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  • USS Enterprise: Final Voyage to Newport News Shipyard

    21 June 2013

    USS Enterprise (CVN 65) made her final voyage to the Newport News Shipyard June 20. The ship, nearly six months into her dismantling process, was moved by tugboat on the James River to Newport News Shipyard with almost 150 Newport News Shipbuilding and Huntington Ingalls Industries shipbuilders aboard. “The main purpose of bringing the Enterprise […]

  • Genco in Fleet Renewal Mode

    18 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Genco Shipping & Trading Limited inks an agreement to acquire two 2016-built Capesize vessels.

  • Coalition Urges Carnival to Stop Using HFO on Cruise Ships in Arctic

    10 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Environmental groups call on Carnival Corporation to stop using HFO on ships traveling in Arctic waters.

  • Australia: IADC to Hold Dredging Seminar in March

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    For future decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, off-shore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies organises the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. The IADC Seminar will be held from Monday 31 March through Friday 4 April 2014 at Novotel […]

  • South Africa: Durban Port on Right Track

    30 November 2012

    Although Transnet’s New Multi-Product Pipeline (NMPP) has faced some challenges in its early stages, the project will be a uniquely Sth African infrastructure investment for years to come, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. Gigaba on Thursday marked the last stage of phase 1 in the development of the NMPP project – the construction of […]

  • Open-loop scrubbers safe for marine environment, ecotoxicity study finds

    10 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Safety, Technology

    A recent independent ecotoxicity study undertaken in accordance with the IMO GESAMP guidelines has given open-loop scrubbers the all-clear, the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) said.

  • Baltic Pipe needs new environmental permit, process could take up to 8 months

    7 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Energinet and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency must make a new environmental impact assessment for the Baltic Pipe project, a process which could take up to 8 months of work, a spokesperson from the agency told Offshore Energy. To remind, the Danish Environmental and Food Appeals Board ruled to repeal the permit for the onshore […]

  • Wärtsilä joins Finnish clean propulsion project

    20 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    The technology group Wärtsilä has taken participation in a consortium of Finnish research organisations studying new solutions for clean marine and off-road transport.

  • Germany: ‘Amazon Conqueror’ Seismic Ship Launched

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Amazon Warrior only left the outfitting quay at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) a short while ago. On June 12, her sister Amazon Conqueror (FSG Hull No. 763) berthed there for completion by autumn after a successful launch by the shipbuilders in Flensburg. Both newbuildings are special offshore seismic ships for WesternGeco and will in future search […]

  • NTK to Solve Major Challenges

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The number of ultra large vessels calling at the Port of Hamburg has been on the increase for years. This is resulting in some major challenges for the port operators, shipping companies and authorities. With the introduction of the Nautical Terminal Coordination (NTK), there is now a body to handle the centralized operational coordination of […]

  • CRP: EPA Clarification on Status of Staff Report Welcomed (New Zealand)

    19 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Chatham Rock Phosphate today welcomed a clarification issued by the Environmental Protection Authority regarding its staff report issued yesterday. The EPA in its announcement said the process for considering the application was still at an early stage. “Further information on the application and its effects is to come from both the applicant, and in the […]

  • ROTOR Supplies Electric Motors for Deep Water Construction Vessel Aegir

    11 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A Deep Water Construction Vessel, built in Korea and the Netherlands, will use electric motors from Rotor in The Netherlands on the critically important barge mooring and anchor winches. The DCV Aegir, named after, Norse god of the sea, is a giant mono-hulled vessel capable of executing complex infrastructure and pipeline projects in ultra deep […]

  • NDP calls for moratorium on drilling offshore Cacouna (Canada)

    28 August 2014

    The New Democratic Party (NDP), Canada’s major social democratic federal political party, is calling for a moratorium on offshore work near Cacouna, Quebec.

  • Wood Group to snip and freeze workers’ salaries (UK)

    17 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has today (Wednesday, December 17) announced plans to reduce the rates paid to its UK-based limited company offshore and onshore contract workers. According to the company, this is a response to cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil & gas sector. In addition, Wood Group says that salaries […]

  • Subsea UK: Seminars focusing on the Brazilian and Mexican markets

    28 September 2015

    Industry body Subsea UK will host seminars in Bristol and Plymouth on October 14 & 15 respectively focusing on the Brazilian and Mexican markets. Subsea UK said that expert speakers from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and UK Export Finance would attend the seminars. In addition, the gathering will include one-to-one clinics and a networking […]

  • Kulluk and Noble Discoverer Set Sail for the Arctic (USA)

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Kulluk and Noble Discoverer set sail for the Arctic 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 Ship […]

  • Providence Surrenders Foreshore Licence Off Ireland

    13 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources P.l.c. (“Providence”), announces that it has surrendered the Foreshore Licence (“Licence”) granted over an area in the Kish Bank Basin, offshore Dublin. The Licence was awarded by the Foreshore Unit of the Irish Department of Environment, Community and Local Government on 27th September 2012 and permitted the carrying out of a well site […]

  • Canada: Adverse weather shuts Exxon’s Hebron production

    16 November 2018

    The platform is located about 200 miles (350 kilometers) offshore Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital St John’s.

  • Drilling restarts at AAOG’s Tilapia field offshore Congo

    26 November 2018
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Anglo African Oil & Gas (AAOG) has resumed drilling operations on the TLP-103C well at its Tilapia field offshore Congo.

  • Tidewater man to take over COO role at Maersk Supply

    3 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Danish offshore shipping company Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has appointed a new chief operating officer (COO) of the company.

  • Upland farms into North Sea block. Drilling planned for late 2018

    30 November 2017

    Upland Resources is set to farm into an offshore block in the Inner Moray Firth off Scotland, UK, and plans to start drilling in late 2018. The company has signed a farm-in agreement with Corallian Energy Limited for a 40 percent stake in UK Seaward Production Licence P2235 (UKCS Block 11/24b). The block contains the […]

  • Aker BP secures extra financing for Hess Norge buy

    31 October 2017

    Norwegian oil company Aker BP has secured additional bank financing for the previously announced acquisition of Hess Norge.  The oil company said on Monday it had received an offer from a consortium of five banks for a $1.5 billion bank facility to finance the acquisition. To remind, U.S. energy company Hess Corporation made an agreement […]

  • World’s largest jack-up rig to leave Singapore in two weeks

    2 April 2014

    Maersk Intrepid will start its mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea in approximately two weeks, where it will start a four year contract with Total E&P Norge AS.

  • DCV AEGIR Equipped with ROTOR Electric Motors

    11 October 2013

    A Deepwater Construction Vessel, built in Korea and the Netherlands, will use electric motors from Rotor in The Netherlands on the critically important barge mooring and anchor winches. The DCV Aegir, named after, Norse god of the sea, is a giant mono-hulled vessel capable of executing complex infrastructure and pipeline projects in ultra deep water. […]

  • UK: Companies Pay High Price for Insufficient Newbuilding Supervision

    19 October 2011

    International Transport Intermediaries Club says a recently concluded claim brought against a newbuilding supervisor helps illustrate the level of diligence which might realistically be expected of such a specialist service provider. In the latest issue of its Claims Review, ITIC cites the case of a newbuilding supervisor appointed by a technical management firm to oversee […]