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  • ISS Advises of Ice Conditions Affecting Shipping Operations

    8 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising that due to the extreme cold weather which has settled over the eastern North American continent, there have been heavy delays in shipping operations since 4th January 2014. The delays have been caused primarily by ice build-up between Lanoraie and the Three Rivers (St. Lawrence River). Three Canadian Coastguard […]

  • Oil & Gas UK welcomes Sir Ian Wood’s report

    24 February 2014

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed Sir Ian Wood’s final report, published today , setting out his recommendations and strategies for maximising the economic recovery of the country’s remaining oil and gas resource. Commissioned by DECC last year to conduct an independently led review of oil and gas activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) […]

  • BP opts to use AGSL software on Quad 204

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process critical software assets, has announced that its software management platform Asset Guardian has been chosen by BP to manage the process control software used to operate Quad 204.   Quad 204 is a field redevelopment project located West of Shetland in the UK. The […]

  • Baltic Trading Takes Delivery of Two Handysize Vessels (USA)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Baltic Trading Limited announced today that it has taken delivery of the 2010-built Baltic Fox and the 2009-built Baltic Hare, two Handysize vessels of approximately 32,000 dwt that the Company previously agreed to acquire in July 2013. Both vessels have entered into the Clipper Logger Pool, a spot market-related Handysize pool operated by Clipper Bulk. […]

  • Germany: Purchase Offers for Peene Shipyard Expected by End of November

    23 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The offers for the purchase of Peene Shipyard are expected to arrive by the end of November. The Swedish coast guard has concluded a new agreement with the insolvency administrator of P+S WERFTEN, Berthold Brinkmann. This means that both coast guard ships ordered from the Peene shipyard can now be completed. Delivery is planned for […]

  • Report: Plug-and-Play Offshore Transformer Modules Cut Costs

    8 May 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    The Siemens-led research partnership in Denmark has demonstrated that there are significant benefits to gain from introducing a simpler plug-and-play connection for offshore wind turbines, Offshoreenergy.dk reports. To improve offshore wind energy competitiveness, Siemens Wind Power, Øglænd System and ALL NRG are working on a project that seeks to reduce the cost of offshore transformer modules by […]

  • McDermott scoops up multimillion-dollar job at TotalEnergies’ LNG project

    9 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    McDermott’s CB&I has landed a new assignment in the Middle East with TotalEnergies, which will enable it to work at a solar-powered LNG project in Oman.

  • Port of Gothenburg to electrify its inspection vessel

    14 February 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The Port of Gothenburg has revealed plans to convert its inspection vessel M/S Hamnen, which has been in service since 1979, to run on electrical power.

  • Rockhopper devoted to unlocking Sea Lion despite Harbour’s plan to exit

    23 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Harbour Energy has decided to exit its Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands but Rockhopper remains committed to unlocking the development.

  • Royal Naval Divers Acquire Bomb Disposal Vehicle (UK)

    23 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Royal Naval Divers in Plymouth have taken delivery of a sophisticated new remote-controlled bomb disposal vehicle called Cutlass. The Southern Diving Group (SDG) (comprising Plymouth-based Southern Diving Unit 1 and Portsmouth–based Southern Diving Unit 2 demonstrated the six-wheeled Cutlass to the new head of Royal Naval Mine Warfare and Diving Captain Phil Milburn when he […]

  • Bulkship Management taps BERG Propulsion to limit engine power on 10 ships

    17 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Bulkship Management, the Oslo-based ship manager with a specialty in geared vessels, has signed a contract to implement BERG Propulsion’s ‘EPL for EEXI’ power limitation solution across 10 ships trading in US Gulf and Caribbean waters. The Berg Engine Power Limitation (EPL) is intended for ships whose performance requires only moderate adjustment to meet the […]

  • UK: Red Spider’s eRED Completes 100 Operations

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering major savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has announced completing 100 operations using its ground-breaking eRED tool. The work involving eRED has generated multi-million pound sales for Red Spider and has taken place across 30 fields in the UK, Norway, Australia and […]

  • Norway: KONGSBERG Launches Industry Leading Emergency Acoustic BOP Control System

    6 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      The next generation of Kongsberg Maritime’s Emergency Acoustic BOP (BlowOut Preventer) Control System, the ACS500 uses the new proprietary Kongsberg Maritime ‘Cymbal’ signal processing protocol for optimal data communication at long distances and has a depth rating of 4000m. It is a robust, reliable and user-friendly system designed for use in emergency drilling or […]

  • Changing of the guard: MSC and Wan Hai executives take helm at WSC

    23 December 2024
    Authorities & Government

    The Board of Directors of the World Shipping Council (WSC) has elected Soren Toft, CEO of Switzerland’s heavyweight Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), as the new Chair of the WSC Council Board, and Randy Chen, Vice Chairman of Taiwan’s shipping major Wan Hai Lines, as Vice Chair. As disclosed, Toft and Chen are set to serve […]

  • Seismic player Polarcus reshuffles board of directors

    12 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has made changes to its board of directors following the 2016 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday electing four new directors to the board. Erik Mathiesen, Tom Henning Slethei and Peter Zickerman were elected as new board members with a term of office of one year and Christopher Kelsall was elected as […]

  • MPA Singapore: SafeEntry@Sea protocols take effect

    15 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    On 15 January 2021, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) officially introduced new requirements for shore-based personnel boarding ships in an effort to improve the safety of maritime operations.

  • UK: OGA taking industry’s pulse on National Data Repository

    10 November 2017

    OGA is planning to set up a national data repository for the industry, hoping to boost spending on UKCS

  • IMB Reports Rise in Small Tanker Hijackings

    29 October 2014

    While pirate attacks on the world’s seas have fallen for the third consecutive year, small tanker hijacks by armed gangs are escalating in Southeast Asia, reveals the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its latest piracy report. IMB’s 2014 third quarter global piracy report notes a total of 178 incidents so […]

  • OMS Ends Pipe Surveys for GRTgaz of France

    7 August 2012

    Specialist pipe measurement technology company for the oil and gas industries, Optical Metrology Services (OMS) , has successfully completed a series of pipe measurement surveys for GRTgaz, France’s largest natural gas operator. GRTgaz operates and markets natural gas to the Public Distribution Systems in France and to consumers (industrial customers). GRTgaz operates more than 32,000km […]

  • RasGas Engineers Visit LNG Facilities in Japan

    9 January 2013

    A team of young Qatari engineers from RasGas have visited Japan to get hands-on experience and an insight into the production of LNG during a two month training programme. The specialised technical training session hosted by Chiyoda Corporation Japan, was part of RasGas’ continuing push to provide value-added training opportunities that would enhance the engineering […]

  • Ocean Yield takes delivery of ‘SBM Installer’

    17 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of the diving support and offshore construction vessel (DSCV) “SBM Installer”. Dutch company SBM Offshore has entered into an agreement to sell the SBM Installer to OS Installer AS for $150 million in cash. OS Installer AS is a newly established joint venture between Ocean Yield ASA (75%) and SBM […]

  • Governor Walker pitches Alaska LNG project to China’s president Jinping

    11 April 2017

    Alaska’s governor Bill Walker marketed the state’s resource development opportunities to the Chinese president Xi Jinping, during the latter’s visit to Anchorage.

  • New CEO to Take Over IHC Merwede in September

    1 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    As of 1 September 2013, Dirk Philips will succeed Govert Hamers as the new CEO of IHC Merwede. In addition, the Board of Management will be expanded with the appointment of a new COO, namely the current Director of the company’s Dredging division, Bram Roelse. Dirk Philips is a 48-year-old Belgian national, who has gained […]

  • Baleària takes delivery of its LNG-powered ferry

    28 April 2021
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Spanish ferry operator Baleària said it has taken delivery of its LNG-fueled fast-ferry Eleanor Roosevelt.

  • Hemsby Coastal Management Study on Display

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    The findings of a study, considering options for managing the coastline at Hemsby, were presented to the community on Thursday, July 19, said the Great Yarmouth Borough Council in its latest release.  In response to this year’s events, Great Yarmouth Borough Council brought forward the high-level study, funded through the Environment Agency, which as its […]