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  • Navigability Survey in Bangladesh Nears Completion

    9 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    A navigability survey on the country’s 53 river routes will be completed by the end of this month, according to Bangladeshi Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan. With financial support from the World Bank, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is conducting the survey under the project Inland Waterway Navigability Study, said Khan. An agreement with Royal Haskoning […]

  • Fortuna S Sinks in Black Sea

    10 October 2014

    In the morning of Ocober 8, 2014, the “Fortuna S” general cargo ship, en route from Giurgiuleşti and carrying 2,650 tonnes of salt to Syria, ran aground and sank in the Sulina seaway, Romania, the Black Sea. The ship collided with the south pier and suffered extensive water ingress. The helicopter evacuation of the crew was […]

  • Pirates Kidnap 11 Crew from Boxship off Nigeria

    30 October 2018

    Pirates boarded the containership Pomerenia Sky and seized 11 crew members off Nigeria early on October 27.

  • Apache’s 4th Marathon Well to Come on Stream Within a Month (USA)

    15 January 2013

    Apache Corporation’s fourth development well on the Marathon gas/condensate field, located in the shallow waters of the Atchafalaya Bay along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, USA, which spud on 22 October 2012, has reached a total depth of 18,650 feet (5,686 metres). Wireline logging has been concluded, and protective casing has been run in preparation for […]

  • Photo Update from Tybee Island

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Earlier in September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District awarded a $10 million contract for the Tybee Island shoreline project that will provide greater protection against future storms and reinforce the beach at this coastal Georgia community with additional sand. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois, won the contract, under […]

  • Clipper Takes Delivery of New Multi-Purpose Vessel from Chinese Shipyard

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Clipper has taken delivery of the newbuilding vessel Clipper Newark. She is the second in a series of four 17,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels ordered from Tongfang Shipyard in China. The delivery of Clipper Newark is in line with Clipper Projects’ strategic goal to renew the fleet. Clipper Newark is committed to a T/C until end […]

  • SeaBird eyes renewables; South America project canned

    29 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Seismic player SeaBird Exploration said that its source contract announced on 20 April 2020 has been terminated by the charterer. Namely, the Oslo-listed SeaBird secured a letter of award in April for a project in South America. The contract should have taken place in the third quarter of this year, with a duration of 30-45 […]

  • Strike Hits Belgian Ports

    15 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) Antwerp has reported that the unions represented in the National Joint Committee for the Port of Antwerp have called upon their members to participate in a national strike organised by Belgian trade unions. The strike, which commenced at midnight on December 14, and will continue through to midnight on December 15, was called by […]

  • Eidesvik Offshore takes OCV Viking Neptun

    17 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Eidesvik Offshore has today taken delivery of the Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV) Viking Neptun from Kleven Verft AS. According to Eidesvik Offshore, a long-term loan facility of $124 million has been drawn with Nordea and Eksportkreditt Norway/GIEK to finance the vessel. The vessel will primo March start on a contract with Technip. To remind, Eidesvik Offshore […]

  • ‘Crossway Eagle’ ready for Maersk Oil contract

    14 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Mike Mullen Energy Equipment Resources, a Dallas, Texas-based investor in offshore assets, has taken delivery of an offshore accommodation rig. The new built accommodation jack-up unit ‘Crossway Eagle’ was christened on Friday, June 10, and is now sitting on legs in front of the Franklin Offshore Europe yard in Rotterdam, waiting for its first contract. […]

  • Gaslog Adds Another LNG Tanker, Monaco

    4 October 2013
    Vessels

    GasLog said that it has taken delivery of the STX Frontier, a 2010-built, 153,600 cubic meter Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric LNG carrier from STX Pan Ocean LNG, a Singapore based company. The vessel has been renamed GASLOG CHELSEA. Paul Wogan, CEO of GasLog said, “We are delighted to have completed the purchase of this vessel. Our […]

  • Van Oord and Bolier Enter Maintenance Agreement

    28 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Van Oord and Bolier have signed their first extensive ‘P​ower by the H​our’ service​ ​contract for all MaK medium-speed-diesel engines aboard the Subsea Rock Installation vessel Bravenes. By signing the new contract, Bolier and Van Oord take their close and long-lasting collaboration to the next level. The agreement will allow both companies to focus on […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (9-13 of Feb)

    15 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Kuwaiti Oil Tanker Fights Off Pirate Attack A Kuwaiti oil tanker sailing through the Gulf of Aden managed to fend off a pirate attack on Sunday, February 8th.…Read more Pieter Schelte Becomes Pioneering Spirit Swiss-based owner of Pieter Schelte Allseas Group SA said that the vessel is being renamed “Pioneering Spirit”.…Read more Carriers That Don’t […]

  • EnQuest takes Atwood jack-up for Malaysian drilling

    3 December 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Atwood Oceanics, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has found a new assignment for its Atwood Mako jack-up drilling rig. According to the company’s fleet status report, EnQuest PLC has through its subsidiary EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia SDN BHD now hired the rig for its drilling operation in Malaysia. The rig, built in 2012, is currently idle and […]

  • Eight More Greenpeace Members Arrested in Russia

    30 September 2013

    Russian authorities have arrested eight more Greenpeace activists. A total of thirty people have now been arrested, after two Greenpeace members climbed a Gazprom-operated offshore platform in the Pechora Sea earlier this month. The activists will, according to information provided by Greenpeace, be detained for two months, pending a piracy investigation. The organization’s Arctic Sunrise ship […]

  • Statoil, PSA Norway Discuss on Gullfaks Field Status

    6 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Statoil had a meeting Friday afternoon with the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). The main themes were the status of the well and the reservoir conditions, and updated plans for relief wells at the Gullfaks field. All North Sea wells are required to have two independent barriers to secure the integrity of the wells. […]

  • Norway: Deal reached on offshore supply bases wages. Strike averted

    20 June 2016
    Equipment

    Norwegian oil and gas employers have reached a collective wages settlement with workers employed in offshore supply bases, thus avoiding a strike. To remind, the talks had broken down between the parties, and then went to national mediation. The mediation between the Norwegian Oil and Gas and the Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers (Industry […]

  • Port of Los Angeles Reaches 9 Million TEU Milestone

    26 June 2017

    On June 22, Evergreen Line’s boxship Ever Sigma discharged the nine millionth TEU to pass through the Port of Los Angeles in the span of twelve months. As informed, it’s the first time any Western Hemisphere port handled that level of volume annually. “Nine million TEUs is a major milestone for Los Angeles, and it’s only fitting […]

  • Hyundai Heavy, Labor Union Reach Tentative Agreement

    5 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has reached a tentative agreement with the labor union on the wage and collective bargaining agreement for the year 2014. According to the tentative agreement, HHI employees would receive a basic pay of KRW 37,000 (USD 33.36), representing a 2 percent increase; a one-off bonus of KRW two […]

  • Norway: September oil output tops regulator’s predictions

    20 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s oil production in September 2021 was 1.1 per cent over the NPD’s predictions, while the total volume equalled last year’s figures.

  • Norway’s January oil output sinks below predictions

    22 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s oil production in January 2022 fell behind NPD’s predictions by 2.3 per cent, while the gas output also experienced a decrease.

  • Norway’s oil & gas output goes up

    26 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway recorded an increase in oil and gas production in December 2023 compared to the volumes seen in November 2023, last year, and the figures included in the Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s predictions.

  • Genel Energy Spuds SM-1 Well Offshore Morocco

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Serica Energy plc has confirmed the start of drilling of the SM-1 well in Morocco. Genel Energy, the operator of the Morocco Sidi Moussa licence, has informed Serica that the semi-submersible rig ‘Noble Paul Romano’ has been secured on location and that the SM-1 well spudded at 23:10 hours on 30 July 2014. The well, located approximately […]

  • TIL’s Suezmaxes Finally Delivered

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oslo-listed tanker owner and operator Tanker Investments Ltd. has completed the acquisition and taken delivery of all six of the Suezmax tankers it agreed to acquire in late-2014. The deliveries of the six second-hand Suezmax tankers purchased in December 2014 were postponed for early third quarter of 2015 instead of the first half of the […]

  • BG Canada president leaves, no replacement planned

    18 March 2015

    BG Canada president leaves, no replacement planned