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  • UK: SeaHold GEOSHIPS Extend Fleet Following Successful Year for First Vessel

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    SeaHold GEOSHIPS Ltd, a marine and subsea services shipping company, has taken delivery of its second multi purpose support vessel (MPSV) on a contract valued at over £30 million, following a successful year for its current vessel, the Stril Explorer. Formed in 2003, Aberdeen-based GEOSHIPS will manage and crew the MPSV Loch Roag vessel, which […]

  • UK gov’t to allow transferable tax history to North Sea oil and gas operators

    22 November 2017

    As a response to pressure from the oil and gas industry, the UK government will allow the long-awaited transferable tax history (TTH) policy in order to encourage investment in the North Sea. 

  • VIDEO: Salvor, Sri Lanka navy experts board fire-stricken New Diamond

    11 September 2020
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    A team of experts from the Sri Lanka Navy and the salvage company hired by the owner of the fire-damaged supertanker New Diamond has boarded the vessel for the first time after several days of fighting a fire on board. The team is assessing the damage the ship suffered as a result of the fire, […]

  • Philippines: Completion of Yawa River Dredging Program Set for August

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The concerned groups and individuals said there should have been transparency in the controversial P50-million Yawa River dredging project implementation in line with the “Matuwid na daan” policy of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Incidentally, dredging projects have been selectively banned in the Bicol Region because of their highly scandalous implementation in the past, which […]

  • Bangladesh Delta Plan Formulation Project Launched

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal formally launched the Bangladesh Delta Plan Formulation Project in Dhaka on 27 August 2014. The launching ceremony was organized by the General Economics Division of the Planning Commission of the Government of Bangladesh. In addition to representatives of various government ministries and agencies of Bangladesh, the Government of the Netherlands, […]

  • Meriaura Group Wants to Create Zero-Waste Fleet

    19 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Finnish shipping group Meriaura Group reveals its ambitions to create a zero-waste fleet in the coming period.

  • UK: Sustainable Shipping Initiative’s Vision Signed

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of global companies including Wärtsilä, and NGOs spanning across the sector, announced on October 31 the signing of a 30-year vision to secure the industry’s future, as well as the start of a joint work programme to deliver long-term sustainability. It is the first time shipping has taken […]

  • Aker wins FEED for Norwegian e-Fuel plant

    29 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Oil services provider Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Nordic Blue Crude (NBC) for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new e-Fuel facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn, Norway.

  • AMSA bans cargo ship from Australian ports

    28 August 2020
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    BBC Rio, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship operated by JP Alliance Ship Management, has been banned from Australian ports for three months for serious and repeated safety and pollution prevention related failures, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.

  • Goldenport Gets Green Light to Sell Its Fleet, Delists Shares

    22 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Owner and operator of dry bulk and container ships Goldenport Holdings Inc said that its directors have approved the proposed sale of the company’s entire fleet of eight ships to finance debt repayment. The company suspended the servicing of its debt on 22 January 2016 and has been in talks with its lenders to amend the […]

  • Giant Boxships Good News for Rotterdam Port

    17 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Dutch Port of Rotterdam sees the increase in orders for giant container ships as a competitive advantage over rival ports. In recent months container shipping continued to increase in scale. In the last quarter the record for the largest container vessel in the world was broken twice, and it has now been announced that MOL (four 20,150 […]

  • Norwegian oil output in May below forecast

    20 June 2019

    Norwegian oil production during May 2019 dropped below expected levels due to technical problems and maintenance on some fields, according to Thursday’s report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).

  • Belgian Employment Service Chooses Kongsberg Maritime Ship’s Bridge Simulators

    27 April 2011

      Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply eight bridge Polaris Ship’s Bridge Simulator to Vlaamse Dienst Voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (VDAB) in Zeebrugge, Belgium. As the public employment service of Flanders in Belgium, VDAB has chosen Kongsberg Maritime’s Polaris simulator as the basis for the training and evaluation of crew for several customers, including […]

  • Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine breaks power production record

    10 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    French company Sabella has broken the power production record with its D10 tidal energy turbine, generating over 25% of the total electricity consumed on Ushant Island by harnessing the energy of the tides.

  • Chadbourne Advises Lenders and Export Credit Agencies in Sabine Pass Financing Deal (USA)

    3 June 2013

    Chadbourne acted as counsel to lenders and Korean export credit agencies in the closing of project finance debt facilities totaling US$6 billion for Cheniere Energy Partner’s US$12 billion Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project. When its construction is completed, Sabine Pass LNG will become the first bi-directional LNG facility in the world capable of both gasifying imported […]

  • UK: OGA releases new data set ahead of 30th offshore licensing round

    19 July 2017

    UK’s offshore regulator, the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA), has made another set of data packages openly available in an effort to help revitalize exploration of oil and gas in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). This latest data release follows the publication of a suite of subsurface data packages in June related to undeveloped discoveries. […]

  • Herman Sr. BV welcomes Bommel

    6 March 2013

    On 25 January 2013, a short period after initially planned, partly due to the frost during the winter in the Netherlands, the shoalbuster Bommel was christened by Evy Gommans at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld. In April last year, the previous shoalbuster Baloe was delivered to Herman Sr. BV, a tug and workboat company named after the […]

  • ‘China Wind Market Quarterly Report Q4 2012′ Added to Research and Markets’ Offering

    4 April 2013
    Research & Development

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Wind Market Quarterly Report Q4 2012” report to their offering.    In 2012, China surpassed 50 GW of grid-connected wind capacity and is currently on track to add roughly another 18 GW, representing a 40 % growth rate. The country has quickly become the world […]

  • Ithaca sees another setback in FPF-1 delivery. First oil from Stella delayed

    12 January 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Ithaca Energy has informed that sail-away of the floating production unit FPF-1 to the Greater Stella Area (GSA) in the UK North Sea is expected to be delayed by six to twelve weeks causing further delays of the first oil from Stella. According to Ithaca, the sail-away of the FPF-1 from Poland at the end of the first […]

  • Rolls-Royce to equip Hurtigruten ferries with hybrid LNG engines

    1 May 2018
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian expedition cruise operator Hurtigruten has signed a letter of intent with Rolls-Royce for a major upgrade programme to hybrid LNG power. The main engines on up to nine cruise ships will switch from diesel to gas power and the upgrade will also include installation of a hybrid battery system, according to a recent Rolls-Royce […]

  • FLEX LNG Posts Q1 2011 Results (UK)

    27 May 2011

      FLEX LNG today announced its results for the first quarter of 2011. During the first quarter the FLEX LNG group of companies (the Group) has continued to develop what it expects could be amongst the world’s first LNG Producers. In the quarter costs of $1.0m ($6.7m) were capitalised on the four units. The cash […]

  • Moventas Improves Gearbox Pooling Program

    19 June 2015

    Moventas has launched a new and improved Gearbox Pooling Program. In the program, customers receive a refurbished or brand new replacement gearbox in exchange for their damaged gearbox, which is returned to the pool for refurbishment. Customers only pay the cost of the repair, and downtime and crane usage are minimized, the company highlighted. As […]

  • Fire alarms go off on Terra Nova FPSO (Canada)

    5 October 2015

    A fire broke out on the Terra Nova Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO), operating offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, on Thursday (October 1), due to the creation of an arc in an electrical circuit. Also, methanol was accidentaly released a day earlier to the sea from subsea equipment from a subsea drill center in the […]

  • Danish Opposition Parties Call for Halt to Maersk’s Beaching Practices

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Opposition parties in Denmark have called on the government to ensure that end-of-life vessels owned by the Danish shipping giant Maersk cannot be broken down in beaching yards, NGO Shipbreaking Platform reports. The Danish Environment Minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, had to answer to the Parliament following questions put to the government by all the opposition parties. […]

  • Hydrex Repairs Container Vessel Propeller Blades (Singapore)

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Recently a team of Hydrex diver/technicians performed a propeller blade operation on a 300-meter container vessel in Singapore. All six blades of the vessel’s propeller were damaged and needed to be cropped. Having developed different procedures for different kinds of damage, Hydrex is equipped and trained to make the best of a bent or broken […]