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  • Drewry: Charter Market in Unexpected Revival

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The charter market has found a new lease of life in the recent weeks driven in part by carriers’ poor network planning ahead of the new alliances, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. In recent weeks time charter rates for some of the biggest available ships doubled since the start of the year. In February, Panamaxes […]

  • Stolt Tankers Ready to Seize Merger & Aquisition Opportunities

    10 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    As the separation of Stolt Tankers as a stand-alone company from Belgium’s Stolt-Nielsen Limited (SNL) nears completion, the company is ready to pursue merger and acquisition opportunities that might come its way. “Now we are ready to do another deal, meaning either acquiring a competitor or merging with a competitor using shares instead of cash,” Niels […]

  • Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt Form Multi-Purpose Pool

    17 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s Thorco Projects and Germany’s MC-Schiffahrt have teamed up to create a new pool collaboration under the name MCT pool. The new MCT pool consists of six 10,500-ton multi purpose vessels from MC-Schiffahrt and eight comparable vessels from Thorco Projects. “We are very pleased that MC-Schiffahrt has shown us this confidence, which needs to be highlighted in […]

  • Diana Expands Fleet, Agrees on New Charters

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, has through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary taken delivery of the M/V  G. P. Zafirakis, a 179,492 dwt newly built Capesize dry bulk vessel that the company entered into an agreement to purchase in June 2014. The M/V G. P. Zafirakis is […]

  • ACCSEAS Annual Conference Takes Place in Edinburgh, Scotland

    27 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The ACCSEAS Second Annual Conference takes place next week in Edinburgh, Scotland, with an array of maritime organisations from around the globe convening to discuss the work of ACCSEAS in developing a test-bed of e-navigation solutions to help keep mariners safe when navigating the increasingly busy shipping waters of the North Sea Region. Organisations confirmed […]

  • UK: Briggs Commercial Takes Delivery of 18m Survey Catamaran

    5 February 2013

    Incat Crowther announced that Briggs Commercial has taken delivery of the 18m Coastal Survey Catamaran, Severn Guardian. Severn Guardian is the third in a line of such vessels deployed by Briggs Marine to support coastal survey operations for the Environment Agency of England and Wales. Launched by UK’s Mustang Marine in late 2012, she joins […]

  • Scorpio Orders Two Tankers from Hyundai Mipo, South Korea

    24 January 2013

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of two 50,000 deadweight ton product tankers to be delivered in May and June 2014. In addition, the Company has taken delivery of four previously announced time chartered-in vessels. Newbuilding vessel orders The Company […]

  • USA: Extensive Upgrades of the Kulluk and Noble Discoverer Completed at Vigor Marine

    28 June 2012

    The Kulluk and Noble Discoverer set sail for the Arctic yesterday from Vigor Industrial’s Seattle shipyard, following completion of extensive environmental and safety upgrades by its commercial ship repair subsidiary, Vigor Marine. “It is impossible to overstate the pride Vigor Marine teams have felt working on these critical rigs,” said Liz Ugorcak, Senior Director of […]

  • South Korea: HHI to Build Drillship for Diamond Offshore

    10 May 2012

    Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., its subsidiary Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled in the fourth quarter of 2014. Total cost, including commissioning, spares and project management, but excluding capitalized interest, is expected to be approximately […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee to Cooperate with CISR

    12 November 2012

    BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to launch its latest technical paper in collaboration with the Cayman Island Shipping Registry (CISR). Developed to provide insight for a wide range of industry stakeholders, the paper examines aspects of the 2010 Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) which aims to provide a Safety of Life […]

  • Petrofac taking ‘fresh look’ at development plans off Trinidad to help unlock block’s potential

    27 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Trinity has hired Petrofac to undertake a concept-screening study for the development of further reserves at its block offshore Trinidad.

  • World’s 2nd zero-emission pure battery tanker makes historic bunkering debut

    19 April 2023
    Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Japanese shipping firm Asahi Tanker Co. has taken delivery of the world’s second pure battery tanker, named the Akari. The vessel completed its historic first bunkering operation in Kawasaki on April 14, supplying the MOL-operated iron ore career UNTA.  The vessel was built by Imura Shipbuilding and it was delivered to its owner on March 28. The […]

  • Fresh deal with Dana to create new jobs at PD&MS in Aberdeen

    18 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    PD&MS Group has secured a modifications contract with Dana Petroleum, which is expected to create up to 80 jobs at its Aberdeen base.

  • BP and Equinor halt rock installation contract for US offshore wind project

    5 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with its consortium partner Van Oord, has been informed by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between BP and Equinor, of the termination of the rock installation contract for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project which was set to commence in 2026. In 2022, the Great Lakes-Van Oord […]

  • TEN takes delivery of all LNG-powered vessels, eyes fleet growth opportunities

    23 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

    Greek shipowner TEN has taken delivery of LNG-powered aframax tankers, the Chios DF and the Ithaki DF, the last remaining vessels in a series of four eco-designed tankers built against long-term employment to a major oil concern. The first two vessels from the series, Njord DF and Ran DF, were delivered in September and October 2023. […]

  • Aquaterra eyes long-term integrity of carbon capture and storage sites with new tool

    15 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Innovation, Safety, Technology

    UK-based Aquaterra Energy has unveiled a new CO2 management platform for long-term monitoring and sustained integrity of underwater carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The integrated solution is said to provide monitoring of both sub-surface fiber optic seismic arrays, as well as dissolved CO2 gas detection via solar- or wave-powered remote data transmission nodes between the seabed […]

  • ESL Shipping opts for Neste’s co-processed marine fuel to cut GHG emissions

    20 June 2022
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping will become the first shipping company to start utilizing new low-emission Neste Marine 0.1 co-processed marine fuel in its vessels in Finland and Sweden.

  • Nine banks provide financing to BW Offshore for Barossa FPSO

    1 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    BW Offshore has completed the $1.15 billion project debt financing for the construction and operation of the FPSO for Santos’ Barossa field.

  • Grieg Star creates innovation spin-off with sustainability in mind

    17 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Norwegian shipowner Grieg Star has set up a separate company, named Grieg Edge, to drive innovations within sustainable maritime services.

  • Gitga’at First Nation: No Clear Consensus on LNG among BC First Nations, Canada

    4 March 2013

    The Gitga’at First Nation says a recent conference on LNG, sponsored by the BC provincial government, has raised more questions than it has answered, and government officials, including Premier Clark, and proponents are getting ahead of themselves if they think there is a clear consensus on LNG among BC First Nations. “There is a gold […]

  • Obvious. Indispensable. Natural Gas. The Importance of Dutch Gas

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference brings you a series of columns in which prominent industry representatives share their views on key developments in the offshore oil, gas and energy markets. This edition, Ruud Zoon, Managing Director of GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland and Chairman of NOGEPA shares his thoughts on the importance of Dutch Gas. “Ever […]

  • ABB: German OW Delays Amount to $260 Million

    23 January 2014
    Storage

    ABB said its fourth-quarter 2013 results were adversely impacted mainly by charges for storm-related project delays and some operational issues in the Power Systems (PS) division. Additional restructuring-related charges were taken in response to the division’s soft order intake in 2013. The company also booked non-operational charges related to certain Group legacy issues. “While the […]

  • Offshore workers stage strike on Statoil’s Mariner platform

    9 April 2018

    Offshore workers on Statoil-operated Mariner platform located in the UK sector of the North Sea staged an unofficial strike over the weekend.

  • HRH The Duke of Kent Officially Opens MTL Group Manufacturing Facility in Rotherham (UK)

    8 July 2011
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance

      Project manufacturing specialist MTL Group was delighted to welcome HRH The Duke of Kent to its new 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Rotherham. Escorted by the Lord-Lieutenant for South Yorkshire, HRH The Duke of Kent was greeted by MTL Group Managing Director Dr. Henry Shirman and the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire. The […]

  • Tailwind Energy gets Evelyn field development plan approval

    22 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Oil and gas company Tailwind Energy has received consent and approval of the field development plan for the Evelyn Field from the UK Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA).