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  • Tortue oil field reserves review shows 80 pct surge

    8 January 2018
    Project & Tenders

    BW Offshore’s subsidiary, BW Energy Gabon (BWEG), has seen an increase in oil reserves at Tortue field, located offshore Gabon.

  • CHC leases Airbus helicopter for North Sea ops

    21 December 2017

    Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has taken delivery of its first Airbus Helicopters H175 aircraft and placed it on lease with CHC. The aircraft will be based out of Aberdeen, Scotland, supporting oil and gas production activities in the North Sea. Crispin Maunder, Executive Chairman of LCI, says: “The […]

  • Owners Sending Fewer Ships to Scrapyards

    22 March 2017

    Shipowners’ interest is being diverted away from the recycling market with secondhand vessel values rising, according to Clarksons.  This causes new tonnage in the market to generate firm competition between cash buyers. The number of Capesize bulk carriers sold for demolition in the year to date is down by around 66% compared to the same […]

  • Sea Shepherd Volunteers Arrested in Faroe Islands

    21 July 2015

    Two volunteer crewmembers from a ship operated by the conservationist group Sea Shepherd, Sam Simon, have been arrested in the Faroe Islands by Faroese police. The duo, identified as Susan Larsen of the United States, driver of the small boat named Farley, and Tom Strerath of Germany, navigator of the boat, were arrested at approximately 0900 local time on Monday […]

  • ICS: Implementation of Global Sulphur Cap Likely in 2020

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has agreed that the shipping and bunker refining industries should work to the possibility that the global 0.5% sulphur in fuel cap, required by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is more likely to be implemented worldwide from 2020, rather than 2025. Annex VI of the IMO MARPOL Convention allows […]

  • Maersk Line Shelves Optional Newbuilds

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Danish container shipping giant Maersk Line does not plan to exercise the previously announced options for six 19,630 TEU vessels and two 3,600 TEU feeders and will postpone decision on the optional eight 14,000 TEU vessels, the company said in an announcement. The decision comes following the company’s cutting of expectations for its third quarter […]

  • Panama Canal Regains Past Glory

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Weekly capacity on Far East to US East Coast all-water services has surged by 20% year-on-year, to reach a record high of 143,000 teu this month, according to market analyst Alphaliner. A total of 25 weekly strings currently serve the trade, four more than one year ago. Six strings were launched between March and May […]

  • ETF: 2015 Dark Year for Workers’ Safety in European Ports

    8 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    2015 has been a particularly dark year for safety in docks at European ports, according to the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF). “In 2015 European Dockworkers, their families and their unions have mourned colleagues, relatives and comrades who lost their life while working in the ports of Antwerp, Bilbao, Bremerhaven, Helsinki, Oxelösund, Sines, Valencia, just […]

  • ZIM Shanghai Unloads in Long Beach

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Israeli-owned containership Zim Shanghai has unloaded its cargo at the Port of Long Beach in Los Angeles, having been reverted from the Port of Oakland by pro-Palestinian protesters. The unloaded Oakland cargo in Los Angeles will most likely be trucked back up to Oakland causing additional costs to ZIM. The vessel departed Oakland on Sunday evening fully […]

  • Fire in Port of Los Angeles Contained

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The raging wharf fire in Wilmington that resulted in shutting down of all container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles has been more than 90 percent contained, the port authorities said in a statement yesterday. The fire broke out after a welding accident on Monday evening, igniting the 800-foot-long wharf. As explained by the […]

  • What Added Costs Will Sulphur Directive Bring?

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ships’ costs structures will change as increased bunker costs are unavoidable due to the latest 0.1% Sulphur Directive for the Emission Control Areas (ECAs), which came into effect January 1, according to Karen Jacques, Dryad Maritime’s Director for Asia Pacific. There will inevitably also be additional costs associated with the requirement for additional bunkering to carry […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Propels Tidal Transit into Norfolk’s Future 50

    8 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Renewable energy is one of Norfolk’s most rapidly expanding industry sectors, and the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms along its coastline is offering exciting business opportunities for services providers which are willing to respond to its many challenges. Tidal Transit is one such company which has risen to this challenge, raising capital finance […]

  • UK: KOS Takes Delivery of CTruk 20T MPC

    26 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel, Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet. Owner Paul Knight considers CTruk’s multi-role composite cats to be ‘the vessels of the future’ and hopes that the 18.5m […]

  • Germany: FSG Launched ‘Rolldock Star’

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Flensburg – Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) launched the 151.5 metre long ROLLDOCK STAR, the first of two ships for the Dutch concern RollDock BV, on August 30th. The specialised newbuilding is operationally versatile, multi-functional and designed to carry demanding cargo and heavy project loads, mainly in the offshore sector. ROLLDOCK STAR is for delivery at the […]

  • June – a Month of Interviews

    6 July 2018

    WMN breaks monthly interview record in June.

  • API: Majority of New York Voters Support Shale Energy Development, USA

    17 September 2012

    Voters in New York state support hydraulic fracturing, with 81 percent saying that development of the state’s shale energy resources will create jobs, according to a new poll released last week. “We are seeing a steadily rising number of New Yorkers who understand the importance of the opportunity of developing energy from shale in this […]

  • HHI Showcases at Gastech

    24 March 2014

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced that it exhibits at Gastech 2014 from March 24 to March 27 at KINTEX, an exhibition facility in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The Ulsan, South Korea-based shipbuilding giant that completed Korea’s first LNG carrier in 1994, is the only Korean shipbuilder capable of building both membrane […]

  • Denmark: Knud E. Hansen AS Executes Largest Ever Ship Lengthening Feasibility Study

    30 September 2011

    Knud E. Hansen A/S has executed a feasibility study for the most extensive lengthening project in the history of ship conversions. Building a new 240m long vessel to transport cars and passengers (RO-PAX vessel) takes two years work on the shipyard and is a tremendous investment of about 120 million Euros. Conversion, and more specifically […]

  • Denmark: Knud E. Hansen AS Executes Largest Ever Ship Lengthening Feasibility Study

    30 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Knud E. Hansen A/S has executed a feasibility study for the most extensive lengthening project in the history of ship conversions. Building a new 240m long vessel to transport cars and passengers (RO-PAX vessel) takes two years work on the shipyard and is a tremendous investment of about 120 million Euros. Conversion, and more […]

  • Denmark Hosts 8th China-EU Major Shipping Policy Meeting

    29 September 2011

      On 26-28 September 2011, Denmark hosted the 8th China-EU Implementation meeting. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Chinese administration, the European Commission, EU member states and industry representatives from the EU and China who discussed issues of shipping policy questions, including the implementation of the shipping policy agreement ensuring free market access […]

  • Technical Marine Support Receives Its First Vessel (UK)

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Dungeness-based new venture, Technical Marine Support Ltd, has taken delivery of its first vessel, a design-enhanced CTruk 20T MPC. Destined to start work this week on the Lincs offshore wind farm as part of CWind’s growing charter fleet, Endeavour sports this popular support vessel’s latest design refinements. These include a three pod wheelhouse system with […]

  • Malaysia: AET Confirms Its Green Credentials

    17 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    AET – a leading global owner/operator of petroleum tankers – formally gave its commitment to the MPA Green Shipping Programme. President and CEO, Hor Weng Yew, signed-up to the initiative at a ceremony held in Singapore as part of the international bunkering conference, SIBCON. The Green Shipping Programme was established by the Maritime and Port […]

  • Next Generation Ship Award Goes to TOTE’s LNG Containership, Norway

    5 June 2013

    A passenger ferry and a container ship, both powered by LNG, took the Nor-Shipping Energy Efficiency Award and Next Generation Ship Award respectively at the exhibition’s Opening Conference yesterday. The Young Entrepreneur Award went to Tor M. Østervold of Norway’s ECOsubsea. The Energy Efficiency Award (previously Clean Ship Award) went to Fjord Lines’ Stavangerfjord, the […]

  • Russia: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard Splashes VF Tanker-3

    24 May 2012

    Few days ago, Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard launched VF Tanker-3 of project RST27 for the VF Tanker LLC.  The shipyard and V.F. Tanker inked construction contract for 5 tankers in June 2011 with an option for five more signed in October. The lead ship of project RST27 was launched on February 17th. Project RST27 was designed […]

  • Norway: Hoegh LNG Plans Private Placement to Fund Fleet Expansion

    5 May 2011

      Höegh LNG (HLNG) plans a private placement of approximately USD 200 million in May to expand its fleet of LNG re-gasification vessels, with subsequent listing on Oslo Stock Exchange in June. The market for LNG is developing favourably and the demand for new LNG production, shipping and re-gasification capacity is increasing. HLNG is looking […]