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  • Strike at Ningbo Port Turns Violent

    21 August 2014

    A massive strike by as many as 10,000 truck drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port erupted into violence on August 20, as protestors clashed with riot police and smashed the windshields of trucks crossing the picket line, according to China Labour Bulletin. Truck drivers, unhappy at haulage rates which had remained unchanged for the past eight […]

  • Top news, June 26 – July 2, 2017

    2 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from June 26 until July 2, 2017.

  • Moody’s downgrades Saipem, outlook stable

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded the Italian oilfield services provider Saipem from the provisional Baa3 long-term issuer rating, into a definitive Ba1 Corporate Family Rating (CFR) with a stable outlook. The rating agency said it expects very weak conditions in offshore drilling to continue for several years and a challenging environment to win new […]

  • NextDecade delays Rio Grande LNG FID

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    US LNG project developer NextDecade has delayed the financial investment decision on its 27 mtpa Rio Grande LNG project to 2021.

  • Investigation launched after two Gulf of Mexico workers fall through platform decks

    6 June 2019

    The U.S. offshore safety body BSEE is investigating two serious incidents aboard Chevron’s and Renaissance Offshore’s platforms in the Gulf of Mexico which led to a death of one worker with the other missing after falling off an offshore platform.

  • Investigation into West Phoenix rig fire reveals safety breaches

    4 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found several breaches of the regulations following an investigation into a fire on the West Phoenix rig last year. 

  • Top Six Largest Boxships

    18 May 2017

    Starting with the latest addition to the global fleet of super-sized containerships, the recently-christened 21,413 teu OOCL Hong Kong has taken the title of the largest ship in the world based on its advertised nominal container intake. However, the sea giant features 191,317 in dwt capacity, considerably lower from some of its following counterparts. The behemoth was […]

  • Royal Marines Capture 13 Pirates in Indian Ocean

    16 January 2012

    The career of a suspected pirate action group in the Indian Ocean came to an end when Royal Marines boarded their mother ship and arrested 13 modern-day buccaneers. It took a team of commandos from support ship RFA Fort Victoria – home to a British counter-piracy task force – to finally bring a halt to […]

  • Lundin reduces costs to mitigate coronavirus and low oil price impact

    24 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Lundin Petroleum is taking measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus and low oil price on its operations, including cost cuts and dividend reduction.

  • Sen. Murkowski Discusses Alaska LNG Exports with Japanese Prime Minister

    26 February 2013

    Senator Lisa Murkowski on Friday met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (AH-bey) and other top Japanese officials to discuss opportunities to send Alaskan natural gas to his country to meet Japan’s growing energy needs. This came one day after Murkowski — the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee – […]

  • Eneco Applies to Install Offshore Meteorological Mast (UK)

    14 February 2012

    Eneco have submitted an application for a marine licence for a meteorological mast to be erected close to the Development Area for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park. The meteorological mast will collect reliable and representative wind and other metrological data which will be used to inform the design of the wind farm and provide […]

  • Conwenna

    26 August 2018

    Silverburn Shipping specializes in heavy cargo shipping in Eastern Europe.

  • Nevsky Shipyard Gets Order for 4 MPSVs

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Nevsky Shipyard and the Direction of State Contractor of Marine Transport Development Program have signed a contract for the construction of 4 multipurpose small-draft salvage vessels of MPSV12 project. Nevsky Shipyard got the right to conclude the given contract having won the open competitive tender earlier this month. The vessel represents multipurpose small-draft salvage ship […]

  • Offshore wind developers take a pass on UK’s fifth CfD round as maximum bid price was too low

    8 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The UK government has awarded 3.7 GW of renewable energy projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in its fifth allocation round. Among the 95 new projects that secured CfDs are onshore wind, solar and tidal energy developments – and not a single megawatt of offshore wind. According to the government, the global rise in inflation […]

  • Fremantle Highway fire rages on near UNESCO heritage site

    27 July 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    A fire that erupted on Tuesday aboard Fremantle Highway, a pure car and truck carrier, continues burning, according to the latest update from the Dutch Coast Guard, which has been responding to the incident ever since. The fire was reported to the coast guard on Tuesday evening, July 25, shortly before midnight, as the car […]

  • S.Korea: 150 Small Shipbuilders Face Bankruptcy

    21 November 2008

    Following troubled construction firms and savings banks, the government and creditor banks are now moving to put small-and medium-sized shipbuilders under the microscope for drastic restructuring. The preemptive restructuring is to minimize chain reaction bankruptcies of once-booming small-and medium-sized shipbuilders, suffering from cash flow problems in the wake of the global financial market turmoil. Analysts […]

  • BP disposes of mature assets in Trinidad and Tobago to chase shallow water, deepwater, and cross-border gas opportunities

    4 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    BP has sealed a deal to sell a package of four mature gas assets and undeveloped resources from one field to with Perenco.

  • IMO Members Come to Grips with Sulphur Cap Implementation Issues

    18 July 2018
    Rules & Regulation

    IMO working group has made some headway on the sulphur testing and verification issues.

  • Gibson: 27 LNG-fuelled ships ordered so far this year

    12 April 2021

    Since the start of the year, there have been 27 LNG-fuelled vesselsordered, according to a recent market insight from Gibson Shipbrokers. Of these, 14 have been tankers, nine have been container vessels, two general cargo, and PCCs respectively. The vessels will be built through to 2024. Furthermore, IMO figures show that the current orderbook for […]

  • PCB Dredging Cleanup Project Begins On Lake Cochituate (USA)

    27 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A large ring of yellow buoys floats beside an an Ellicott 300 SL 8″ Swinging Dragon™ dredge on the surface of Pegan Cove, marking the area where contractors have started removing sediment contaminated with PCBs, left by an accident at the Soldier Systems Center 30 years ago. The PCBs were found in the section of […]

  • IMB: 58 Seafarers Kidnapped in Q1, 2017

    4 May 2017

    Pirates and armed robbers attacked 43 ships and captured 58 seafarers in the first quarter of 2017, slightly more than the same period last year, according to the latest ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) piracy report. The global report highlights persisting violence in piracy hotspots off Nigeria and around the Southern Philippines – where two […]

  • USA: BP Builds Supercomputer to Enhance Seismic Imaging Technology

    10 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    BP announced it has begun construction of a new facility to house the largest supercomputing complex for commercial research in the world, a project that will keep BP at the forefront of seismic imaging technology and be a critical tool in its global hunt for oil and natural gas in coming years. The new High-Performance […]

  • India Takes Large Step Towards Its First Offshore Wind Project

    1 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a Joint Venture Company ( JVC) towards undertaking the First Demonstration Offshore Wind Power Project in India along the Gujarat coast has been signed in the presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (I/C), Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy. The MoU was signed by […]

  • YM Efficiency Investigation: Effective Container Stowage Planning Crucial to Prevent Accidents

    17 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The loss of containers overboard from YM Efficiency highlights the importance of safe container stowage planning.

  • Ivory Coast: Rialto Energy to Drill Gazelle Side-Track

    30 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Rialto Energy Limited provides a weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST Well, Offshore Côte D’Ivoire which includes a summary of the operational results following completion of logging operations, and planned next steps. The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well is […]