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  • Brigantine Beach Erosion Problem on the Table

    8 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The City of Brigantine, New Jersey, continues to pursue a more permanent solution to the town’s ongoing struggle to prevent erosion of the north-end beaches. The City Engineer Ed Stinson announced at the May 3 Council Meeting that he is having discussions with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who are very interested in finding […]

  • IODP Gears for Another Expedition

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) has been scheduled to begin Expedition 376, “Brothers Arc Flux: Gateway to the subarc mantle: volatile flux, metal transport, and conditions for early life” aboard the JOIDES Resolution on May 5, 2018. This expedition will drill and log three sites: two caldera sites, one on the caldera rim and […]

  • UK: Bembridge Harbour Dredging Begins

    30 May 2012

    A major dredging programme has started at the Bembridge Harbour. ML Dredging Limited have been awarded the dredging contract by Bembridge Harbour Authority and have bought their split leg backhoe dredger Witton Two into the Harbour – having an overall length of 22.5m and a gross 120 ton capacity. Their associated split hopper barge Split […]

  • Gallery: Sky-Futures performs first-ever GoM drone rig inspection

    22 January 2016
    Equipment

    Sky-Futures, a UK-based provider of drone inspection services for the oil and gas industry, last week used its drones to carry out what they claim to be the first ever inspection by a drone in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil and gas service and drilling company which had its drillship inspected was left unnamed. The news comes […]

  • World’s first FLNG unit named in South Korea

    4 March 2016
    Infrastructure

    Malaysian energy company Petronas has moved a step forward to deploying the world’s first Floating LNG (FLNG) unit. Namely, the company has revealed that the naming ceremony for the PFLNG-1 unit, or Satu, as it is called, was being held on Friday, March 4, in South Korea. “Today, we have pushed the boundaries and turned […]

  • Fire breaks out on Knarr FPSO off Norway

    24 March 2015

    A fire broke out onboard Petrojarl Knarr Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit, offshore Norway early this morning. The vessel is operating on the Knarr field offshore Norway for BG Group. It has been leased from Teekay Corporation and is moored approximately 120 kilometres off the Norwegian coast. According to BG Group’s statement sent to Offshore […]

  • Three contracts for Scarabeo 8 rig in Norway

    23 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Italian offshore services provider Saipem has been awarded new contracts in the offshore business, three for its semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8 in Norway, one in the decommissioning space, and one for offshore construction and installation.

  • Swissco selling anchor handler to reduce debt. Seeks to avoid shareholder vote

    13 April 2017

    Singapore’s debt-laden offshore vessel owner Swissco is set to sell its anchor handling vessel the Coral Knight. The company, currently managed by Interim Judicial Managers, said on Thursday it had agreed to sell the vessel to Australian Maritime Systems Asset holdings. The vessel, built in 2014, is already on a bareboat charter with the buyer. The […]

  • Former DNV GL chief executive becomes Polarcus director

    3 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Seismic player Polarcus made several changes to its board of directors at the 2017 annual general meeting (AGM) held on May 3, 2017. Polarcus said after the AGM on Wednesday that the company named Henrik Madsen to the board for a term of two years. Madsen is the former chief executive of DNV GL where […]

  • Ex-Heerema Marine Contractors’ boss takes over as CEO of Kenz Figee

    23 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Dutch offshore crane supplier Kenz Figee Group has appointed Jan Pieter Klaver as new CEO. Klaver left his position as CEO of Heerema Marine Contractors in June 2017, having served as the chief executive there since 2010. To remind Kenz Figee was taken over by last year by MeeMaken BV, a firm with the worldwide network and portfolio […]

  • EU fund buys majority stake in Jifmar Offshore Services

    21 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    European infrastructure fund Marguerite II is set to acquire a 65% stake in France’s Jifmar Offshore Services from RAISE Investissement. Marguerite said it aims to support Jifmar in its transition to next-generation offshore service vessels operations to address the decarbonization challenges of the sector. As part of the acquisition, the co-founders of the company Jean-Michel […]

  • DNV verifies Signal Ocean’s estimates of ship CO2 emissions

    20 July 2022
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy

    The algorithm underpinning Signal Ocean’s estimates of vessel CO2 emissions has been verified as meeting IMO guidelines by classification society DNV.

  • MSC Cruises Orders Four Ultra-Luxury Cruise Ships from Fincantieri

    18 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    MSC Cruises and Fincantieri ink deal for the construction of four ultra-luxury cruise ships.

  • FMC Receives Complaints on 5 Unlicensed Firms

    15 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said it recently received questions and complaints about some companies shipping cargo between the US and Brazil. The companies in question are Fastway Moving and Storage Inc. DBA Dream Cargo, Fastway Moving and Services Corp., Fastway Moving and Trading Inc., Donadel Auto Transport LLC, and Abreu Logistics USA LLC. As […]

  • Tanker Thwarts Pirate Attack off Brass, Nigeria

    25 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Turkish Suezmax tanker Istanbul foils pirate attack off Brass.

  • First SIMOPS LNG Bunkering Completed in Amsterdam

    11 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Titan LNG’s bunker barge supplied LNG to the tanker Ramelia while the ship was unloading cargo in Amsterdam.

  • NOx Levy Could Cut Emissions by Up to 70 Pct

    16 June 2016

    A levy on nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions with revenues earmarked to fund the uptake of NOx abatement measures is the most promising tool to reduce these ship emissions by up to 70%, a new study by environmental consultancy IVL and CE Delft reveals. The study, commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E), identifies for the first […]

  • UAE: Drydocks World Renews Semi Submersible Crane Vessel Hermod

    28 April 2011

      Drydocks World will carry out refurbishment worth $3.3m onboard semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod belonging to Dutch company Heerema Marine Contractors, a service provider in the offshore oil and gas industry. The ship is 154 m long and 86 m wide and is one of the largest in operation. Its draft is 10.5 – 28.2 […]

  • Crowley’s 1st LNG-Powered ConRo Delivered

    22 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Crowley has taken delivery of its first LNG-powered ConRo ship.

  • Stena Lifts Options for Two More E-Flexer Ships

    18 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Stena Line brings its E-Flexer vessel tally at Avic Weihai Shipyard to eight.

  • CRN Shipyard to Launch Megayacht ‘Chopi Chopi’ in January, Italy

    18 December 2012

    The CRN 80 metre steel and aluminium megayacht “Chopi Chopi” hull number 129 of the CRN Shipyard will be launched on Saturday January 12th in Ancona. This is an historical moment for the Ferretti Group Shipyard – specialized in the construction and marketing of fully customized steel and aluminium displacement mega yachts and semi customized composite […]

  • Outer Harbor Terminal Files for Bankruptcy Protection

    2 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Outer Harbor Terminal LLC, formerly known as Ports America Outer Harbor, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday under Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, just two weeks after it terminated its lease of a marine terminal at the port of Oakland. OHT said that it was leaving the port in March thus terminating […]

  • LNG Bunkering Plan Unveiled for Port of Yokohama

    27 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Amid the tightening of international regulations on emissions from shipping, the Port of Yokohama has taken another step in its LNG bunkering plan as it completed a feasibility study on the project, according to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). In an effort to build a network of LNG bunkering bases in order to further promote LNG-fuelled […]

  • Guidance on Security Certification for Seafarers Agreed by IMO

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Guidance on training and certification requirements for ship security officers and seafarers with designated security duties has been agreed by IMO, to address practical difficulties seafarers have reportedly experienced in obtaining the necessary security certification under the 2010 Manila amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) and […]

  • Russia: Navy Contributes Much to Anti-Piracy Mission

    24 January 2012

      Russian warships deployed in regions of pirate attacks near the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden have significantly contributed to reducing number of captured merchant vessels, and proved effectiveness of measures taken by Russian defense ministry and Russian Navy command to secure commercial shipping. International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports that in 2011 […]