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  • Rescue in the North Sea

    23 February 2009

    Eighteen people have been rescued after a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter ditched into the sea about 125 miles east of Aberdeen on its way to a BP oil production platform. The helicopter ditched in the sea approximately 500 metres from the platform at about 1915 GMT on Wednesday night. Workers on the platform saw the […]

  • PGS reactivates seismic pair

    4 March 2021
    Vessels

    Norwegian seismic player PGS is bringing back in action two of its vessels after experiencing an increase of acquisition project activity. Based on project awards so far, the Oslo-listed firm said it has started preparations to reactivate Ramform Vanguard for the summer season. PGS completed the stacking of Ramform Vanguard early Q3 last year after […]

  • Port of Oakland’s Container Volumes Keep Rising

    15 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Container volumes at Port of Oakland increased by 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2019.

  • Video: First Damen Dredger for Australia Sets Sail

    20 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first Damen dredger built for Australia has completed sea trials in Shanghai and is now underway to new owner, Gippsland Ports on its own keel. Named Tommy Norton, the dredger left Shanghai on July 14 on the 5,000-nautical-mile journey, expected to last 30 days to reach Australia. Along the way, the vessel will stop off in […]

  • UK: Coastguard Coordinates Evacuation from Two Gas Rigs in North Sea

    26 March 2012

    On March 25th, around noon, Total E&P UK evacuated non-essential personnel from the Elgin and Rowan Viking offshore facilities located 240km off the coast of Aberdeen. The evacuation in the central Graben area is due to a well control problem occurring on the wellhead platform at the Elgin field, resulting in a gas release at […]

  • Harkand to support Maersk Oil’s North Sea ops

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Harkand has been awarded a multi-million pound contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK to deliver subsea support services including a commissioning support campaign for the Flyndre development located in the south-eastern part of the Central Graben Basin in the North Sea. The Aberdeen office of the global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company will oversee […]

  • Norway: Bergen Group Hanoytangen Receives LOI for New Rig Project

    11 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      Bergen Group Hanøytangen has been awarded a letter of intent from Odfjell Drilling & Technology related to a yard stay for the rig Deepsea Atlantic scheduled to be carried out in August 2011. For Bergen Group Hanøytangen the project has an estimated value of NOK 20-25 million. A contract is expected to be finalized […]

  • Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV Certified for Hazardous Onboard Areas

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä said that its Wärtsilä AQUARIUS UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has successfully completed verification testing for explosion proof (EX) requirements. The verification was handled through DEKRA, a Notified Body in Germany and a leading global provider of auditing and certification services, specialising in the fields of safety, environment and health. It now means […]

  • GSF: CO2 Emissions from Maritime Shipping Could Grow by 250 Pct

    18 June 2015

    Left unchecked the carbon emissions from international maritime shipping could increase by 250 per cent, according to the Global Shippers’ Forum. The assessment by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is highlighted in the fourth edition of the GSF Maritime Emissions policy briefing which was launched this month.  The policy briefing states that at present carbon […]

  • Dutch, Scandinavian Banks Setting Up Responsible Ship Recycling Standards

    30 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch banks ABN AMRO, ING Bank and NIBC, together with the Scandinavian counterparts SEB and DNB, announced today at NOR-Shipping in Oslo that they are all introducing Responsible Ship Recycling Standards (RSRS) for their ship financing. The announcement was made during the biannual industry gathering with the aim of including more banks into the initiative. The Norwegian fund, KLP, […]

  • Kidnapped Vietnamese Seafarer Killed by Abu Sayyaf

    16 March 2017

    A Vietnamese seafarer who was kidnapped on February 19th by Abu Sayyaf, an affiliate to the ISIS Islamic terror group, together with five other crew members of the Vietnamese-flagged bulk carrier MV Giang Hai was killed while trying to escape his captors. The information was confirmed by the Joint Task Force of Sulu of the […]

  • Ireland: TBS International Takes Delivery of New Multipurpose Tweendecker Vessel

    2 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      TBS International plc announced today that it has taken delivery of the newly-constructed vessel M/V Maya Princess from China Communications Construction Company Ltd./Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. The M/V Maya Princess is the sixth and final delivery in the series of six “Roymar Class” 34,000 dwt multipurpose tweendecker vessels that the Company ordered […]

  • Teekay Corp Dives Deeper into the Red

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Teekay’s net loss widened in 2017 to USD 151.7 million from USD 123.2 million reported a year earlier.

  • Highlights of the Week

    20 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 14 – March 20). Aker Solutions is reducing management and other staff of its subsea business in Norway. As many as 600 permanent positions at facilities in Fornebu, Moss, Tranby and Ågotnes may be affected. Workforce reductions will […]

  • ITF Calls for Urgent Action to Tackle Rising Piracy in Gulf of Guinea

    11 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Pirates kidnapped 13 crew members from two ships in two piracy incidents that occurred in early November.

  • Largest, Most Fuel Efficient Diesel Powered High Speed Catamaran in the World

    7 August 2007

    The first of Incat’s landmark 112 metre Wave Piercing Catamarans, Natchan Rera, has been delivered to Japanese ferry giant Higashi Nihon Ferry. Ordered in May last year, the largest vessel ever produced by Incat will operate across Japan’s Tsugaru Strait between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, approximately halving the time currently taken for voyages […]

  • UAE: Self-Elevating Vessel Brave Tern Sails Away from Lamprell Shipyard

    2 October 2012

    Brave Tern Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned on a 50/50 basis by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has today taken delivery of the newbuild “Brave Tern” from the Lamprell Shipyard in Dubai. The “Brave Tern” is a self-elevating vessel for installation of offshore wind turbines […]

  • Dolphins Discover a Howell Torpedo Off Coronado (USA)

    20 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Navy-trained bottlenose dolphins discovered a Howell torpedo in the ocean offshore Coronado, Los Angeles Times reports. There were only 50 Howell torpedoes made between 1870 and 1889, and the existence of just one was confirmed until now. After two dolphins, Ted and Spetz, confirmed the existence of the object, the Navy explosive-ordnance technicians examined it. […]

  • NHV Helicopters begin Borssele 1&2 duty

    4 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23 kilometres from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken delivery of a new H145 aircraft for the […]

  • Pilbara Ports Authority Freezes Prices

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) Board has taken a decision to hold prices at current levels for the Port of Port Hedland and the Port of Dampier until at least July 1, 2016. PPA says that the decision is a response to the challenging market conditions being experienced by all commodity shippers, and comes after substantial discussions […]

  • Shipping industry outraged at execution and torture of seafarers

    4 February 2011

    BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have expressed their outrage that Somali pirates have executed, apparently in cold blood, a seafarer on the merchant ship ‘Beluga Nomination’ which had been attacked and hijacked by armed pirates on January 22 in the Indian Ocean, 390 nautical miles north […]

  • MPC Container Ships Buys Sub-Panamax Vessel

    4 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    MPC Container Ships is continuing its fleet expansion with the purchase of one more secondhand boxship.

  • Shell and Gazprom Talk Cooperation Development, Russia

    22 June 2012

    Russian gas giant Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell discussed the prospects for the cooperation development, Gazprom said on Tuesday. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Shell CEO Peter Voser held a working meeting on Thursday as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. “The parties appreciated the joint actions of the companies taken within the […]

  • Japan: IHI Wins LNG Tank Order fom Tohoku

    13 January 2012

    IHI Corp. said yesterday it will build two 160,000 m3 LNG tanks and auxiliary facilities at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s thermal power plant in Sendai. The LNG receiving facilities will supply gas to a new combined cycle power generation system to be newly built at the power plant. IHI has over 40 years of experience […]

  • HHI Delivers New Drillship to Fred. Olsen Energy

    21 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bolette Dolphin Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has taken delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillship Bolette Dolphin from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. The drillship will shortly mobilize to West Africa to commence drilling operations for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Bolette Dolphin, belonging to the 6th generation of Gusto P10000 design, was specially […]