently projected levels […]

  • Fluxys and GASCADE highlight high offshore hydrogen infrastructure potential for Europe in a DNV study

    16 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    Infrastructure system operators GASCADE and Fluxys have highlighted the significant advantages of an offshore hydrogen backbone in the North and Baltic Seas in the ‘Specification of a European Offshore Hydrogen Backbone’ study commissioned to the classification society DNV. According to the companies, offshore hydrogen production is paramount to meet the substantial increase expected in European […]

  • Wood Mackenzie: The Globe Holds 1.4 Trillion Boe of Undeveloped Reserves

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Around the globe there are nearly 1.4 trillion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) reserves in conventional undeveloped oil and gas fields according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest upstream outlook. This includes nearly 1.1 trillion boe of “technical reserves” – a term Wood Mackenzie uses for reserves for which there are no firm development plans in place. […]

  • Eni’s Descalzi pens gas MoU with Sonatrach’s new CEO

    25 April 2019

    Italian oil and gas firm Eni has signed a memorandum of understanding on gas supplies with Algeria’s state company Sonatrach which this week got its new CEO.