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  • Swan Hellenic takes delivery of hybrid diesel-electric expedition ship

    5 April 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    British cruise line Swan Hellenic has welcomed into the fleet its third and largest vessel, SH Diana. The hybrid diesel-electric expedition ship has a polar Class 6 ice-strengthened hull and it has been constructed by the Finnish Helsinki Shipyard. The vessel delivery ceremony took place at the shipyard on March 31 and SH Diana is now […]

  • Shipping industry urges UN to evacuate 300+ seafarers still trapped in Ukrainian ports

    20 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Green Marine, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Over 30 maritime organisations and companies are urging the United Nations Secretary-General to prioritise the immediate release of the 331 seafarers and 62 ships that remain trapped in Ukrainian ports.  Since the onset of the war, the international shipping community has continually called for the immediate evacuation of the trapped seafarers. 12 months ago, 112 vessels […]

  • AMSA bans Spliethoff’s cargo ship over ‘poor performance’

    21 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has handed down a 90-day ban to the Netherlands-flagged ship Flevogracht, in what has been described as a ‘crackdown on poor performers in the maritime industry.’   AMSA said that it had detained the general cargo ship Flevogracht, operated by the Spliethoff Group, after the ship’s rescue boat engine was found to […]

  • China’s oil and gas firm inaugurates power-from-shore project

    27 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    China’s oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has commenced operations from its oilfields onshore power project located in Bohai Bay, which will supply electricity to 39 offshore production platforms. The main facilities of the Bozhong-Kenli project include four offshore electric power platforms and one onshore high-voltage substation. According to CNOOC, the project’s designed power transmission […]

  • PGS adds Petrobras to 2023 list

    22 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded Norwegian seismic company PGS with a 4D production contract over the Barracuda-Caratinga field in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. The Ramform Victory will most likely be rigged to acquire the Barracuda-Caratinga 4D survey, supported by PGS Apollo as a source vessel, the Norwegian company said. Mobilization is scheduled to start in the second […]

  • Endesa Chile to Increase LNG Import Capacity

    27 September 2013

    In order to increase the energy production from its thermal power plants that use natural gas as fuel, Endesa Chile requested recently LNG Chile to increase its regasification capacity associated with the first expansion of the Quintero LNG Plant, going from the originally required 0.5 million m3/d to a total of 1.6 million m3/d capacity. […]

  • dship’s eco-friendly F-500 fleet is now complete

    14 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Germany-based multipurpose ship owner and operator dship Carriers has taken delivery of MV Charlie, the final of four next-gen eco-friendly F-500 vessels.

  • NOAA Calls for Input on Flower Garden Banks Expansion

    4 February 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is soliciting public and stakeholder comment on a recommendation to modify the current boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This is the first step in a process that could expand the sanctuary. All comments must be submitted to NOAA by […]

  • Damen Yichang Shipyard to build LNG carriers

    17 March 2015

    The Damen Yichang Shipyard in China is poised to enter a new era, the company informed.

  • Mexico: Vopak, Enagas Complete Acquisition of Altamira LNG Terminal

    14 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    The joint venture of Vopak (60%) and Enagas (40%) has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of the LNG storage and regasification terminal in Altamira, Mexico. The jointly controlled entity has acquired 100% of the shares in the terminal from Shell (50%), Total (25%) and Mitsui & Co LTD. (25%) for USD 408 million. The […]

  • China: CIC Changxing Shipyard to Improve Ship Repair and Control Process

    6 September 2011

    In order to promote the construction of ship repair technology, reinforce the control process, and secure steady quality, CIC Changxing Shipyard set up a composing team and working team to refine the operation instructions at the beginning of this year. After 6 months’ working, the manuscripts were well done. During revising the operation instructions, the […]

  • Top News of the Week December 9 – 14, 2013

    15 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Hyundai Heavy Enters MOU on Development of MOBILE POWERSHIP Polaris Shipping Co., Ltd., Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd., Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and Siemens Energy Solutions Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding at COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on December 10, 2013 to develop MOBILE POWERSHIP, an integration of shipbuilding and power generating technology […]

  • Three Vessels Receive Ecospeed Coatings at Shipyards in China and Sweden

    11 March 2012

    Recently the rudders of two ferries and a container vessel were given an Ecospeed coating at shipyards in Shanghai and Jingjiang (China), and Landskrona (Sweden). The decision to use Ecospeed was made by the shipowners after cavitation damage had appeared on the rudders of their vessels. Ecospeed will prevent similar damage from occurring again. The […]

  • EIVA Becomes New VideoRay Service Centre

    17 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    In August, EIVA and VideoRay executives met at EIVA’s headquarters in Denmark. One of the items on the agenda was the official appointment of EIVA as authorised VideoRay Service Centre. EIVA is a long-standing authorised representative of VideoRay, having sold numerous underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV) of the worldwide leader in portable, reliable and easy-to-use […]

  • Statoil Appoints New Tanzania Country Manager

    1 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Øystein Michelsen has been appointed Tanzania country manager in Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa (DPI SAF) in Statoil. Michelsen will report to DPI SAF senior vice president Tove Stuhr Sjøblom, and will assume his new responsibilities on 1 January 2014. His office location will be Dar es Salaam. Michelsen succeeds acting country manager Knut […]

  • Wood Group Appoints New Chairman of the Board

    31 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group announces the appointment of Ian Marchant as Chairman of the Board following the retirement of Allister Langlands at the end of the Annual General Meeting, scheduled for 14 May 2014. Ian has been a director of Wood Group since 2006 and has been senior independent non-executive director since May 2012. He was Chief […]

  • Multi-Terminal VSC HVDC Transmission Project Commissioned in China

    24 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    As an independent third party, DNV GL witnessed the successful commissioning of the world’s first three terminals VSC HVDC (Voltage Sourced Converter High Voltage Direct Current) transmission project in China Southern Power Grid. This project, with designed ratings of ±160kV/200MW-100MW-50MW and based on MMC (Multilevel Modular Converter) technology, brings dispersed intermittent clean wind power generated […]

  • Shell sanctions North Sea gas project

    3 October 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Oil major Shell and its partner Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited have taken a final investment decision on the Pierce Depressurisation Project in the UK Central North Sea.

  • Australia’s offshore regulator transitions to remote work during coronavirus outbreak

    20 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has taken steps to ensure continued support as the country’s offshore energy regulator during the coronavirus outbreak.

  • Canada: Near miss incident aboard Hibernia platform

    5 June 2019

    An incident occurred on the HMDC-operated Hibernia offshore platform in Canada on Sunday after a drill pipe disconnected and fell unexpectedly.

  • GALLERY: Damen delivers four fast crew suppliers to Allianz

    15 November 2018

    Dutch Damen Shipyards Group has handed over four new fast crew suppliers to Allianz Middle East Ship Management.

  • Voith, Robert Allan Implement New Escort Tug Design

    4 September 2012

    Voith has teamed up with the renowned Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. to develop an escort tug design. On the 2012 ITS (International Tug and Salvage Convention and Exhibition) in Barcelona, the two partners signed the cooperation agreement for the implementation of the vessel concept. Conventional Voith Water Tractors are equipped with two […]

  • Heyerdahl Award 2014 Goes to Rolls-Royce

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce has been awarded the maritime Heyerdahl Award 2014. The award was presented by His Majesty King Harald at the Norwegian Shipowners’ Associations Annual Conference in Oslo 31 March. The award goes to the Environship Concept, an innovative ship design which integrates a highly efficient gas-based power and propulsion system with an innovative hull design […]

  • Scorpio Places Order for Up to Ten VLGCs

    3 July 2013

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. has reached agreements with two yards in Korea to construct a minimum of 5 and up to 10 newbuilding vessels designed for the carriage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Also, the Company announced today that it has taken delivery of its ninth Newbuilding MR product tanker, STI Le Rocher. Emanuele Lauro, chief […]

  • Russia: Welding Operations on Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok GTS Almost Done

    11 July 2011

    Gazprom’s group of experts led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee finished a business trip to the Far East. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk hosted a meeting on creation of the priority gas transmission facilities in the Far East as part of the state-run Eastern Gas Program implementation. Shaping of the Unified Gas Supply System […]