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  • Japan’s spot LNG price rebounds in June

    10 July 2018

    The average price for spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes imported into Japan, contracted in the month of June, have rebounded after a drop in May. 

  • 2017: a year of firsts

    2 January 2018

      BW’s first MEGI LNG tanker launched at DSME Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group recently held a launching ceremony for the company’s first MEGI LNG carrier. BC Ferries’ first LNG-fueled vessel starts service Salish Orca, the first of three LNG-fueled ferries built for BC Ferries, entered service on the Comox – Powell River route on Tuesday. First 20,000 […]

  • UK: WaterMota Secures Orders at Seawork

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Propulsion specialists, WaterMota took several orders for Doosan engines at Seawork this year – revealing that the emphasis is still on the growing market in windfarm support vessels. Mike Beacham, managing director of WaterMota, said: “Many of these vessels are in use 24 hours a day, working in extreme conditions without access to sophisticated repair […]

  • BP, SOCAR, Total, Fluxys Enter TAP Project

    30 July 2013

    The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) today announced that BP, SOCAR and Total – members of the international consortium developing the giant Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan – have exercised their option to join the Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG. BP and SOCAR have each taken a 20% share while Total has acquired 10%. In addition, […]

  • Woodside Backs Out of Leviathan Project

    21 May 2014

    LNG player Woodside said that it has advised the participants in the Leviathan Joint Venture that it has elected to terminate the memorandum of understanding agreed by the parties in February 2014. Negotiations between the parties failed to reach a commercially acceptable outcome that would have allowed fully-termed agreements to be executed, the company said […]

  • Wood Group PSN Axes Contractor Rates in UK

    19 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has announced plans to reduce the rates paid to approximately a third of its UK-based limited company contractors by an average of 9 per cent, in line with competitive market rates. James Crawford, managing director of WGPSN in the UK and Africa, said: “This is not a decision we have taken […]

  • Oyo State Government Plans to Dredge 24 Rivers

    8 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Government of Oyo State, an inland state in south-western Nigeria, has announced that 24 rivers in the state will be dredged as part of the proactive measures to mitigate against flooding. The government noted in its statement that the rivers have been approved for dredging through the World Bank assisted project, Ibadan Urban Flood management, […]

  • Small Harbors Recquire More Attention (USA)

    16 April 2012

    Federal legislation that would require Congress to invest $1.6 billion into Great Lakes dredging and maintenance projects has been proposed. The money should be taken from the federal Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. $200 million worth of projects exists currently in the Great Lakes region. About 15 federal harbors and channels that are down to four […]

  • Riser Incident Forces Lundin to Halt Operations on Bredford Dolphin Rig

    17 January 2014

    Swedish oil and gas exploration company Lundin Petroleum has announced that an incident occurred yesterday morning at 01.45  on the Bredford Dolphin rig, offshore Norway. “There was a breach in the riser 65 metres under the deck of the rig. The safety distance to the reservoir is good which means there is no risk of […]

  • UN Removes Five Freighters from North Korea Blacklist

    19 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The United Nations Security Council has removed five merchant vessels from a list of economic resources controlled or operated by a North Korean shipping company with reported links to illegal arms trade. On December 17, the Security Council Committee established that the five vessels in question are not economic resources controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime […]

  • Gothia Tanker Alliance Receives Fifth Chemical Tanker

    14 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Gothia Tanker Alliance takes delivery of Fure Ven, a 20,000 cbm product/chemical tanker. 

  • Gwynt y Môr Emergency Response Team Wins Safety Award

    29 January 2015
    Human Capital

    RWE Innogy has won this year’s Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award organised by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate. Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Emergency Response Team was declared winner during the Health and Safety Conference, which takes place today in Birmingham. The Emergency Response Team (ERT) is responsible for the entire offshore site, an […]

  • Macquarie Infrastructure Partners to Invest in Halifax Port Modernization (Canada)

    10 June 2011

      Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, the owner of Halterm Container Terminal Limited, has announced it will be investing in two additional super post-panamax cranes (SPPX) at the Port of Halifax. In 2012, the Port of Halifax will feature four SPPX container berths equipped, with seven SPPX cranes following the addition of these new cranes. “The investment […]

  • GUPC Pushes for Panama Canal Agreement

    19 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    GUPC, the consortium of leading international construction firms, has signaled hope for an agreement with ACP to resolve the funding issues affecting for the Third Set of Locks Panama Canal expansion project. While cautioning that there are still issues to be resolved, GUPC confirmed that talks with ACP are ongoing and expected to continue. GUPC […]

  • Suncor Energy Suspends Syria Operations

    12 December 2011

    Suncor Energy reported yesterday that it has declared force majeure under its contractual obligations and is suspending its operations with the General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) in Syria. These actions are taken as a result of sanctions on Syria announced by the European Union on Dec. 2, 2011. The company is working through a plan to safely […]

  • Spotted: Port of Rostock Bunkers Its First Vessel with LNG

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Gazprom Germania GmbH, a daughter company of Gazprom Export, bunkered the cement carrier MV Greenland with liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time in the port of Rostock, Germany. The 2015-built vessel received the LNG fuel in the morning hours of February 27, 2016. “Climate-friendly natural gas could replace thousands of tonnes of heavy fuel oil […]

  • Sediment Removal Starts at Harris Avenue Shipyard Site

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Contractors have begun an environmental cleanup project to remove contamination at the Harris Avenue Shipyard site on Bellingham Bay, reported yesterday Washington State Department of Ecology. According to WDOE, crews will remove contaminated sediment, soil, and treated wood from a portion of the site. The contamination is from past shipbuilding and maintenance activities, and is not related […]

  • DCI – Organization with Innovative HR Practices

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Asia Pacific HRM Congress 2014, a conclave of CEOs and HR professionals, that was held on Thursday, September 11, awarded Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. the “Organization with Innovative HR practices” in recognition to the strategic position of the organization. Dredging Corporation of India during the last three years has taken various steps for improving the […]

  • EdgeTech’s side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler to debut in Asia Pacific

    26 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has taken delivery of two EdgeTech 2050-DSS tri-frequency side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler systems at its Perth facility in Australia. The systems are currently being prepared for their debut in the Asia Pacific, STR said. “Our continuous investment, and strong partnership with EdgeTech has led to us being the first […]

  • France’s Dunkirk LNG to receive 1st Q-Max shipment from Qatar

    13 November 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, is expected to receive its first Q-Max cargo from Qatar this week. According to the shipping data by the port of Dunkirk, the 266,366-cbm Al Dafna, one of the world’s largest LNG tankers, is due to dock at the EDF-operated terminal on November 19. To […]

  • Ireland: Total to convert Avalon into frontier exploration license

    18 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Total has applied to Ireland’s Minister of State to convert LO 16/27 into a frontier exploration license (FEL).

  • MHWirth, Electrical Subsea & Drilling in Tech – Shares Swap

    25 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    MHWirth, the largest subsidiary of Akastor, has taken stake and established a market and technology partnership with the Norwegian technology company Electrical Subsea & Drilling. Electrical Subsea & Drilling (ESD) is working on the development and qualification of two drilling technologies; all electric control of Blow Out Preventers (BOP) and a durable Rotating Control Device […]

  • ENEC: Survey Shows Presence of Several Marine Species

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Nawah Energy Company have announced that their most recent marine environmental survey off the coast of the Barakah nuclear energy plant has shown the presence of several marine species as a result of the artificial reef which was created there in 2014. The results reveal that a diverse […]

  • India: Essar Shipping Receives Its Third MiniCape Vessel

    20 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Essar Shipping Limited (ESL) part of the Essar Group has, taken the delivery of MV Ishwari. This newest addition to Essar Shipping’s growing fleet, MV Ishwari, is a MiniCape which is 253 metre long, 43 metre wide and has a cargo capacity of 105000 dwt. On taking delivery of the third MiniCape, A R Ramakrishnan- […]

  • Gener8 Maritime Takes Delivery of New VLCC

    28 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    US-based crude oil shipping company Gener8 Maritime has taken delivery of the ECO Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) the Gener8 Miltiades on October 25, 2016. Delivered from China’s shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, the 301,000 dwt vessel represents the sixteenth of 21 ECO VLCCs expected to be delivered into Gener8 Maritime’s fleet. Upon delivery, the 333-meter-long ship […]